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Date
1970
Material
wood; feather; skin; hoof; stone
Catalogue Number
104.06.3010
Description
Flat, triangular stone lashed to a long wooden handle with hide. The handle, from commercial stock, is decorated with small animal and human footprints burnt into the wood. There are feathers attached to the handle with hide. The top of the tomahawk has a bunch of dew claws attached with hide.
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Title
Tomahawk Ax
Date
1970
Material
wood; feather; skin; hoof; stone
Dimensions
65.5 x 3.5 x 15.0 cm
Description
Flat, triangular stone lashed to a long wooden handle with hide. The handle, from commercial stock, is decorated with small animal and human footprints burnt into the wood. There are feathers attached to the handle with hide. The top of the tomahawk has a bunch of dew claws attached with hide.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
Tom Simeon
Hanna Daniels
crafts
dancing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.3010
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Date
1970
Material
skin; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.3009
Description
Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. Th…
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Title
Purse
Date
1970
Material
skin; metal
Dimensions
11.0 x 14.5 cm
Description
Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. The reverse of the tag has CRW's writing: "Purse for belt belonged to Edwin Dixons mother - Belt he wore & is worn out Mina Lefthand - blind since he was 7."
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
crafts
leatherwork
Edwin Dixon
Mina Lefthand
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.3009
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Date
prior to 1990
Material
stone; glass; wood; skin; fabric
Catalogue Number
104.05.1007
Description
A hatchet/tomahawk with a hand hewn stone head that has a wooden handle attached by a leather thong with zigzag edges. The leather thong attaches a head with a blade that has six rounded notches. The wooden handle is beaded in the middle with red and blue beads and has a fringe on both ends. The bo…
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Title
Tomahawk Ax
Date
prior to 1990
Material
stone; glass; wood; skin; fabric
Dimensions
14.0 x 46.0 cm
Description
A hatchet/tomahawk with a hand hewn stone head that has a wooden handle attached by a leather thong with zigzag edges. The leather thong attaches a head with a blade that has six rounded notches. The wooden handle is beaded in the middle with red and blue beads and has a fringe on both ends. The bottom of the handle has very little blue and red beads and longer fringes.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
souvenir
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.05.1007
Images
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