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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0033
- Description
- Hooked throw rug with sailboat scene, a black (9 cm. wide) and burgundy (1.5 cm. wide) border frames picture, scene depicts one large, three masted sailboat in center with a black steamboat to the left and a small single masted sailboat to the right, sailboats are black with orange masts, the whit…
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 92.0 x 109.0 cm
- Description
- Hooked throw rug with sailboat scene, a black (9 cm. wide) and burgundy (1.5 cm. wide) border frames picture, scene depicts one large, three masted sailboat in center with a black steamboat to the left and a small single masted sailboat to the right, sailboats are black with orange masts, the white sails are outlined in beige, water is represented in various shades of green, the sky in various shades of grey.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- rug hooking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0033
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- Date
- 1940 – 1975
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0037
- Description
- A coarsely hooked rectangular rug with large figure of a thunderbird standing on Haida dragon figure, with light green background. Thunderbird, with face in profile, outspread wings reaching to each of top corners, and stylized face forming body, is worked with traditional ovoid shaped feathers of …
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1940 – 1975
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre
- Dimensions
- 90.0 x 117.5 cm
- Description
- A coarsely hooked rectangular rug with large figure of a thunderbird standing on Haida dragon figure, with light green background. Thunderbird, with face in profile, outspread wings reaching to each of top corners, and stylized face forming body, is worked with traditional ovoid shaped feathers of black, dark red, dark green, and yellow on white body. Beneath bird is long, slightly curved, two-headed dragon (head at each end in profile) with animal face at middle. Rug is hooked with wide (1.5 cm) strips of woolen fabric on burlap backing, and finished with edges wrapped with strips of same woolen fabric.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- rug hooking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0037
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0172
- Date
- 1940 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0172
- Description
- Basket with lid, decorated with motif of people in canoe spearing killer whale, multi-coloured horizontal bands enclosing motif, concentric colour bands on lid.
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1940 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 7.2 cm
- Description
- Basket with lid, decorated with motif of people in canoe spearing killer whale, multi-coloured horizontal bands enclosing motif, concentric colour bands on lid.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0172
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- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
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Table, Hand Woven Runner
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.1081
- Date
- 1985
- Material
- wool
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1081
- Description
- A mainly blue (background) wool table runner with the cotton warp creating the extended fringes on the ends. The other colours used to make the designs are gold, grey, and white. The runner is from Sweden and the technique is overshot threading.
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- Title
- Table, Hand Woven Runner
- Date
- 1985
- Material
- wool
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 104.0 cm
- Description
- A mainly blue (background) wool table runner with the cotton warp creating the extended fringes on the ends. The other colours used to make the designs are gold, grey, and white. The runner is from Sweden and the technique is overshot threading.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- households
- Sweden
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1081
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0010
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0010
- Description
- A single strand beaded necklace with black beads in the centre and white beads along the edges. The ends are tied in a knot with two loops of black and white beads at each end.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 46.0 cm
- Description
- A single strand beaded necklace with black beads in the centre and white beads along the edges. The ends are tied in a knot with two loops of black and white beads at each end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- tourism
- souvenir; regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0010
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0068
- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass; shell; claw
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0068
- Description
- A simple necklace with buckskin thong ends, and alternated green and white, then blue and white, then green and yellow beads, four cowrie shells and three sharp claws interspersed in yoke. Note found with necklace: “Dan Wildman’s daughter thinks Mrs. Jonie” in Catharine Whyte’s handwriting.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1940 – 1965
- Material
- skin; glass; shell; claw
- Dimensions
- 73.0 cm
- Description
- A simple necklace with buckskin thong ends, and alternated green and white, then blue and white, then green and yellow beads, four cowrie shells and three sharp claws interspersed in yoke. Note found with necklace: “Dan Wildman’s daughter thinks Mrs. Jonie” in Catharine Whyte’s handwriting.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0068
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0078
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; metal; shell
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0078
- Description
- A simple necklace, strung on a buckskin thong are brass beads and cowrie shells, the shells having been bored through. Sequence of three beads then shell, three beads, shell and so on.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; metal; shell
- Dimensions
- 83.0 cm
- Description
- A simple necklace, strung on a buckskin thong are brass beads and cowrie shells, the shells having been bored through. Sequence of three beads then shell, three beads, shell and so on.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- accessories
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0078
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Beaded Pendant
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0343
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0343
- Description
- A long rectangular pendant, beaded on a loom, of transparent glass beads with black eagle and red, white and blue shield below. The pendant comes to point at the top and hangs from a tied loop of cord twisted from the warp ends of the supporting strings. The eagle has "US" beaded on its body with…
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- Title
- Beaded Pendant
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A long rectangular pendant, beaded on a loom, of transparent glass beads with black eagle and red, white and blue shield below. The pendant comes to point at the top and hangs from a tied loop of cord twisted from the warp ends of the supporting strings. The eagle has "US" beaded on its body with transparent beads, and the shield contains alternating red and white vertical stripes with a blue field across the top containing five cross-shaped stars. A 4.5 cm fringe at bottom is formed of strands beaded with transparent beads. The pendant is buckled in area above the eagle's head.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0343
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- shell; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1017
- Description
- Pink shell button with red/blue pompom centre, short length of buckskin through two holes drilled at centre hold pompom in place, ends hang 9.0 cm at back to tie on to clothing
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- Title
- Shell Button
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Material
- shell; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- .8 cm
- Description
- Pink shell button with red/blue pompom centre, short length of buckskin through two holes drilled at centre hold pompom in place, ends hang 9.0 cm at back to tie on to clothing
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1017
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.0010%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 25.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Cree
- decorative
- needlework
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin, deer
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0020 a,b
- Description
- A pair of very soft deerhide moccasins. These moccasins have soft soles and a flap at the ankle where they tie with a deerhide thong.
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- Title
- Moccasins
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin, deer
- Dimensions
- 18.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of very soft deerhide moccasins. These moccasins have soft soles and a flap at the ankle where they tie with a deerhide thong.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Kootenay
- regalia
- Ktunaxa
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0020 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0030 a,b
- Description
- A pair of medium topped buckskin moccasins, Rocky Mountain style, each cut from a single piece of hide, folded over, felled and seamed on outside edge, upper flaps and tongues. Bead decoration of stylized flowers, one in rosette form on arch in red and blue with green leaves, one in bud form in yel…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 11. x 24. cm
- Description
- A pair of medium topped buckskin moccasins, Rocky Mountain style, each cut from a single piece of hide, folded over, felled and seamed on outside edge, upper flaps and tongues. Bead decoration of stylized flowers, one in rosette form on arch in red and blue with green leaves, one in bud form in yellow and blue over the big toe, lacey stem running along outer edge in white and red with another blue flower at ankle, and bud in yellow and green at back of heel.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- footwear
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0030 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.0031%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0031 a,b
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded Plains style moccasins, uppers and lowers separate, upper flaps and tongues sewn on. The beading is bright yellow, bordered geometric motifs in stepped square triangles of deep blue and red, and flying wedges along the ankle area.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded Plains style moccasins, uppers and lowers separate, upper flaps and tongues sewn on. The beading is bright yellow, bordered geometric motifs in stepped square triangles of deep blue and red, and flying wedges along the ankle area.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- footwear
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0031 a,b
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High Top Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.0046%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1947
- Material
- skin; hair; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0046 a,b
- Description
- A pair of buckskin hightop moccasins, the upper portions being of duffel or felt, black, with green inset panels on both sides of leg. Fur trim at the ankles, and above them wool embroidery on the top black panels. Thongs for lacing or, rather, tying around ankle to keep tight and twisted wool stri…
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- Title
- High Top Moccasins
- Date
- 1947
- Material
- skin; hair; fibre
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 9.5 x 26.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of buckskin hightop moccasins, the upper portions being of duffel or felt, black, with green inset panels on both sides of leg. Fur trim at the ankles, and above them wool embroidery on the top black panels. Thongs for lacing or, rather, tying around ankle to keep tight and twisted wool strings with pompons at the ends. Each moccasin has a foot liner of white blanket material,wool, which is edged in neat pink stitches. Each liner is cut from a single piece of blanket, moccasin style.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0046 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.0050%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0050 a,b
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded, Rocky Mountain style moccasins, cut from one piece of buckskin each, folded on foot's inside and seamed at outside and at heel. A fringe at ankle sewn to moccasin body and two eyelets in it for a single short thong tie. Heavy beading is a bright yellow ground with red and …
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded, Rocky Mountain style moccasins, cut from one piece of buckskin each, folded on foot's inside and seamed at outside and at heel. A fringe at ankle sewn to moccasin body and two eyelets in it for a single short thong tie. Heavy beading is a bright yellow ground with red and blue triangles on the vamps and completed around the ankle, bordered by a lazy stitch border of red and blue triangles. Tongues are added separately.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- footwear
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0050 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.0051%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0051 a,b
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded moccasins cut from one piece of buckskin shaped to the foot and seamed to a second piece of buckskin forming the sole. Uppers are completely beaded with white background containing a single red stepped chevron outlined in dark blue on the toe, and red and dark blue stepped …
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded moccasins cut from one piece of buckskin shaped to the foot and seamed to a second piece of buckskin forming the sole. Uppers are completely beaded with white background containing a single red stepped chevron outlined in dark blue on the toe, and red and dark blue stepped diagonal stripes spaced around sides and heel. Light blue band around base of moccasin at sole contains double red chevrons outlined in dark blue spaced evenly around, and a similar narrow light blue band across instep. Large buckskin ankle flap notched along edge, long narrow rectangular tongue, and long thin buckskin ties.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- footwear
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0051 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.0061%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0061 a,b
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded Rocky Mountain style moccasins, cut from single piece of leather, seamed at other edge. Tongue also in pattern, and an ankle piece added of lighting leather. Long ties of single thongs gathering at the ankle. Bead pattern is of a white ground with small stepped square in bl…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 27.3 cm
- Description
- A pair of heavily beaded Rocky Mountain style moccasins, cut from single piece of leather, seamed at other edge. Tongue also in pattern, and an ankle piece added of lighting leather. Long ties of single thongs gathering at the ankle. Bead pattern is of a white ground with small stepped square in blue, brass, and indigo on the vamps. Borders of white in lazy stitch with small stepped squares.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- footwear
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0061 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.0062%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0062 a,b
- Description
- A pair of large hand made buckskin moccasins heavily beaded across toe and along outside of foot. Beadwork orange background with motif at centre of toe of large green diamond shape outlined with red orange and resting on a light blue triangle outlined with dark blue at each point of the diamond. T…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of large hand made buckskin moccasins heavily beaded across toe and along outside of foot. Beadwork orange background with motif at centre of toe of large green diamond shape outlined with red orange and resting on a light blue triangle outlined with dark blue at each point of the diamond. This motif is repeated on the side of the heel. Light blue band around toe near sole contains small green and red-orange squares spaced along it. Large ankle flap, and long narrow tongue with long thin thongs threaded through moccasin at each side of the tongue and through the tongue, edges of ankle flap notched, small fringe at bottom of heel.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- footwear
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0062 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.1102%20a-d
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1102 a-d
- Description
- Two pair child’s moccasins with fur trim around openings. Vamps have beaded floral design in red, yellow & green. Each pair has a small tag that reads: “1 - JOC / 4.00”
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; glass; hair
- Description
- Two pair child’s moccasins with fur trim around openings. Vamps have beaded floral design in red, yellow & green. Each pair has a small tag that reads: “1 - JOC / 4.00”
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1102 a-d
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