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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0019 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 29.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
- Subject
- Stoney Nakoda
- beadwork
- crafts
- decorative
- indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0019 a,b
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0031
- Description
- A collection of twenty-three yellow beads and fifty-four green beads from a broken necklace.
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- Title
- Bead
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 1.0 (maximum) cm
- Description
- A collection of twenty-three yellow beads and fifty-four green beads from a broken necklace.
- Subject
- decorative
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0031
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre, silk; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0033
- Description
- A woman's cape of black silk bordered extensively with netted jet bads and fringe. The silk is shoulder width at the top and narrows down to points hanging below the waist. The cape is a small size and very heavy in weight. The cape has a high collar that closes with hooks, and the bodice also f…
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- Title
- Cape
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- fibre, silk; glass
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 64.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's cape of black silk bordered extensively with netted jet bads and fringe. The silk is shoulder width at the top and narrows down to points hanging below the waist. The cape is a small size and very heavy in weight. The cape has a high collar that closes with hooks, and the bodice also fastens with hooks at the front.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0033
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre, silk; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0034
- Description
- A woman's medium size dark red silk skirt with velvet around the inside hem. This long skirt is fitted at the waist and hips and flares out at the hem. The dress is fastened with a black jet bead butterfly clasp at the waist.
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- Title
- Skirt
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre, silk; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 102.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's medium size dark red silk skirt with velvet around the inside hem. This long skirt is fitted at the waist and hips and flares out at the hem. The dress is fastened with a black jet bead butterfly clasp at the waist.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0034
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0059
- Description
- A dress yoke that is completely beaded with blue, red and white beads in an adaptation from a Plains First Nations geometric design. The slit neck is bound with soft leather, and there is leather fringe at the ends of the sleeve sections. There is wrapped fringe along the bottom edges at the fron…
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- Title
- Beaded Yoke
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 100.0 (overall) cm
- Description
- A dress yoke that is completely beaded with blue, red and white beads in an adaptation from a Plains First Nations geometric design. The slit neck is bound with soft leather, and there is leather fringe at the ends of the sleeve sections. There is wrapped fringe along the bottom edges at the front and back. The beading is done on canvas in a lazy stitch.
- Subject
- First Nations
- Plains
- Plateau
- decorative
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0059
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- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0022
- Description
- A square silk handkerchief with an ornately embroidered floral design around a circular centre forming a shaped edge of butterflies and flowers.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- A square silk handkerchief with an ornately embroidered floral design around a circular centre forming a shaped edge of butterflies and flowers.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- social customs
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0022
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- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0023
- Description
- A square silk handkerchief with twelve small squares of cut-and-drawn work set in along edges. The outer border of the handkerchief is scalloped lace.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A square silk handkerchief with twelve small squares of cut-and-drawn work set in along edges. The outer border of the handkerchief is scalloped lace.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- social customs
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0023
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- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0027
- Description
- A square, cotton, handkerchief with cut-out corners and shaped lace edging.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- A square, cotton, handkerchief with cut-out corners and shaped lace edging.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- social customs
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0027
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- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0028
- Description
- A cotton handkerchief with a shaped round centre and a wide border of Brussels lace, with a floral motif, forming a square.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A cotton handkerchief with a shaped round centre and a wide border of Brussels lace, with a floral motif, forming a square.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- social customs
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0028
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- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0032
- Description
- A fine cotton handkerchief with a wide rounded border of Limerick lace.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- A fine cotton handkerchief with a wide rounded border of Limerick lace.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- social customs
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0032
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- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0033
- Description
- A fine cotton handkerchief with a Nottingham lace border.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A fine cotton handkerchief with a Nottingham lace border.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- social customs
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0033
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- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0034
- Description
- A fine cotton handkerchief with a Brussels lace border and lace inserts at each corner.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A fine cotton handkerchief with a Brussels lace border and lace inserts at each corner.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- social customs
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0034
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- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0035
- Description
- A fine cotton handkerchief with a narrow tatted lace border.
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- Title
- Handkerchief
- Date
- 1890 – 1915
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A fine cotton handkerchief with a narrow tatted lace border.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- social customs
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0035
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- Date
- 1890 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0051 a-h
- Description
- A sack-shaped crocheted string bag with a long woven handle. The bag is light brown, with various bands of a black and white triangular pattern, and also has a red ring around the bottom. Inside the bag there is a card that reads “Dear Pearl, This came out of an old shop in old Panama. It’s all …
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- Title
- Woven Bag
- Date
- 1890 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 65.0 cm
- Description
- A sack-shaped crocheted string bag with a long woven handle. The bag is light brown, with various bands of a black and white triangular pattern, and also has a red ring around the bottom. Inside the bag there is a card that reads “Dear Pearl, This came out of an old shop in old Panama. It’s all filled with greetings. Mrs. Wm. Warren, Banff”. Inside the bag is also: 3 red-earth pottery shards, 3 paper 8-pointed stars with German writing.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0051 a-h
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bark, birch; wood; grass, reed
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0171
- Description
- An oval birchbark pack basket sewn together with reeds. The basket has bent twigs for rim support, and two bark brackets near the top on one side.
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- Title
- Pack Basket
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bark, birch; wood; grass, reed
- Dimensions
- 28.7 x 25.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- An oval birchbark pack basket sewn together with reeds. The basket has bent twigs for rim support, and two bark brackets near the top on one side.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0171
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Gathering Basket
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- grass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0001
- Description
- A low, wide, open-mouthed coiled basket made of woven grass. The basket has an openwork scalloped border around the mouth.
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- Title
- Gathering Basket
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- grass
- Dimensions
- 11.0 cm
- Description
- A low, wide, open-mouthed coiled basket made of woven grass. The basket has an openwork scalloped border around the mouth.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Salish
- crafts
- weaving
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0001
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- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; feather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0004
- Description
- A ceremonial pipe tomahawk which can serve either function. The metal wedge-shaped blade is surmounted by a pipe bowl on a shaft of wood that is covered with leather with four vertical rows of brass tacks. There is a fur lined piece of leather, probably used as hand grip, around the centre. Att…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; feather
- Dimensions
- 162.0 cm
- Description
- A ceremonial pipe tomahawk which can serve either function. The metal wedge-shaped blade is surmounted by a pipe bowl on a shaft of wood that is covered with leather with four vertical rows of brass tacks. There is a fur lined piece of leather, probably used as hand grip, around the centre. Attached to the end of the tomahawk is a beaded band with long fringe at the end. The band has a white beaded background and design of three yellow triangles with red bases and blue corners. Two feathers hang from beaded leather thongs attached to the axehead with a tuft of grey fur.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0004
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; stone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0003
- Description
- A war club made from a rounded oval stone attached to a vermillion-stained leather-covered wooden handle with a leather strap. The club has a leather fringe hanging from a strap at the head. There is a leather thong wrapped just below the head and this thong is attached to the head through a dril…
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- Title
- Club
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; stone; skin
- Dimensions
- 53.0 cm
- Description
- A war club made from a rounded oval stone attached to a vermillion-stained leather-covered wooden handle with a leather strap. The club has a leather fringe hanging from a strap at the head. There is a leather thong wrapped just below the head and this thong is attached to the head through a drilled hole in the stone. The stone head has incised rings at one end and a carved arrow at other.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- tourism
- souvenirs
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0003
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- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin, moose; skin, caribou; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0005
- Description
- A moosehide sheath made to hold a rifle (small trapper's gun). There is a very short fringe of leather along one side and around the top. The case is decorated with beadwork of blue, yellow, white and red beads in three narrow bands at the bottom, and a wide band at the top made up of five rows of…
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- Title
- Gun Case
- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin, moose; skin, caribou; glass
- Dimensions
- 100.0 cm
- Description
- A moosehide sheath made to hold a rifle (small trapper's gun). There is a very short fringe of leather along one side and around the top. The case is decorated with beadwork of blue, yellow, white and red beads in three narrow bands at the bottom, and a wide band at the top made up of five rows of beadwork.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0005
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- skin; metal; hair, buffalo; glass; feather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0008
- Description
- A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather thong for hanging the sheath from a belt. Both sides of the case are completely beaded with a light blue background and four pyramidal shapes in dark blue, white, red, green and orange. There is a band of tin cones, with coloured feathers at the…
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- Title
- Knife Sheath
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- skin; metal; hair, buffalo; glass; feather
- Dimensions
- 26.0 cm
- Description
- A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather thong for hanging the sheath from a belt. Both sides of the case are completely beaded with a light blue background and four pyramidal shapes in dark blue, white, red, green and orange. There is a band of tin cones, with coloured feathers at the end of each cone, that hangs around the middle of the sheath. A strip of blue and green beadwork, that is wrapped with sections of bison hide, hangs from the bottom point of the sheath.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0008
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