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- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal, brass; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0084
- Description
- A lidded, cylindrical brass container. The box is decorated with a raised floral design with an enameled background. “Made in India” is stamped on the base.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal, brass; enamel
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- A lidded, cylindrical brass container. The box is decorated with a raised floral design with an enameled background. “Made in India” is stamped on the base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0084
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- bark, birch
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0149
- Description
- A round birch bark basket made from the brown underbark of the birch sewn together with dyed strips of bark through pre-punched holes. The lid has a circle of light birchbark with notched edges sewn to the top with large X-stitching.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- bark, birch
- Dimensions
- 12.0 cm
- Description
- A round birch bark basket made from the brown underbark of the birch sewn together with dyed strips of bark through pre-punched holes. The lid has a circle of light birchbark with notched edges sewn to the top with large X-stitching.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0149
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0186
- Description
- Woven lattice basketry in brown, black, and natural (beige). Hinged by wire at two points, for the lid.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 13.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Woven lattice basketry in brown, black, and natural (beige). Hinged by wire at two points, for the lid.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0186
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0200
- Description
- A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0200
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0270 a,b
- Description
- Two oval, lidded, birchbark baskets with flat bases, straight sides. (A) White crosshatch and red zig-zag quillwork on exterior with black thread trim at rim and base (where sweetgrass is located, red and white flower design on lid, as well as sweetgrass. Black thread rim trim. (B) green and white…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 7.0 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- Two oval, lidded, birchbark baskets with flat bases, straight sides. (A) White crosshatch and red zig-zag quillwork on exterior with black thread trim at rim and base (where sweetgrass is located, red and white flower design on lid, as well as sweetgrass. Black thread rim trim. (B) green and white "X" design in quillwork on exterior, with sweetgrass and black thread trim at rim and base. Red flower with green and white stem on lid in quillwork, as well as sweetgrass black thread rim trim. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous, Ojibwa
- crafts
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0270 a,b
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0271
- Description
- Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- crafts
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0271
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- Date
- 1940 – 1957
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0314
- Description
- Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark sta…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1957
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 11.0 x 24.3 cm
- Description
- Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark stain at horse's head. Carved on lid is "Ardin"(?)
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0314
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- Date
- 1969 – 1970
- Material
- wood; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0320
- Description
- Hinged, lidded box lined with pink cotton fabric. Light coloured wood is unvarnished on bottom. "Made in U.S.S.R." sticker on bottom. Decoration is stained yellow and red straw or grass arranged in floral and geometric diamond design throughout lid and sides.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1969 – 1970
- Material
- wood; grass
- Dimensions
- 5.4 x 12.2 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Hinged, lidded box lined with pink cotton fabric. Light coloured wood is unvarnished on bottom. "Made in U.S.S.R." sticker on bottom. Decoration is stained yellow and red straw or grass arranged in floral and geometric diamond design throughout lid and sides.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0320
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