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The Shuswap people of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4915
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1891
- Author
- Dawson, George M
- Call Number
- 07.2 D32s Pam
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- Author
- Dawson, George M
- Published Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- p.3-44 : ill., plan., map
- Subjects
- Stoney Indians
- Notes
- From Transactions / Royal Society of Canada, section II
- Accession Number
- 19000
- Call Number
- 07.2 D32s Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Building Fragment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact101.02.1010
- Date
- prior to 1916
- Material
- ceramic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1010
- Description
- A white plaster and fibre building ornament made from a mold. Centre column is flat with decoration on the end. Two branchlike arms on either side.
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- Title
- Building Fragment
- Date
- prior to 1916
- Material
- ceramic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 21.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A white plaster and fibre building ornament made from a mold. Centre column is flat with decoration on the end. Two branchlike arms on either side.
- Subject
- building
- church
- France
- Ypres
- World War I
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1010
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0012
- Description
- Optical illusion quilt made with multi-coloured scraps of cloth handquilted into cube pattern. The quilt is lined with paper and backed with cotton. Many squares are deteriorating.
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- Title
- Quilt
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 150.0 x 165.0 cm
- Description
- Optical illusion quilt made with multi-coloured scraps of cloth handquilted into cube pattern. The quilt is lined with paper and backed with cotton. Many squares are deteriorating.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0012
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0023
- Description
- Japanese silk quilt for doll to sit on, backing white silk. Probably has silk batting inside, front has 4 panels ca. 11.0 wide with 3 alternating designs, grey with light brown each end, orange with orange then green with beige, 5 silk string loops sewn through quilt at 2 ends, 2 sides and middle.
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- Title
- Doll Quilt
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- Japanese silk quilt for doll to sit on, backing white silk. Probably has silk batting inside, front has 4 panels ca. 11.0 wide with 3 alternating designs, grey with light brown each end, orange with orange then green with beige, 5 silk string loops sewn through quilt at 2 ends, 2 sides and middle.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0023
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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
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0001
- Description
- Rug with ornate Persian design with burgundy, blue, gold, and white as dominant colours. The cotton warp threads are used as fringe on two ends. The carpet is worn with some edge trim missing.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 327.0 x 463.0 cm
- Description
- Rug with ornate Persian design with burgundy, blue, gold, and white as dominant colours. The cotton warp threads are used as fringe on two ends. The carpet is worn with some edge trim missing.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0001
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, hemp
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0002
- Description
- Small wool rug woven on a hemp warp with an intricate geometric design. Deep red is the dominant colour, along with yellow and white. Possibly a prayer rug, this piece has been repaired, with a loss of 10 cm weaving in length.
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- Title
- Prayer Rug
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, hemp
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 65.0 cm
- Description
- Small wool rug woven on a hemp warp with an intricate geometric design. Deep red is the dominant colour, along with yellow and white. Possibly a prayer rug, this piece has been repaired, with a loss of 10 cm weaving in length.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0002
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0003
- Description
- Tightly woven rug with multi-coloured geometric step designs and fringed ends. The dominant colour of this piece is burgundy. The style of this rug is reminiscent of Navajo work, however the slits created by changing colours have been left open, not closed as in Navajo work.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 151.0 x 251.0 cm
- Description
- Tightly woven rug with multi-coloured geometric step designs and fringed ends. The dominant colour of this piece is burgundy. The style of this rug is reminiscent of Navajo work, however the slits created by changing colours have been left open, not closed as in Navajo work.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Indigenous
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0003
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0004
- Description
- Rug with Persian geometric design in peach, gold, and brown. The warp has been left free on two ends to form fringe. Rug is fraying to 5 cm at one end, has holes at one end, and is faded.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 281.0 x 370.0 cm
- Description
- Rug with Persian geometric design in peach, gold, and brown. The warp has been left free on two ends to form fringe. Rug is fraying to 5 cm at one end, has holes at one end, and is faded.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0004
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0005
- Description
- Rug with ornate Persian design, with blue, burgundy and mustard as dominant colours. Floral style pattern with a blue ornate pattern as border. Ends of carpet had fringe .
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 331.0 x 376.0 cm
- Description
- Rug with ornate Persian design, with blue, burgundy and mustard as dominant colours. Floral style pattern with a blue ornate pattern as border. Ends of carpet had fringe .
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0005
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0008
- Description
- Persian rug with an asymmetrical flower and geometric design. Dominant colours include reds on black ground, and red and blue border. The ends of the rug have knotted fringe. Very worn and faded.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 100.0 x 165.0 cm
- Description
- Persian rug with an asymmetrical flower and geometric design. Dominant colours include reds on black ground, and red and blue border. The ends of the rug have knotted fringe. Very worn and faded.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0008
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0009
- Description
- Persian rug with asymmetrical design. The dominant colours are faded red and yellow. Short fringe at both ends but has been tucked and sewn on one of the ends, reason unknown. Very worn and faded, small holes and loss of weft material.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 105.0 x 150.0 cm
- Description
- Persian rug with asymmetrical design. The dominant colours are faded red and yellow. Short fringe at both ends but has been tucked and sewn on one of the ends, reason unknown. Very worn and faded, small holes and loss of weft material.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0009
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0010
- Description
- Small rug with geometric pattern, featuring a dominant peach ground with black figures. The rug has a homespun and plyed warp. It is faded, all edges are fraying badly, and there are large sections of wear on the weft pile.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 97.0 x 130.0 cm
- Description
- Small rug with geometric pattern, featuring a dominant peach ground with black figures. The rug has a homespun and plyed warp. It is faded, all edges are fraying badly, and there are large sections of wear on the weft pile.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0010
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0013
- Description
- Long rug with geometric pattern of multi-tone beige ground with blue, red and black figures. Rug is very worn, and has previously been poorly repaired with red cloth tape on reverse. The edges are fraying and there are many areas of pile loss.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 92.5 x 252.0 cm
- Description
- Long rug with geometric pattern of multi-tone beige ground with blue, red and black figures. Rug is very worn, and has previously been poorly repaired with red cloth tape on reverse. The edges are fraying and there are many areas of pile loss.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0013
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0025
- Description
- Nearly square Persian rug with velvety brick-red background. Fifteen medallion shapes worked in pink and white outlined in dark blue are aligned in three rows in the central square section, wide geometric border of the same colours but smaller geometric motif. Rug fringed at ends with three narrow …
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- Title
- Prayer Rug
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 100.0 x 110.0 cm
- Description
- Nearly square Persian rug with velvety brick-red background. Fifteen medallion shapes worked in pink and white outlined in dark blue are aligned in three rows in the central square section, wide geometric border of the same colours but smaller geometric motif. Rug fringed at ends with three narrow blue lines woven between the border and the fringe at these ends, side edges bound with blue.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0025
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- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0032
- Description
- Multi-coloured Turkoman rug with very close pile (700-800 knots per square inch). Rust-brown background with navy blue as predominant pattern colour, patterned primarily in geometric shapes and abstract flowers. Series of sixteen medallions dominate pattern. This series is framed by a complex of…
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 80.0 x 117.0 cm
- Description
- Multi-coloured Turkoman rug with very close pile (700-800 knots per square inch). Rust-brown background with navy blue as predominant pattern colour, patterned primarily in geometric shapes and abstract flowers. Series of sixteen medallions dominate pattern. This series is framed by a complex of colourful squares and diagonal lines. Abstract floral motif runs the length and 17.5 cm. of the width - TARRANTULA pattern.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Turkestan
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0032
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood ; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0001 a,b
- Description
- Two chairs of Chippendale design with seats covered in black leather. Chair 102.03.0001A is split at top right front along with some scuffing. Chair 102.03.0001B has some scuffs and scratches.
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- Title
- Dining Chair
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood ; skin
- Dimensions
- 97.3 x 49.0 x 54.0 cm
- Description
- Two chairs of Chippendale design with seats covered in black leather. Chair 102.03.0001A is split at top right front along with some scuffing. Chair 102.03.0001B has some scuffs and scratches.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0001 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; glass; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0002 a,b
- Description
- Twin circular mirrors, each framed by an acorn and leaf decoration with additional leaf decoration extending from two opposite edges of the frame. The mirror frames are finished in gold coloured paint. Mirror 102.03.0002A is fastened with metal clamps, and the frame is cracked. Mirror 102.03.00…
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- Title
- Wall Mirror
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; glass; paint
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 6.5 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Twin circular mirrors, each framed by an acorn and leaf decoration with additional leaf decoration extending from two opposite edges of the frame. The mirror frames are finished in gold coloured paint. Mirror 102.03.0002A is fastened with metal clamps, and the frame is cracked. Mirror 102.03.0002B is being held in place with masking tape.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0002 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0003
- Description
- A serving table with cabriole legs and a lower shelf. Directly beneath the table top is a scalloped frieze. This table may be made of mahogany. It is cracked on three of four corners of the lower shelf. There are minor stains and scratches on top. The table is stamped underneath the table top …
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- Title
- Serving Table
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 75.2 x 61.3 x 81.2 cm
- Description
- A serving table with cabriole legs and a lower shelf. Directly beneath the table top is a scalloped frieze. This table may be made of mahogany. It is cracked on three of four corners of the lower shelf. There are minor stains and scratches on top. The table is stamped underneath the table top “E.J. Company 950”.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0003
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- Date
- 1875 – 1880
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0006 a,b
- Description
- Two Chippendale arm chairs used for dining. Each chair is made of wood with rust-coloured velvet upholstery. The backrest is a splat with three scroll-sawed vertical openings.
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- Title
- Dining Chair
- Date
- 1875 – 1880
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 109.3 x 58.0 x 61.3 cm
- Description
- Two Chippendale arm chairs used for dining. Each chair is made of wood with rust-coloured velvet upholstery. The backrest is a splat with three scroll-sawed vertical openings.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0006 a,b
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