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Date
1979
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.3003
Description
Plain skin bag, rounded bottom edge with fringe ( 7.8 cm long), 1.5 cm wide strap has scalloped edge. Round beaded design has a dark blue background with an orange diamond in the centre and white and red chevrons above and below the diamond. Tag attached: “David Bearspaw Feb 7/79 bag.”
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1979
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
26.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
Plain skin bag, rounded bottom edge with fringe ( 7.8 cm long), 1.5 cm wide strap has scalloped edge. Round beaded design has a dark blue background with an orange diamond in the centre and white and red chevrons above and below the diamond. Tag attached: “David Bearspaw Feb 7/79 bag.”
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
crafts
beadwork
David Bearspaw
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.3003
Images
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Date
1970 – 1979
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0233
Description
A square buckskin purse with strip added along sides and bottom for extra thickness. Lightly beaded with light blue stepped, elongated diamond shape at centre of front, accents of red and orange inside diamond, central panel of front edged with orange beads in an interrupted line, with same edging …
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1970 – 1979
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
17.0 x 4.0 x 20.0 cm
Description
A square buckskin purse with strip added along sides and bottom for extra thickness. Lightly beaded with light blue stepped, elongated diamond shape at centre of front, accents of red and orange inside diamond, central panel of front edged with orange beads in an interrupted line, with same edging around mouth of purse and along edge of small pointed flap which ties with a buckskin thong to another sewn to the front of the purse. Back of purse lightly beaded at centre with three orange lines, one vertical and two at oblique angles to it meeting in a point at the bottom, red and blue accents thicken the lines at their middle. Short rolled buckskin carrying strap;. Purse lined with sleazy green geometric patterned material. Bottom of purse stiffened with a strip of cardboard ? under the lining.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0233
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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