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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0067
- Description
- A heavily beaded yoke, edged with beaded loop lace, to be worn over the shoulders and hanging in front and back with a point at the middle. Completely covered with blue background beading and simple large stylized four-petalled flower in red with black at inner part of each petal around red centre,…
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded yoke, edged with beaded loop lace, to be worn over the shoulders and hanging in front and back with a point at the middle. Completely covered with blue background beading and simple large stylized four-petalled flower in red with black at inner part of each petal around red centre, and four elongated green leaves, one between each petal. Long black stems curving off to each side hold three-pointed blossom of dark green and orange outlined in lighter green with two dark green leaves beneath. Same motif repeated on back but slight colour variations. Entire yoke edged with wide, looped netting of cylindrical beads forming lace like effect with strings of buckskin threaded with beads hanging from the outermost edge. Netting beads of transparent amber, green, turquoise, white, and red.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0067
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1870 – 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0003 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins with a fringe along the back of the heel. There is a casing at the ankle for a thong used to tie the moccasins on the foot. These moccasins are completely beaded on the uppers with the exception of an area of the ankle. The design is on a blue background except for the in…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1870 – 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 23.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins with a fringe along the back of the heel. There is a casing at the ankle for a thong used to tie the moccasins on the foot. These moccasins are completely beaded on the uppers with the exception of an area of the ankle. The design is on a blue background except for the instep which is white with a stepped triangle which has a cross at its tip. The colours of beads are: blue, white, red, dark blue, and black.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0003 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1021 a,b
- Description
- Men’s traditional moccasins made of of white tail deer. Completely beaded, pale blue/red/yellow tepee, Rocky Mountain style cut of one piece, pale blue background, red and yellow tepee design on toe, red and yellow bow design along each side of foot, sole edge trimmed in stepped red and dark blue m…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 12.5 x 26.5 cm
- Description
- Men’s traditional moccasins made of of white tail deer. Completely beaded, pale blue/red/yellow tepee, Rocky Mountain style cut of one piece, pale blue background, red and yellow tepee design on toe, red and yellow bow design along each side of foot, sole edge trimmed in stepped red and dark blue motifs, large soft ankle flap, small, rectangular tongue, long buckskin laces, soles patched at heel and ball of foot.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1021 a,b
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0005 a,b
- Description
- A pair of completely beaded leggings with a deerskin flap. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The beadwork is of a yellow background with pink, red and blue triangular design.
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- skin, deer; glass
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of completely beaded leggings with a deerskin flap. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The beadwork is of a yellow background with pink, red and blue triangular design.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blood
- Peigan
- beadwork
- decorative
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0005 a,b
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- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0010 a,b
- Description
- Natural skin leggings fringed along the length of one side. A beaded strip along the outside length of each legging has a white background with a coloured design. There are ermine tails fastened into the fringe. The fringe is approximately 10 cm long.
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- Natural skin leggings fringed along the length of one side. A beaded strip along the outside length of each legging has a white background with a coloured design. There are ermine tails fastened into the fringe. The fringe is approximately 10 cm long.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0010 a,b
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- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0011
- Description
- A man's deerskin shirt with fringe at the ends of the sleeves. The shirt has strips of beadwork at the shoulders that extend down both the front and back of the garment with a fringe of ermine tails along the length of the outside edge. The background of the beadwork is white with an x-shaped pa…
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1875 – 1890
- Material
- skin, deer; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass
- Dimensions
- 53.0 (shoulder) x 81.0 cm
- Description
- A man's deerskin shirt with fringe at the ends of the sleeves. The shirt has strips of beadwork at the shoulders that extend down both the front and back of the garment with a fringe of ermine tails along the length of the outside edge. The background of the beadwork is white with an x-shaped pattern of blue, yellow and red. There is a medallion of beadwork in the centre of both the front and back of the shirt, with an ermine tail hanging from the centre of each medallion.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0011
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0045 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beaded leggings worn on the leg from the knee to the ankle. The leggings tie on at the back of the leg with thongs. The leggings have a design of three vertical stripes and two diamond shapes of yellow, red, green and blue on a white background.
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Dimensions
- 35.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beaded leggings worn on the leg from the knee to the ankle. The leggings tie on at the back of the leg with thongs. The leggings have a design of three vertical stripes and two diamond shapes of yellow, red, green and blue on a white background.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blood
- Blackfoot
- Siksika
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0045 a,b
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- bark; wood; cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0330 a,b
- Description
- A large, rectangular hamper like box (a) with lid (b) made from split natural coloured bark woven around flat strips of wood in a coiled basket manner. Lid fits over a small lip at the top. A small, flexible looped handle is at each side at the top. Edge of lid is laced with split bark, and base …
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- bark; wood; cedar
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 31.5 x 48.5 cm
- Description
- A large, rectangular hamper like box (a) with lid (b) made from split natural coloured bark woven around flat strips of wood in a coiled basket manner. Lid fits over a small lip at the top. A small, flexible looped handle is at each side at the top. Edge of lid is laced with split bark, and base is inset with basket resting on slight foot. Imbricated design on front and back consists of a large square worked in black bark with perpendicular lines out from each side, this outlined with white, and then with red bark. The design is repeated in outline with interrupted stitches on lid, each end of the basket contains the outline with interrupted stitches on the lid. Each end of the basket contains the outline of a large diamond shape in black, white and red.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0330 a,b
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Trailing Headdress
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- Date
- ca. 1880 – 1950
- Material
- eagle feathers; fibre; hair; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3029
- Description
- Narrow beaded headband of blue with yellow squares outlined in orange. Medallions, each beaded differently, with leather streamers and ermine skins at each end of browband. Dark golden eagle feathers, white horsehair tips, down at base. Train of green and purple fabric.
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- Title
- Trailing Headdress
- Date
- ca. 1880 – 1950
- Material
- eagle feathers; fibre; hair; skin; glass
- Description
- Narrow beaded headband of blue with yellow squares outlined in orange. Medallions, each beaded differently, with leather streamers and ermine skins at each end of browband. Dark golden eagle feathers, white horsehair tips, down at base. Train of green and purple fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3029
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Gathering Basket
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0003
- Description
- Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar s…
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- Title
- Gathering Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; skin
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 30.0 x 36.2 cm
- Description
- Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar strips. Six rawhide loops at top pass through weaving of basket and are tied on inside with another rawhide loop near the bottom on one side of basket. Small rawhide thong tied in loop through rim on one side. Interior of basket undecorated. Rim broken in five places, one rawhide loop broken.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0003
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Double-Barrel Shotgun
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- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0004
- Description
- Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatch…
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- Title
- Double-Barrel Shotgun
- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 6.0 x 118.0 cm
- Description
- Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatching decorates stock near breech and hand grip beneath. Steel breech and hammers ornately etched with floral design and 'W. Richards'. Carved wooden (plastic?) medallion screwed to small truncated projection on underside of stock. Marks: “16” carved into each side of buttstock; “W. Richards” engraved on each side in front of hammers; “2707” and “__0T0B” stamped into metal between barrels on undersideNote: trigger guard broken off; buttstock loose and held to breech with black electrician's tape; gouges on underside of buttstock and on underside of forestock.
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- Indigenous
- Israel Rolling Mud
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0004
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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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Storage Basket
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0093
- Description
- Small oval basket of coiled construction stitched with brown cedar bark. Large zig-zag pattern imbricated in lighter colour in double row around basket with six lighter triangles hanging up side down spaced evenly around rim of basket which is wrapped with bark.
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 14.4 x 19.1 cm
- Description
- Small oval basket of coiled construction stitched with brown cedar bark. Large zig-zag pattern imbricated in lighter colour in double row around basket with six lighter triangles hanging up side down spaced evenly around rim of basket which is wrapped with bark.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0093
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Storage Basket
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0094
- Description
- A small rectangular basket with high sides larger at mouth than base. Coiled construction of natural brown colour with wrapped looped coil at top and evidence of a single final coil above the loops. Six narrow imbricated bands, at every fourth coil, of alternating light colour and red, and alterna…
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Dimensions
- 11.7 x 17.0 x 20.8 cm
- Description
- A small rectangular basket with high sides larger at mouth than base. Coiled construction of natural brown colour with wrapped looped coil at top and evidence of a single final coil above the loops. Six narrow imbricated bands, at every fourth coil, of alternating light colour and red, and alternating light colour with black. Note: 50% of looped top missing, and just about all of single top band above it missing. Marks: sticker on bottom, "Thompson River Indian British Columbia".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0094
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Storage Basket
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0095
- Description
- A rectangular basket of coiled construction larger at mouth than at base. Natural brown cedar bark stitching over coils with double rows of imbrication every fourth and fifth coil of black, red brown and light coloured alternating bands. Small black and white imbricated up side down triangle in cen…
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.2 x 18.0 x 22.4 cm
- Description
- A rectangular basket of coiled construction larger at mouth than at base. Natural brown cedar bark stitching over coils with double rows of imbrication every fourth and fifth coil of black, red brown and light coloured alternating bands. Small black and white imbricated up side down triangle in centre below imbricated bands at bottom on each side. Suspended by four pieces at twisted cotton ? twine knotted through stitching at each corner, approx. 18 cm. and knotted together at top. Note: bark wrapping top broken in seven places. Marks: paper sticker on bottom, "Thompson River Indian/British Columbia".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0095
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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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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0006
- Description
- A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 6.4 x 10.1 cm
- Description
- A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0006
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal, brass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3018
- Description
- Braided leather lash (97.0 cm long) with a fur band at the centre and a piece of red fabric tied to the end. The lash is attached to a tapered wooden handle decorated with brass tacks. There is a fabric lined fur strip (cuff?) attached to the narrow end of the handle with a shell fastener.
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- Title
- Whip
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal, brass; wood
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Braided leather lash (97.0 cm long) with a fur band at the centre and a piece of red fabric tied to the end. The lash is attached to a tapered wooden handle decorated with brass tacks. There is a fabric lined fur strip (cuff?) attached to the narrow end of the handle with a shell fastener.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Gordon Cecil
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.3018
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0019
- Description
- Black, oblong rock with grooves or indentations which allow ease of gripping.
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- Title
- Shotput
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 9.5 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Black, oblong rock with grooves or indentations which allow ease of gripping.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- pastime
- activities
- sports
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0019
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