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- Date
- 1895
- Material
- skin, buffalo; glass; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0003
- Description
- An entirely beaded boy's vest with fringe along both of the sides and the bottom. The vest has blanket trim and a v-neck. The vest is decorated with nine diamond motifs of red and blue beads forming a square on the back, and six diamonds centred on the front and two on the front shoulders. The en…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1895
- Material
- skin, buffalo; glass; fabric
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 55.0 (includes 9.0 cm fringe) cm
- Description
- An entirely beaded boy's vest with fringe along both of the sides and the bottom. The vest has blanket trim and a v-neck. The vest is decorated with nine diamond motifs of red and blue beads forming a square on the back, and six diamonds centred on the front and two on the front shoulders. The entire vest is beaded with a light blue background.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0003
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3026
- Description
- Black velvet vest with parallel machine sewn lines. The vest is lined with printed blue floral patterned cotton. The front of the vest is decorated with a floral motif in orange, red, green and yellow with red, blue and yellow buds and green leaves. The back of the vest is beaded with a man wear…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 54.5 x 62.2 cm
- Description
- Black velvet vest with parallel machine sewn lines. The vest is lined with printed blue floral patterned cotton. The front of the vest is decorated with a floral motif in orange, red, green and yellow with red, blue and yellow buds and green leaves. The back of the vest is beaded with a man wearing a headress of black and white feathers and a blue shirt with red and yellow beadstrips.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3026
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0061
- Description
- A flat, rectangular, bag of white and black wool with red vertical zig-zag bands. The bag has three beaded tassels hanging from the bottom edge, and two knitted multicoloured dolls hanging from the bag’s long red handle.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A flat, rectangular, bag of white and black wool with red vertical zig-zag bands. The bag has three beaded tassels hanging from the bottom edge, and two knitted multicoloured dolls hanging from the bag’s long red handle.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- beadwork
- needlework
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0061
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin;glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0074
- Description
- A tan buckskin vest, lightly beaded on the front, with two short buckskin ties, and lined with beige brocaded fabric, diamond pattern, which has been patched at the bottom of the left front and at the right side seam with a plaid fabric. Lightly beaded on each front panel with three separate floral…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin;glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- A tan buckskin vest, lightly beaded on the front, with two short buckskin ties, and lined with beige brocaded fabric, diamond pattern, which has been patched at the bottom of the left front and at the right side seam with a plaid fabric. Lightly beaded on each front panel with three separate floral motifs, at the bottom, a cluster of red and blue leaves outlined with white and light blue, with a single blossom with red stamens on a light blue stem from the side. In the middle, three trumpet shaped blue and white blossoms on light blue stems with leaves. At the top, a four petalled blue flower with red centre and white stem outlining red leaves. Three sets of double, stepped triangles near the front edge between each blossom and again at the shoulder.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0074
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1132
- Description
- Back of vest is a simply cut piece of buckskin, attached at shoulders to beaded covered canvas. Background is solid white. Five leaves, green with red lines and a pink and black core is the base for a long stemmed red and black flower and two yellow and black flowers. Above this is a six-pointed f…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 64.0 cm
- Description
- Back of vest is a simply cut piece of buckskin, attached at shoulders to beaded covered canvas. Background is solid white. Five leaves, green with red lines and a pink and black core is the base for a long stemmed red and black flower and two yellow and black flowers. Above this is a six-pointed flower, pink with blue. Both sides of the vest are identical.
- Subject
- clothing
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Oswald Treutler, Banff, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1132
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1139
- Description
- Short vest with large armholes. Fringes at bottom, across chest and across back. On each breast a long beaded design 20.0 cm. Top flower has a yellow centre, blue petals and red outlined, a light green stem with 2 leaves below it leads into the lower flower. It has a red and yellow centre, yell…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Short vest with large armholes. Fringes at bottom, across chest and across back. On each breast a long beaded design 20.0 cm. Top flower has a yellow centre, blue petals and red outlined, a light green stem with 2 leaves below it leads into the lower flower. It has a red and yellow centre, yellow petals, blue outlined. The light green stem continues down with green leaves on bottom. The back has a central design of two blue flowers with yellow outline, green stems and leaves. Either side near shoulder the flower has a yellow centre, red petals with blue outline. Green stem and green leaves.
- Credit
- Gift of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1139
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