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Date
1938
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
102.04.1089
Description
Homemade looking wooden box with a raised back panel and metal bison with the caption “CANADA’S NATIONAL PARKS 1938” carved into the metal under the bison. Two large, decorative (?) nails on front of box in addition to four smaller and more practical ones. Wooden knobs on bottom of box so that it i…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1938
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
20.3 x 19.5 x 16.5 cm
Description
Homemade looking wooden box with a raised back panel and metal bison with the caption “CANADA’S NATIONAL PARKS 1938” carved into the metal under the bison. Two large, decorative (?) nails on front of box in addition to four smaller and more practical ones. Wooden knobs on bottom of box so that it is elevated.
Subject
Nicholas Morant
Banff
Parks Canada
Canada’s National Parks 1938
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
102.04.1089
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Date
1910 – 1925
Material
bark; quill; grass
Catalogue Number
102.04.0266
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1910 – 1925
Material
bark; quill; grass
Dimensions
6.2 x 7.5 cm
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green quills bursting from the centre. About 5% of the quills are loose at one end, some quills lost. Thread which binds grass to rim of lid has frayed severely. Box contains six quartz crystals.
Subject
households
Indigenous
decorative
quillwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0266
Images
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