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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
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- Title
- Beaded Trim
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 196.0 cm
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
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- Date
- 1850 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1011
- Description
- A beaded belt with an orange border and a blue background. The belt has a repeating geometric pattern in red, white, black and orange.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1850 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 99.0 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- A beaded belt with an orange border and a blue background. The belt has a repeating geometric pattern in red, white, black and orange.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1011
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Rifle Gun Barrels
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- Date
- 1884 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1002 a-d
- Description
- 4 old gun barrels (a) Winchester 44, serial #268154, 66.0 long, diameter of bore 1.0, outside of barrel octagonal, two notches on underside of barrel; stamped on barrel: "Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven. Conn. U.S.A. Patented October 14, 1884"; stamped on underside of b…
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- Title
- Rifle Gun Barrels
- Date
- 1884 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Description
- 4 old gun barrels (a) Winchester 44, serial #268154, 66.0 long, diameter of bore 1.0, outside of barrel octagonal, two notches on underside of barrel; stamped on barrel: "Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven. Conn. U.S.A. Patented October 14, 1884"; stamped on underside of barrel: “W”; “8”; “44”; “D”; and two maker’s marks (b) Winchester Model 67A, 75.6 long, diameter of bore 0.5, round barrel tapers slightly, notch cut into top of barrel near end. Stamped on barrel: "Made in New Haven, Conn.-Winchester Model 67A -U.S. of America - Trade Mark -22 S.L.ORL.R.-" (c) 76.4 long, diameter of bore 0.8, trigger intact, stamped near start of barrel: "Ross Rifle Co. Canada M-10 Patented" stamped on top of barrel: “E”; near the “E” there is a stamp with two flags, a crown, “16”, “D”, and “C”; “X” stamped on a piece of metal that surrounds the barrel; stamped on the underside of the barrel: “555B”; “X5” close to where magazine would be attached (d) 62.5 long, diameter of bore 0.5, stamped on top of barrel: "FabriqueNationale D'armes de Guerre Herstal-Belgique"; stamped on one side of the barrel: "R [star] C .22 L [logo]"; near the top of the barrel is an oval stamp containing three letters; stamped on the underside of the barrel: “3515”; “c”; and a small square around the letter “D”
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.1002 a-d
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1005 a,b
- Description
- Beaded, stylized floral toe, Rocky Mountain style cut in one piece, big stylized flower on toe with solid red/green leaves with teardrop and white glass bead but outlined in yellow with blue/white rounded shapes on top, motif outlined in broken line of transparent beads, long rectangular tongues (1…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 12.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded, stylized floral toe, Rocky Mountain style cut in one piece, big stylized flower on toe with solid red/green leaves with teardrop and white glass bead but outlined in yellow with blue/white rounded shapes on top, motif outlined in broken line of transparent beads, long rectangular tongues (1 notched), tall soft ankle flap notched at edges, tying thongs at ankles.
- Subject
- Bill Peyto
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- footwear
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1005 a,b
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Beaded Breastplate
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
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- Title
- Beaded Breastplate
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 120.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- decorative
- ceremonial
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0004 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beaded leggings with a flap of cotton fabric. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The design of the legging beadwork is of two yellow stripes containing a motif which is repeated in blue beads between the stripes on a white background.
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beaded leggings with a flap of cotton fabric. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The design of the legging beadwork is of two yellow stripes containing a motif which is repeated in blue beads between the stripes on a white background.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- decorative
- regalia
- Blackfoot?
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0004 a,b
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0013
- Description
- A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the s…
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 51.5 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the same red adn blues. A series of small read and blue stepped triangles from a band a the top and bottom of the bodice. The beads are worked on canvas which is rolled at the neck to form edging, and edged with red fabric at the bottom. Short bead strips are sewn to each shoulder, and each has a design of two large white diamond shapes around a blue diamond and a yellow ochre diamond, with a horizontally divided background in the blue and yellow ochre colour. The diamond shapes are outlined with black and red glass beads. Short buckskin thongs tie the tabard together at the corners under the arms.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Plains
- Cree
- ceremonial
- children
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0013
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- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0008
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt with harness leather straps and a brass buckle. The beadwork has a white border and three patterned sections alternating with two solid leather squares. The beaded patterns are worked in yellow, pink, blue, dark blue and red.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 116.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt with harness leather straps and a brass buckle. The beadwork has a white border and three patterned sections alternating with two solid leather squares. The beaded patterns are worked in yellow, pink, blue, dark blue and red.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blood
- Peigan
- Blackfoot
- regalia
- decorative
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0008
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- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0016
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt of harness leather that fastens with a buckle. The belt is worked in beads of blue, yellow and pink in predominently solid coloured sections with small white beaded patterns that alternate with areas of leather.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 105.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's beaded belt of harness leather that fastens with a buckle. The belt is worked in beads of blue, yellow and pink in predominently solid coloured sections with small white beaded patterns that alternate with areas of leather.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blackfoot
- Siksika
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0016
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- stone; wood; skin; metal; hair, buffalo; feather, eagle; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0004
- Description
- A war club/pony club made of an oval-shaped stone attached to a leather-covered stick handle with a leather strap. The leather strap has a tuft of eagle down at its end. The end of the handle has a leather loop with a bunch of long dark bison hair tied together at one end.
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- Title
- Club
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- stone; wood; skin; metal; hair, buffalo; feather, eagle; sinew
- Dimensions
- 55.0 cm
- Description
- A war club/pony club made of an oval-shaped stone attached to a leather-covered stick handle with a leather strap. The leather strap has a tuft of eagle down at its end. The end of the handle has a leather loop with a bunch of long dark bison hair tied together at one end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0004
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0003
- Description
- An awl made by cutting the leg bone of an animal in half and carving the bone to a point at one end, leaving the joint end intact. The awl is hollow where the marrow was.
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- Title
- Leather Awl
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bone
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 2.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- An awl made by cutting the leg bone of an animal in half and carving the bone to a point at one end, leaving the joint end intact. The awl is hollow where the marrow was.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- carving
- animals
- Indigenous
- Plains
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0003
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- Date
- 1850 – 1870
- Material
- metal, steel; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0001
- Description
- A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
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- Title
- Hatchet Ax
- Date
- 1850 – 1870
- Material
- metal, steel; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 15.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0001
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Beaded Necklace
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0005
- Description
- A woman's necklace of double hair pipes alternating with similar lengths of threaded beads in red and blue. The red beads are glass and the blue beads may be clay beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass
- Dimensions
- 135.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's necklace of double hair pipes alternating with similar lengths of threaded beads in red and blue. The red beads are glass and the blue beads may be clay beads.
- Subject
- decoration
- beadwork
- crafts
- Indigenous
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0005
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Beaded Necklace
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- claws, cougar; metal, brass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0008
- Description
- A man's necklace made of cougar claws alternating with brass trade beads. This necklace would be tied around the neck with leather thongs.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- claws, cougar; metal, brass; skin
- Dimensions
- 45.0 cm
- Description
- A man's necklace made of cougar claws alternating with brass trade beads. This necklace would be tied around the neck with leather thongs.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- animals, cougar
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0008
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- Date
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0007
- Description
- A long pouch of deerskin with a four pointed opening which folds over to form a pointed flap where a tying thong is attached. The edge of the opening is beaded. There is long leather fringe along the bottom bottom edge that has bugle beads strung close to the music. The bottom third of the bag is…
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- Title
- Calumet Bag
- Date
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; grass
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- A long pouch of deerskin with a four pointed opening which folds over to form a pointed flap where a tying thong is attached. The edge of the opening is beaded. There is long leather fringe along the bottom bottom edge that has bugle beads strung close to the music. The bottom third of the bag is completely beaded with a white background and two red and blue diamond shapes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Kootenay
- beadwork
- smoking
- ceremonial
- Ktunaxa
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0007
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- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0029
- Description
- A strip of beadwork sewn together in rows completely covering a hide strip. The design features a medium blue background with a yellow square in the middle, outlined with dark blue, and three long pointed shapes at either side. A small red square at the centre of the yellow square is surrounded by…
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- Title
- Beaded Trim
- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- A strip of beadwork sewn together in rows completely covering a hide strip. The design features a medium blue background with a yellow square in the middle, outlined with dark blue, and three long pointed shapes at either side. A small red square at the centre of the yellow square is surrounded by four green squares and then eight dark blue squares. One end of the strip has a white and dark blue scalloped band.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0029
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0030 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped be…
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped beaded edging along the long sides. Both strips have a narrow leather thong through the beadwork at one end that is knotted and left with both ends hanging.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0030 a,b
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- Date
- 1850 – 1910
- Material
- horn; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0029
- Description
- Very old dried and cracked bison? horn with tip broken off to leave small hole. Strap of buckskin thong tied around at tip and attached to another thong tied around at open broad end of horn.
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- Title
- Powder Horn
- Date
- 1850 – 1910
- Material
- horn; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 4.3 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Very old dried and cracked bison? horn with tip broken off to leave small hole. Strap of buckskin thong tied around at tip and attached to another thong tied around at open broad end of horn.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0029
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0031
- Description
- A grey rock rounded at one end and flat at bottom with groove carved around near rounded end and indentations on opposite sides below groove, groove and indentations are probably finger holds .
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- Title
- Pestle
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 8.0 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A grey rock rounded at one end and flat at bottom with groove carved around near rounded end and indentations on opposite sides below groove, groove and indentations are probably finger holds .
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0031
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- Date
- 1850 – 1885
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0067
- Description
- Flat based, cylindrical pot with ridge on exterior near top lip, over which a flat lid sits. Two steel brackets below ridge which hold swivel, arched, wire handle. Lid has double riveted loop which holds ring. Ring functions as handle. Stamped on lid top "1 QT", bottom dented.
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- Title
- Saucepan
- Date
- 1850 – 1885
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 11.4 x 13.2 cm
- Description
- Flat based, cylindrical pot with ridge on exterior near top lip, over which a flat lid sits. Two steel brackets below ridge which hold swivel, arched, wire handle. Lid has double riveted loop which holds ring. Ring functions as handle. Stamped on lid top "1 QT", bottom dented.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0067
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