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Date
1954
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
109.02.1040
Description
A copper plate with etched inscription, holes each corner. "Belmore Browne June 9, 1880 - May 2, 1954 Here laid to rest by George Browne Evelyn Browne and Kelly September 1, 1954" Plus 4 wood screws.
Title
Commemorative Plaque
Date
1954
Material
metal
Dimensions
14.0 x 24.2 cm
Description
A copper plate with etched inscription, holes each corner. "Belmore Browne June 9, 1880 - May 2, 1954 Here laid to rest by George Browne Evelyn Browne and Kelly September 1, 1954" Plus 4 wood screws.
Subject
ceremonial
Belmore Browne
Fuher Range
Credit
Gift of Evelyn Browne, Durham, USA, 1992
Catalogue Number
109.02.1040
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Date
prior to 1979
Material
hair; skin; glass; fibre; wood
Catalogue Number
103.09.3035
Description
Light to dark brown coloured stiff hair with blue fabric braided centre. Roach attached to loom beaded headband with green, yellow and white repeated pattern, ends of band attached with elastic. White beaded diamond, backed with commercial leather, with bird design and fringe attached to headband…
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Title
Roach Headdress
Date
prior to 1979
Material
hair; skin; glass; fibre; wood
Description
Light to dark brown coloured stiff hair with blue fabric braided centre. Roach attached to loom beaded headband with green, yellow and white repeated pattern, ends of band attached with elastic. White beaded diamond, backed with commercial leather, with bird design and fringe attached to headband at temples. Roach stored on wood form and wrapped in printed cotton. Tag with CRW’s writing: “ALVIN DIXON To pay bill mine to sell.”
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
ceremonial
beadwork
Alvin Dixon
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.3035
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
109.02.3012
Description
Turned wood (looks like a baluster) with a shaped wooden bowl attached near the end opposite the mouthpiece. The pipe is nailed together. Tag with CRW writing: “From Big Horn probably Laurier Hunter” on one side, and “Old Wildman fr. Big Horn” on the reverse.
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Title
Calumet
Date
prior to 1970
Material
wood
Dimensions
16.0 x 3.5 x 67.0 cm
Description
Turned wood (looks like a baluster) with a shaped wooden bowl attached near the end opposite the mouthpiece. The pipe is nailed together. Tag with CRW writing: “From Big Horn probably Laurier Hunter” on one side, and “Old Wildman fr. Big Horn” on the reverse.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
Laurier Hunter
ceremonial
smoking
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3012
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
hoof; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
109.02.3019
Description
Replica of a hairbag, (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013) beaded front and back, with rounded bottom corners. The bag has red and white stepped diamonds on a black background with a pink and black border on one side, and a black and white ‘checker-board’ pattern on the reverse with …
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Title
Hairbag
Date
prior to 1970
Material
hoof; glass; skin
Dimensions
3.5 x 22.0 x 48.0 cm
Description
Replica of a hairbag, (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013) beaded front and back, with rounded bottom corners. The bag has red and white stepped diamonds on a black background with a pink and black border on one side, and a black and white ‘checker-board’ pattern on the reverse with 2 radiating circles near the bottom edge. The bag has a braided hide handle attached at the top corners. There are four pieces of hoof hanging from the bottom edge of the bag. The bag has been sewn shut.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3019
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin
Catalogue Number
109.02.3022
Description
Light hide machine sewn bag with drawstring at top and fringe attached to bottom edge. Both sides of the bag have a beaded patch (15.0 x 20.0 cm) with red, white and yellow triangles and a diamond on a blue background with dark blue triangles along the edges.
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Title
Calumet Bag
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin
Dimensions
20.0 x 57.0 cm
Description
Light hide machine sewn bag with drawstring at top and fringe attached to bottom edge. Both sides of the bag have a beaded patch (15.0 x 20.0 cm) with red, white and yellow triangles and a diamond on a blue background with dark blue triangles along the edges.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
beadwork
ceremonial
smoking
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3022
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; metal; glass
Catalogue Number
109.02.3023 a-e
Description
Five piece regalia set. Each piece is made of red-orange fabric and is decorated with sequins held on with beads.a) Sleeveless top (57.0 x 51.0 cm) with button closure at one shoulder. Each side of the top has three sequin flowers - two red flowers and one yellow and blue flower at centre. b) La…
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Title
Dance Regalia
Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; metal; glass
Description
Five piece regalia set. Each piece is made of red-orange fabric and is decorated with sequins held on with beads.a) Sleeveless top (57.0 x 51.0 cm) with button closure at one shoulder. Each side of the top has three sequin flowers - two red flowers and one yellow and blue flower at centre. b) Large apron (94.5x 92.0 cm) decorated with sequin diamonds and three sections hanging from the bottom edge. The two small side pieces have pointed lines of sequins, a blue plastic circle hanging form a short length of beaded thread, and commercial fringe at the tip. The larger centre piece hanging from the belt has black and silver decorative cloth edging, hanging blue circles, commercial fringe and yellow feathers attached to sequin circles.c) The small apron has a sequin flower, blue haning circles, commercial fringe along the bottom edge, and long thong ties. d,e) Wrist cuffs (14.0 x 13.0 cm) each with a blue flowers and a yellow sequin edge. The cuffs each have hidden hide ties.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
dancing
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3023 a-e
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic; skin
Catalogue Number
109.02.3028 a-d
Description
Four piece regalia set of navy blue wool lined with dark blue cotton. Each piece of the set has white commercial fringe.a) Apron (12.0 x 72.0 cm with 80.0 cm long hanging pieces) with beaded scrollwork in orange and white on the belt. The belt has three fabric ties at each end. There are five h…
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Title
Dance Regalia
Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic; skin
Description
Four piece regalia set of navy blue wool lined with dark blue cotton. Each piece of the set has white commercial fringe.a) Apron (12.0 x 72.0 cm with 80.0 cm long hanging pieces) with beaded scrollwork in orange and white on the belt. The belt has three fabric ties at each end. There are five hanging pieces from the belt - two short pointed pieces at the outside with two rows of fringe, two long hanging sections in the middle with a red and white sequin flower and orange and white beaded scrollwork, and a shorter piece hanging over the middle sections with a rounded bottom hem and a single red and white sequin flower topped with orange and white scrollwork. b) Vest (47.0 x 42.0 cm) with no fasteners. There are red and white sequin flowers and orange and white beaded scrollwork on the front top and back top underlined with fringe.d,e) Leg cuffs (36.5 x 23.5 cm) with two rows of fringe and rounded bottom hems. Each cuff has four dyed blue leather ties and a hook and eye closure at the top.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
dancing
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3028 a-d
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic; feather; rubber
Catalogue Number
109.02.3029 a-e
Description
Five piece regalia set with thin foam used to give the floral decorations dimension. Most of the pieces are edged with burgandy fabric.a) Small apron (42.0 x 40.0 cm) with centred floral design of grey foam outlined with blue, yellow and red beads. The leaves in the design are filled in with turq…
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Title
Dance Regalia
Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic; feather; rubber
Description
Five piece regalia set with thin foam used to give the floral decorations dimension. Most of the pieces are edged with burgandy fabric.a) Small apron (42.0 x 40.0 cm) with centred floral design of grey foam outlined with blue, yellow and red beads. The leaves in the design are filled in with turquoise sequins. Ties are attached to the top corners and yellow feathers are attached to the three bottom corners.b) Collar (42.0 x 36.0 cm), almost diamond-shaped with a hole at the centre to go over the wearer’s head, decorated with a pink beaded flower on one side and a pink sequin flower on the other.c) Large apron (18.0 x 90.0 cm) with three sections (67.0 cm longest) hanging from a belt. The belt and centre section have a purple sequin flower and eight foam and bead flowers. There are purple feathers hanging from the edges and red, orange and blue feathers attached in a bunch to the centre hanging section.d,e) Cuffs (24.0 cm x 9.0 cm) edged with pink fabric and decorated with one foam and bead flower and a yellow feather (missing from e).
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
dancing
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3029 a-e
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic; skin; shell; bone
Catalogue Number
109.02.3035 a,b
Description
Velvet burgundy belt and tunic.a) Belt (67.5 cm long) edged with purple rickrack and decorated with two simple silver sequin flowers. The belt has thong ties at each end. One end of the belt has hair pipes and a shell medallion attached to the thong.b) Tunic (68.5 x 92.0 cm) with bell sleeves (…
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Title
Dance Regalia
Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic; skin; shell; bone
Description
Velvet burgundy belt and tunic.a) Belt (67.5 cm long) edged with purple rickrack and decorated with two simple silver sequin flowers. The belt has thong ties at each end. One end of the belt has hair pipes and a shell medallion attached to the thong.b) Tunic (68.5 x 92.0 cm) with bell sleeves (bottom seam open) that have thong and cowrie shells hanging from the bottom. The sleeves and bottom of the tunic are deocrated with purple, yellow, and blue rickrack. There are six groups of cowrie shells with hanging beaded thongs spaced evenly around the bottom third of the tunic. The split neck opening is edged with thick white rickrack.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
dancing
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3035 a,b
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic
Catalogue Number
109.02.3036 a-c
Description
Three piece regalia set.a) Collar (37.0 x 66.0 xm) of pinkish-purple taffeta decorated wtih red applique flowers outlined with blue sequins. Each flower has a blue and white beaded centre. The collar is edged with pink commercial fringe (14.0 cm long).b) Dress (93.5 x 110.0 cm) of blue taffeta wit…
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Title
Dance Regalia
Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic
Description
Three piece regalia set.a) Collar (37.0 x 66.0 xm) of pinkish-purple taffeta decorated wtih red applique flowers outlined with blue sequins. Each flower has a blue and white beaded centre. The collar is edged with pink commercial fringe (14.0 cm long).b) Dress (93.5 x 110.0 cm) of blue taffeta with square pleats at the waist. The dress is decorated with red and white ribbon sewn horizontally to the skirt. c) Belt (10.5 x 65.5 cm) of same fabric as the collar. The belt is edged with white sequins on the long edges and blue sequins on the short edges. There are four repeated red applique shapes, two with white sequin centres, spaced along the length of the belt oulined with blue sequins.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
dancing
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3036 a-c
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin
Catalogue Number
109.02.3037
Description
Replica of a hairbag (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013). Small bag, stiched shut along the top edge, with both sides fully beaded. One side has a pattern of green and white squares with a blue and black triangle border, the other side has a multicoloured stepped diamond on a blue b…
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Title
Hairbag
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin
Dimensions
9.5 x 16.3 cm
Description
Replica of a hairbag (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013). Small bag, stiched shut along the top edge, with both sides fully beaded. One side has a pattern of green and white squares with a blue and black triangle border, the other side has a multicoloured stepped diamond on a blue background with a black edge on three sides and three black squares along the top edge. The bag has a braided hide handle (39.0 x 2.0 cm) with fur attached. The bottom edge of the bag has beaded hanging thong with fur tufts at the end.
Subject
Indigenous
crafts
beadwork
ceremonial
religious
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3037
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
stone; grass
Catalogue Number
109.02.3042
Description
Brown-grey triangular rock with a hole filled with crushed and dried plant material.
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Title
Incense Rock
Date
prior to 1970
Material
stone; grass
Dimensions
5.5 x 9.0 x 10.0 cm
Description
Brown-grey triangular rock with a hole filled with crushed and dried plant material.
Subject
Indigenous
ceremonial
religious
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3042
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
stone
Catalogue Number
109.02.3046
Description
Red-brown calumet bowl in the shape of a horse with the hole through the top of the horse’s head. Obvious repair across horse’s hind-quarters and the front legs are broken. The end where this section attaches to the stem is jagged and has putty or glue attached.See narrative
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Title
Calumet Fragment
Date
prior to 1970
Material
stone
Dimensions
7.1 x 2.2 x 18.2 cm
Description
Red-brown calumet bowl in the shape of a horse with the hole through the top of the horse’s head. Obvious repair across horse’s hind-quarters and the front legs are broken. The end where this section attaches to the stem is jagged and has putty or glue attached.See narrative
Subject
Indigenous
ceremonial
religious
smoking
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3046
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin; stone; wood
Catalogue Number
109.02.3060
Description
Wooden pipe stem decorated with pyrography and wrapped with a section of bead-wrapped hide (yellow, black, red and white) with fringe at each end. The simple grey stone bowl is attached to the stem. Tag attached: “$20.00”.
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Title
Calumet
Date
prior to 1970
Material
glass; skin; stone; wood
Dimensions
7.2 x 2.6 x 52.0 cm
Description
Wooden pipe stem decorated with pyrography and wrapped with a section of bead-wrapped hide (yellow, black, red and white) with fringe at each end. The simple grey stone bowl is attached to the stem. Tag attached: “$20.00”.
Subject
Indigenous
ceremonial
religious
smoking
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3060
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Date
1950 – 1960
Material
wood; feather; bone
Catalogue Number
104.33.0018
Description
Rattle carved from burled piece of wood. Top burl has been hollowed and filled with small pebbles? and capped with a round flat slice of bone. Burl just beneath has been carved to represent a bison head painted black with claws added as horns and beads inserted as eyes. Top burl has been stained ye…
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Title
Ceremonial Rattle
Date
1950 – 1960
Material
wood; feather; bone
Dimensions
27.7 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
Description
Rattle carved from burled piece of wood. Top burl has been hollowed and filled with small pebbles? and capped with a round flat slice of bone. Burl just beneath has been carved to represent a bison head painted black with claws added as horns and beads inserted as eyes. Top burl has been stained yellow on front with picture of flying eagle, and green on back with drawing of dog's head. Bone at top painted around each nail head with a circle of black outlined in red and a green star at the centre. 'Neck' of buffalo painted with bands of red, black, yellow, green and brown. Three feathers tied in group attached around bottom of handle with a string of sinew.
Subject
Indigenous
ceremonial
animal
buffalo
bird
eagle
dog
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.33.0018
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Date
1955 – 1975
Material
wood; skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
104.33.0019 a-c
Description
A collection of three crude drumsticks made of sticks of wood with the end wrapped with a softer material. (a) knotty stick with bark scraped off with long piece of tan buckskin, 13 cm sewn to fit around one end. (b) straight stick with bark, dark brown, still on, wrapped at one end with strip of…
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Title
Drumstick Collection
Date
1955 – 1975
Material
wood; skin; fibre
Dimensions
2.9 x 37.5 cm
Description
A collection of three crude drumsticks made of sticks of wood with the end wrapped with a softer material. (a) knotty stick with bark scraped off with long piece of tan buckskin, 13 cm sewn to fit around one end. (b) straight stick with bark, dark brown, still on, wrapped at one end with strip of white muslin which is knotted and tied at bottom of wrapping. (c) smoothly carved stick of light wood with beige pieces of buckskin wrapped at both ends and sewn to fit with sinew.
Subject
Indigenous
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.33.0019 a-c
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Date
1955 – 1965
Material
skin; hair; wood; feather
Catalogue Number
104.33.0023
Description
Hand drum with round hoop frame covered with hide and brown-grey fur around outside with six long striped features hanging from a buckskin thong spaced evenly around the circumference. Drum head is a circle of hide laced around its edges into the middle of the hoop and painted with a red and blue b…
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Title
Bear Drum
Date
1955 – 1965
Material
skin; hair; wood; feather
Description
Hand drum with round hoop frame covered with hide and brown-grey fur around outside with six long striped features hanging from a buckskin thong spaced evenly around the circumference. Drum head is a circle of hide laced around its edges into the middle of the hoop and painted with a red and blue band around the border with a pencil drawing of a bear's head at the centre. Handholds in the back formed of twisted hide in two loops attached to two strings of twisted hide stretched across the back, with an additional long strap of twisted hide for hanging.See narative.
Subject
Indigenous
ceremonial
dancing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.33.0023
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Date
1950 – 1960
Material
stone; wood
Catalogue Number
109.02.0030 a,b
Description
A calumet with grey stone T-shape bowl and long wooden stem; (a) cylindrical smoke bowl sits atop long narrow base which tapers toward front where it is cut off at angle, and is carved into cube shape at end where stem joins; bowl is incised with scratched design of diamond shapes on sides, around …
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Title
Calumet
Date
1950 – 1960
Material
stone; wood
Dimensions
6.7 x 2.2 x 48.7 cm
Description
A calumet with grey stone T-shape bowl and long wooden stem; (a) cylindrical smoke bowl sits atop long narrow base which tapers toward front where it is cut off at angle, and is carved into cube shape at end where stem joins; bowl is incised with scratched design of diamond shapes on sides, around smoke bowl, and on each face of the cube; pipe stem (b) is shaped from stick which thickens and is flattened at bottom near bowl joint; mouthpiece is formed by whittling stem flat at one end, with carved round dowel joint at other to join to bowl; a series of charred lines have been burnt into top and sides of stem; end of stem near mouthpiece shows evidence of having been painted yellow ochre at one time.
Subject
Indigenous
Noah Goat
ceremonial
smoking
Stoney
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.0030 a,b
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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
hair; grass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.09.0097
Description
A buckskin thong with parts of six ermine pelts attached to it. Two full body pelts, legs and tails, two lengthwise strips of pelt, and two pelts sewn into tubes with red straw attached in the tail zone to hang down.
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Title
Headdress Ornament
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
hair; grass; skin
Dimensions
10.0 x 46.0 cm
Description
A buckskin thong with parts of six ermine pelts attached to it. Two full body pelts, legs and tails, two lengthwise strips of pelt, and two pelts sewn into tubes with red straw attached in the tail zone to hang down.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
ceremonial
accessories
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.0097
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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.04.1040
Description
A light blue head square. One quadrant has a very colourful picture of a moose surrounded by bushes and brown humps. The background has brown hills with very colourful foliage. Below the picture in red is: "Field, B.C." Small tag stitched to hem: "Made in Japan"
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Title
Kerchief
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
fibre
Dimensions
70.0 x 70.0 cm
Description
A light blue head square. One quadrant has a very colourful picture of a moose surrounded by bushes and brown humps. The background has brown hills with very colourful foliage. Below the picture in red is: "Field, B.C." Small tag stitched to hem: "Made in Japan"
Subject
souvenir
Field, B.C.
Credit
Gift of Chui Mei Yee, Calgary, 1995
Catalogue Number
103.04.1040
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