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- Date
- 1832
- Material
- fibre; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1021
- Description
- Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face.…
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- Title
- Bonnet
- Date
- 1832
- Material
- fibre; paper; metal
- Description
- Bright green bonnet (calash) with eight folds. Fabric is stitched around shaped metal stays, 14 in all. Neck piece is padded and shaped with wire. Rim has fabric folded or pleated in ribbon effect. Long green ribbon ties at front of neck. Additional long grey ribbon attached to brim higher on face. Inside back is reinforced with burlap on which is glued brown paper. Written in Mary Schaffer’s hand: “18 S.M. Potts 1832 Calasche”. On back, ribbon is tied in bow. Green fabric stitched on back to cover neck.
- Subject
- clothing
- S.M. Potts
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1021
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- Date
- 1836
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1187
- Description
- Small cream coloured baby dress with puff sleeves. Lace around neckline, sleeves, and at bodice. Two ties are in bows at the neckline and just below. Circle of lace approx. 9 cm above hem of dress. Waist of dress is 20 cm, width at bottom 77.5 cm.
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- Title
- Baby Dress
- Date
- 1836
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 64 x 77.5 cm
- Description
- Small cream coloured baby dress with puff sleeves. Lace around neckline, sleeves, and at bodice. Two ties are in bows at the neckline and just below. Circle of lace approx. 9 cm above hem of dress. Waist of dress is 20 cm, width at bottom 77.5 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Shelagh Nolan Lester, Calgary, 2005
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1187
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- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.909
- Description
- Two men stand nose to nose arguing with each other over two curling stones. Both men are wearing Balmoral hats. The man on the left is wearing a scarf and has a bottle in his back pocket, while the man on the right has a broom in his right hand. Below the drawing it says “QUIT YER ARGIFYIN’”[sic Qu…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.7 x 15.9 cm
- Description
- Two men stand nose to nose arguing with each other over two curling stones. Both men are wearing Balmoral hats. The man on the left is wearing a scarf and has a bottle in his back pocket, while the man on the right has a broom in his right hand. Below the drawing it says “QUIT YER ARGIFYIN’”[sic Quit your arguing].
- Subject
- sports
- curling
- winter
- broom
- stone
- curling stone
- people
- men
- clothing
- hat
- Balmoral
- scarf
- bottle
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.909
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.905
- Description
- A man wearing a vest and a tall fez. He has his right leg lifted up onto an elevated step, with his right hand resting under his jaw and his arm resting on top of his leg. He is looking off into the distance with a solemn look.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.2 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A man wearing a vest and a tall fez. He has his right leg lifted up onto an elevated step, with his right hand resting under his jaw and his arm resting on top of his leg. He is looking off into the distance with a solemn look.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.905
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1039
- Description
- White beaded background with 5 geometric designs, white pony beads stitched through canvas, 3 similar designs ca 17.0 x 7.0 diamond shapes, all outlined with dark blue, 2 outer designs with yellow, light blue and orange, centre design with dark blue, light blue and orange, 2 smaller diamond and squ…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- White beaded background with 5 geometric designs, white pony beads stitched through canvas, 3 similar designs ca 17.0 x 7.0 diamond shapes, all outlined with dark blue, 2 outer designs with yellow, light blue and orange, centre design with dark blue, light blue and orange, 2 smaller diamond and square designs separate the 3 outlined in dark blue, with light blue and orange centres, buckskin ends sewn on with 2 thongs each end, ca 21.0 long.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1039
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- Date
- 1920 – 1925
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1012 a,b
- Description
- Men's high brown leather dress shoes, ca. 1925; ankle-high shoes of fine brown leather, tapered toes with extra piece of leather across, long flat brown laces through 11 closely spaced eyelet sreinforced inside by metal grommets, white twill fabric lining, sole leather lighter at toe, darker under …
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- Title
- Shoe
- Date
- 1920 – 1925
- Material
- skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.3 x 10.5 x 31.8 cm
- Description
- Men's high brown leather dress shoes, ca. 1925; ankle-high shoes of fine brown leather, tapered toes with extra piece of leather across, long flat brown laces through 11 closely spaced eyelet sreinforced inside by metal grommets, white twill fabric lining, sole leather lighter at toe, darker under instep, "Goodyear Wing Foot" rubber heels stamped inside right shoe, "Made exclusively for J.D.Anderson/Banff", manufacturer's stamp on sole.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- J. D. Anderson
- Credit
- Gift of Harold McBride Mortimer, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1012 a,b
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0025
- Description
- A heavy silver man's ring with an oval shaped flat face on top. There are three deep incisions into the oval plane and side of the ring on each side.
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- Title
- Ring
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 2.3 cm
- Description
- A heavy silver man's ring with an oval shaped flat face on top. There are three deep incisions into the oval plane and side of the ring on each side.
- Subject
- decorative
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0025
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Hatband Ornament, Headwear
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.0022
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0022
- Description
- A braided leather hatband with the length doubled around in a circle and held together in four places with wrappings of leather.
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- Title
- Hatband Ornament, Headwear
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Description
- A braided leather hatband with the length doubled around in a circle and held together in four places with wrappings of leather.
- Subject
- decorative
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0022
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, cow
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0042
- Description
- A child’s black vest made from cowhide with the hair still on. There are five buttons at the front opening.
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- Title
- Vest
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, cow
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A child’s black vest made from cowhide with the hair still on. There are five buttons at the front opening.
- Subject
- regalia
- clothing
- children
- indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0042
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, cow
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0043 a,b
- Description
- A pair of chaps made of long haired black cowhide to protect legs. There is softer black and white calf hide at the top of each leg. The chaps have two buttons on each leg and are tied together with thong.
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- Title
- Chaps
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, cow
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 64.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of chaps made of long haired black cowhide to protect legs. There is softer black and white calf hide at the top of each leg. The chaps have two buttons on each leg and are tied together with thong.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- regalia
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0043 a,b
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0013
- Description
- A silver shoehorn with a curved blade that narrows into a handle. There is an embossed floral pattern on the inside of the handle. The shoehorn in marked with three hallmarks and “Sterling B 350”.
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- Title
- Shoehorn
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 4.7 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A silver shoehorn with a curved blade that narrows into a handle. There is an embossed floral pattern on the inside of the handle. The shoehorn in marked with three hallmarks and “Sterling B 350”.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- footwear
- assistive device
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0013
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal, silver; metal, gold
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0049
- Description
- A round swivel sterling silver and gold stud bearing the Star of David and stamped on the back with the letter “A”.
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- Title
- Stud
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal, silver; metal, gold
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 0.7 (back) x 1.0 (back) cm
- Description
- A round swivel sterling silver and gold stud bearing the Star of David and stamped on the back with the letter “A”.
- Subject
- clothing
- organizations
- Masons
- Fred Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0049
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0050
- Description
- An oval shaped sping-type tie clip with a script monogram and 'texture' border at the edge. Small teeth at one side of the clip grip the tie. The monogrammed letters are “F.A.B.”.
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- Title
- Tie Clip
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.9 x 1.5 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- An oval shaped sping-type tie clip with a script monogram and 'texture' border at the edge. Small teeth at one side of the clip grip the tie. The monogrammed letters are “F.A.B.”.
- Subject
- clothing
- Fred Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0050
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin, rabbit
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0054
- Description
- An unlined hand muff made of pieced grey and white rabbit fur.
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- Title
- Muff
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin, rabbit
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- An unlined hand muff made of pieced grey and white rabbit fur.
- Subject
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0054
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Glove Stretcher
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.07.0056
- Date
- 1850 – 1875
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0056
- Description
- A sterling silver long scissor-type tool with two long solid blades and a round spring hinge where the handles join. Pressure on the handles opens the jaws, which are flat along the inside and rounded on the outside. Stamped on the inside edge of the handle is “Sterling”.
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- Title
- Glove Stretcher
- Date
- 1850 – 1875
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 4.4 (widest) x 19.1 cm
- Description
- A sterling silver long scissor-type tool with two long solid blades and a round spring hinge where the handles join. Pressure on the handles opens the jaws, which are flat along the inside and rounded on the outside. Stamped on the inside edge of the handle is “Sterling”.
- Subject
- clothing
- Isabella Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0056
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0006
- Description
- A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath …
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- Title
- Knife Sheath
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath with a pattern of coloured diagonal stripes on a white background. There is an attached tie-shaped decorative flap of leather that has a beaded floral design at the centre and is trimmed with beads along the edges.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0006
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Photographic Pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0073%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0073 a,b
- Description
- Two small round pins framing small photographs. a) A thin copper coloured metal frame with an embossed design. The frame clips to a metal backing with straight pin attached. The backing holds a round metal disk with a plastic covered photo portrait of a man in cowboy gear next to a man wearing a h…
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- Title
- Photographic Pin
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 0.4 (a); 0.5 (b) x 2.8 (a); 3.2 (b) x 2.8 (a); 3.2 (b) cm
- Description
- Two small round pins framing small photographs. a) A thin copper coloured metal frame with an embossed design. The frame clips to a metal backing with straight pin attached. The backing holds a round metal disk with a plastic covered photo portrait of a man in cowboy gear next to a man wearing a hat and bow tie. b) Slightly larger pin, as above, with a plain brass coloured frame and twisted metal trim around the edge. The frame contains a photo of Pearl Brewster Moore wearing a soft felt riding hat and a tie at her neck.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0073 a,b
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Mustela Erminea Tail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.0019
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0019
- Description
- Twenty-three ermine tails of white fur with black tips.
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- Title
- Mustela Erminea Tail
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 1.0 (average) x 1.0 (average) x 8.0 (average) cm
- Description
- Twenty-three ermine tails of white fur with black tips.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- sewing
- needlework
- decoration
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0019
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0025 a-s
- Description
- A collection of nineteen fur-bearing animal paws with claws intact: a-d) four large paws attached to the leg skin (approx 27.0 cm long) with soft dark brown fur that is silver-tipped at the shoulder. Two have a round toggle snap attached. e-l) Eight medium sized paws (approx 16.0 cm) with soft br…
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- Title
- Animal Paw
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 4.0 (average) x 4.0 (average) x 12.0 - 27.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of nineteen fur-bearing animal paws with claws intact: a-d) four large paws attached to the leg skin (approx 27.0 cm long) with soft dark brown fur that is silver-tipped at the shoulder. Two have a round toggle snap attached. e-l) Eight medium sized paws (approx 16.0 cm) with soft brown fur. m-s) Seven small paws (approx 12.0 cm) with soft brown fur.
- Subject
- households
- animals
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0025 a-s
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- willow; pine root; bear grass; maidenhair fern; woodwardia
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0074
- Description
- A basket hat with natural light with black and red brown design. Zig-zag design around sides formed of elongated trapazoidal forms stepping up and down on one another with a triangle at the base and top of each zig-zag, trapezoids are brown on bottom half, black across top. Rim of hat is banded wi…
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- Title
- Basket Hat
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- willow; pine root; bear grass; maidenhair fern; woodwardia
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description
- A basket hat with natural light with black and red brown design. Zig-zag design around sides formed of elongated trapazoidal forms stepping up and down on one another with a triangle at the base and top of each zig-zag, trapezoids are brown on bottom half, black across top. Rim of hat is banded with brown bars and brown and black line beneath. Bottom has band of black and brown surrounding a series of brown parallelograms forming a circle. Centre of base is a circle of lighter brown. The hat is a twining technique over ribs radiating from the centre with extra ribs added to expand the shape, design not visible on inside but mottled pattern in reverse of outer pattern is vaguely seen against the brown interior.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Hupa
- households
- clothing
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0074
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