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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0241
- Description
- A grey leather, commercially tanned, handmade purse, distinguished by a pocket in the front which contains two small papoose figures with hand painted faces. The purse has two parallel flaps which flop over the top and tie, and a very long pair of shoulder straps. Part of the sewing is cotton, part…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 8.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A grey leather, commercially tanned, handmade purse, distinguished by a pocket in the front which contains two small papoose figures with hand painted faces. The purse has two parallel flaps which flop over the top and tie, and a very long pair of shoulder straps. Part of the sewing is cotton, part of it is sinew. The bag contains a piece of sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- figure
- papoose
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0241
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- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- horn
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0220
- Description
- A shallow bowl, roughly traingular in shape, made from a piece of horn. The bowl is thicker at the bottom than on the sides and the edge is notched. The bowl is translucent and yellowish in colour with linear grain showing. The base of the bowl is marked “XAS ENN”.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- horn
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 11.7 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- A shallow bowl, roughly traingular in shape, made from a piece of horn. The bowl is thicker at the bottom than on the sides and the edge is notched. The bowl is translucent and yellowish in colour with linear grain showing. The base of the bowl is marked “XAS ENN”.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Plains
- decorative
- crafts
- animals
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0220
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