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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; metal, brass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1001
- Description
- Tall kerosene lamp, glass base, font, and chimney, heavy base of clear glass, round six-sided foot and tapering shaft atop, trimmed by glass beading, clear glass font rests on top, long, wide wick curling inside, large brass cap with finger screw and slit in top, feeds and adjusts wick, 4 wire spri…
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- Title
- Kerosene Lamp
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; metal, brass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 43.4 cm
- Description
- Tall kerosene lamp, glass base, font, and chimney, heavy base of clear glass, round six-sided foot and tapering shaft atop, trimmed by glass beading, clear glass font rests on top, long, wide wick curling inside, large brass cap with finger screw and slit in top, feeds and adjusts wick, 4 wire springs on cap hold 19.0 cm high glass chimney trimmed by glass beading at top, brass cap has "BANNER" embossed on side
- Subject
- households
- household item
- Credit
- Gift of Ed (Mrs.) Jamieson, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1001
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- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- meatl, iron; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0026
- Description
- An iron used for crimping hair. This iron has scissor-like handles that are painted black. There is one double blade and one single blade for crimping. The iron is marked with some illegible initials and “Osborne & Co.” and “.00”.
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- Title
- Crimping Iron
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- meatl, iron; paint
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 6.7 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- An iron used for crimping hair. This iron has scissor-like handles that are painted black. There is one double blade and one single blade for crimping. The iron is marked with some illegible initials and “Osborne & Co.” and “.00”.
- Subject
- households
- grooming
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0026
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- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0069
- Description
- A white lace blouse (size medium or large) with a high collar, long fitted sleeves, and a very short peplum. This blouse ties at the waist with ribbon. The blouse has a very definite large floral pattern on the bodice that becomes more delicate at the yoke and on the sleeves.
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- Title
- Blouse
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 46.5 x 58.0 cm
- Description
- A white lace blouse (size medium or large) with a high collar, long fitted sleeves, and a very short peplum. This blouse ties at the waist with ribbon. The blouse has a very definite large floral pattern on the bodice that becomes more delicate at the yoke and on the sleeves.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0069
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- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0070
- Description
- A short white lace woman’s jacket (small size) with cape sleeves. The lace is worked in an asymetrical floral pattern that is quite large and definite.
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- Title
- Bolero
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A short white lace woman’s jacket (small size) with cape sleeves. The lace is worked in an asymetrical floral pattern that is quite large and definite.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0070
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- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0071
- Description
- A woman’s (size small) short white lace jacket, with short sleeves, that is rounded and open at the front. The jacket has scalloped lace edges.
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- Title
- Bolero
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A woman’s (size small) short white lace jacket, with short sleeves, that is rounded and open at the front. The jacket has scalloped lace edges.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0071
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- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal, iron; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0001
- Description
- A hand forged iron 'beaver tail' dagger with a pointed, triangular shaped blade attached to a narrow shaft which leads into a hilt with a cross piece. There is a piece of thong tied through the handle. The handle of the dagger is almost as long as blade
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- Title
- Dagger
- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal, iron; skin
- Dimensions
- 26.5 cm
- Description
- A hand forged iron 'beaver tail' dagger with a pointed, triangular shaped blade attached to a narrow shaft which leads into a hilt with a cross piece. There is a piece of thong tied through the handle. The handle of the dagger is almost as long as blade
- Subject
- households
- trading
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0001
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal, iron; metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0023
- Description
- A in iron sword with a pointed, wavy blade. The blade flares out to two wide sharp points at the hilt. The handle is carved of wood with silver detail where it joins to blade.
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- Title
- Kris Dagger
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; metal, iron; metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 50.0; 19.0 (hilt) cm
- Description
- A in iron sword with a pointed, wavy blade. The blade flares out to two wide sharp points at the hilt. The handle is carved of wood with silver detail where it joins to blade.
- Subject
- households
- travel
- souvenirs
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0023
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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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Needlepoint Sampler
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- Date
- 1873 – 1873
- Material
- linen; wood; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1041
- Description
- Needlepoint sampler by Lucy Ann Andrew, aged 11 years, 1873. Mounted in a shadowbox with wooden frame and plexiglass front. The sampler is done in cross-stitch, multi-coloured (brown, dark grey, light grey and blue) on a loosely woven ecru linen. It depicts an alphabetical display of double upper a…
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- Title
- Needlepoint Sampler
- Date
- 1873 – 1873
- Material
- linen; wood; glass;
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 24.2 cm
- Description
- Needlepoint sampler by Lucy Ann Andrew, aged 11 years, 1873. Mounted in a shadowbox with wooden frame and plexiglass front. The sampler is done in cross-stitch, multi-coloured (brown, dark grey, light grey and blue) on a loosely woven ecru linen. It depicts an alphabetical display of double upper and single lowercase needlepoint work including “Lucy Ann Andrew, her sampler, aged 11 years, August 6, 1873”, located in bottom one-third portion of sampler. There is a stitched hem around three-quarters of what would have been unfinished weft and warp.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- children
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Silvia and Eric Soole, Victoria, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1041
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- Date
- c. 1875
- Material
- fibre; cotton; wool
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.1010
- Description
- Patterned blue and beige blanket with beige fringe along the edge.
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- Title
- Blanket
- Date
- c. 1875
- Material
- fibre; cotton; wool
- Dimensions
- 100 x 250 cm
- Description
- Patterned blue and beige blanket with beige fringe along the edge.
- Subject
- households
- Sharples
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.1010
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic, earthenware
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0224
- Description
- A round platter with a slight depression in the middle. The platter is white with four blue sunflowers and leaves evenly spaced around the border. There is a blue scalloped band outlining the platter’s depression, and a blue picture of an arch in ruins with trees behind in the centre of the platt…
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- Title
- Platter
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic, earthenware
- Description
- A round platter with a slight depression in the middle. The platter is white with four blue sunflowers and leaves evenly spaced around the border. There is a blue scalloped band outlining the platter’s depression, and a blue picture of an arch in ruins with trees behind in the centre of the platter.
- Subject
- households
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0224
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0225 a-h
- Description
- A set of four white saucers and matching handless cups, each with a light blue border outlined with silver at the rims. Each plate has delicate pink and blue floral wreaths linked by floral chains inside of the blue border. Each plate is marked on the bottom with “Z.S. # Co.” and “Bavaria”.
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- Title
- Tableware Set
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Description
- A set of four white saucers and matching handless cups, each with a light blue border outlined with silver at the rims. Each plate has delicate pink and blue floral wreaths linked by floral chains inside of the blue border. Each plate is marked on the bottom with “Z.S. # Co.” and “Bavaria”.
- Subject
- households
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0225 a-h
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0448
- Description
- A spherical pitcher with a large mouth and high collar extending out into a pouring spout. The pitcher has a loop handle attached at the collar and the full point of the belly. The pitcher is white with blue blue decoration. The pitcher has a landscape on the sides and a blue band at collar and…
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- Title
- Water Pitcher
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 14.5 cm
- Description
- A spherical pitcher with a large mouth and high collar extending out into a pouring spout. The pitcher has a loop handle attached at the collar and the full point of the belly. The pitcher is white with blue blue decoration. The pitcher has a landscape on the sides and a blue band at collar and handle with grapes and leaves. The pitcher is marked “Spode” on the bottom.
- Subject
- households
- plants
- fruit
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0448
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0462
- Description
- A silver plated tray shaped like an elongated oval with inward curving sides. The tray has a very heavy floral border and deep depression in the centre. The centre is chased and embossed with a large flower on a stalk at each end.
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- Title
- Serving Tray
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A silver plated tray shaped like an elongated oval with inward curving sides. The tray has a very heavy floral border and deep depression in the centre. The centre is chased and embossed with a large flower on a stalk at each end.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0462
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood, walnut; metal, brass; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0470
- Description
- A shaped oval stand of walnut with a beaded floral pattern (black, white, grey, amber) on a linen pad (faded rose).
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- Title
- Footstool
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood, walnut; metal, brass; glass
- Dimensions
- 5.6 x 27.5 x 54.0 cm
- Description
- A shaped oval stand of walnut with a beaded floral pattern (black, white, grey, amber) on a linen pad (faded rose).
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- beadwork
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0470
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cot…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cotton fabric to secure the blade. A shiny metal hook is attached at the top along with a short loop of thong for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a han…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a hanging thong threaded through a drilled hole at the knee. The bone is tightly wrapped with strips of rawhide (or sinew?) one third of its length to hold the two pieces together where the bone was split.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- animals
- elk
- deer
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
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Mercury Barometer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.30.0001
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0001
- Description
- A glass tube, filled with a clear liquid, secured by metal straps in a slit cut in a wooden frame. A vertical metal strip on the left side of the wood indicates the weather with “Stormy”, “Change” and “Fair”. There is a screw eye on top for hanging.
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- Title
- Mercury Barometer
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 1.7 x 3.8 cm
- Description
- A glass tube, filled with a clear liquid, secured by metal straps in a slit cut in a wooden frame. A vertical metal strip on the left side of the wood indicates the weather with “Stormy”, “Change” and “Fair”. There is a screw eye on top for hanging.
- Subject
- households
- seasons
- weather
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0001
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood; glass; metal; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 104.47.0001
- Description
- A clock in a straight sided gable-topped wooden case with small spires on either side. The wood is a mahogany veneer. The case has a pointed glass door painted with three pansies on a black background at the bottom and is clear at the top over the face. The face dial has Roman numerals with meta…
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- Title
- Shelf Clock
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood; glass; metal; paint
- Dimensions
- 51.8 x 11.3 x 27.2 cm
- Description
- A clock in a straight sided gable-topped wooden case with small spires on either side. The wood is a mahogany veneer. The case has a pointed glass door painted with three pansies on a black background at the bottom and is clear at the top over the face. The face dial has Roman numerals with metal hands and two holes for winding with a key. A pendulum and gong hang inside the case below the clock face. The back of the clock is marked with “From -.-. ----land, 4 Wellington Street, Kingston, Ont.”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.47.0001
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0004
- Description
- A brass balance scale on a varnished wood base, painted black around the edges, with small wooden button feet. The arms of the scale and an indicator needle balance on a rod through a hole at the apex of triangular shaped legs. One side of the scale is an oval plate for the item to be weighed an…
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- Title
- Balance Scale
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 9.5 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- A brass balance scale on a varnished wood base, painted black around the edges, with small wooden button feet. The arms of the scale and an indicator needle balance on a rod through a hole at the apex of triangular shaped legs. One side of the scale is an oval plate for the item to be weighed and the other side is round for counterweights. Four flat round brass weights in various sizes are stamped with thier value (“2 oz”, “1 oz”, “1/2 oz”, and “1/4 oz”) and fit into cut out circles on the base in front of the scale.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0004
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