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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0131
- Description
- A rectangular, possibly mahogany, wooden box with a hinged lid. There is fancy brass inlay on the lid, and the bottom corners on the box are also finished with brass. The outside wood surface is cracking.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 10.7 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular, possibly mahogany, wooden box with a hinged lid. There is fancy brass inlay on the lid, and the bottom corners on the box are also finished with brass. The outside wood surface is cracking.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0131
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- Date
- 1910 – 1935
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0222
- Description
- Lidded red wooden box with black interiors. Relief carved scene of two robed men, one of whom (at right) is pointing out something to the left. Sides of lid and box covered with shallow relief carved geometric diamond pattern. “China” stamped on base.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1935
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 7.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Lidded red wooden box with black interiors. Relief carved scene of two robed men, one of whom (at right) is pointing out something to the left. Sides of lid and box covered with shallow relief carved geometric diamond pattern. “China” stamped on base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0222
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green quills bursting from the centre. About 5% of the quills are loose at one end, some quills lost. Thread which binds grass to rim of lid has frayed severely. Box contains six quartz crystals.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- decorative
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
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- Date
- 1918 – 1919
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1012
- Description
- Siberian box, hand-carved for Ulysse LaCasse,lid carved in relief of flower branches, "Vladivostok/Siberia 1918-1919./U. LaCasse" against textured background, rectangular box with flat ends and rounded sides like a flattened cylinder, carved of solid piece of wood, lid hinged with small metal pins …
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1918 – 1919
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 8.4 x 12.3 cm
- Description
- Siberian box, hand-carved for Ulysse LaCasse,lid carved in relief of flower branches, "Vladivostok/Siberia 1918-1919./U. LaCasse" against textured background, rectangular box with flat ends and rounded sides like a flattened cylinder, carved of solid piece of wood, lid hinged with small metal pins each side, interior of lid carved with curling hunting horn and "260" carved below it.
- Subject
- souvenirs
- Russia
- Ulysse LaCasse
- Credit
- Gift of Ulysse LaCasse, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1012
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0017
- Description
- A beaded woman's belt that fastens with thong ties. The belt has a solid background with a repeated pattern of six small diamonds, forming a rectangle, alternating with an eight-sided star.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 91.0 cm
- Description
- A beaded woman's belt that fastens with thong ties. The belt has a solid background with a repeated pattern of six small diamonds, forming a rectangle, alternating with an eight-sided star.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Blackfoot
- Siksika
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0017
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- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0091
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt of medium width, finished with a commercially tanned belt end with chrome plated steel buckle and commercially tanned tab, both of which are sewn to the beaded canvas cotton backed strip which is the body of the belt. The bead strip design consists of white rectangles separate…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt of medium width, finished with a commercially tanned belt end with chrome plated steel buckle and commercially tanned tab, both of which are sewn to the beaded canvas cotton backed strip which is the body of the belt. The bead strip design consists of white rectangles separated by bands of long beads in silver grey between dark blue bead lines, all the rectangles bordered by stripes of light blue, outside them are four crossed bars, and beyond them a cross in red with quadrants of white and blue alternating. Some bead loss on the tab.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0091
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- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- leather; beads; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0327
- Description
- Short thin beaded leather belt decorated in a geometric repeating pattern done in red, green, and blue beads on a white background. The metal buckle is lightly decorated. Also includes a small blue elastic fabric band with an unknown purpose.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1910 – 1960
- Material
- leather; beads; metal;
- Dimensions
- 0.3 x 6.1 x 74.4 cm
- Description
- Short thin beaded leather belt decorated in a geometric repeating pattern done in red, green, and blue beads on a white background. The metal buckle is lightly decorated. Also includes a small blue elastic fabric band with an unknown purpose.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0327
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1014
- Description
- Vari-coloured shamrock designs on light blue. 12 "shamrocks", 2 green in centre, brown green on each end, others multi coloured mainly dark red, light red and blue. 21.0 ca. thong is looped through belt 14.0 from end. Other end has a knotted loop.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 104.0 cm
- Description
- Vari-coloured shamrock designs on light blue. 12 "shamrocks", 2 green in centre, brown green on each end, others multi coloured mainly dark red, light red and blue. 21.0 ca. thong is looped through belt 14.0 from end. Other end has a knotted loop.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1014
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- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- glass; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1045
- Description
- Narrow beaded belt with metal buckle. White beaded backgroud with red and yellow geometric designs separated by vertical bands of black, blue and yellow. Tag: Sarcee PSOP 12.50
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- glass; skin; metal
- Description
- Narrow beaded belt with metal buckle. White beaded backgroud with red and yellow geometric designs separated by vertical bands of black, blue and yellow. Tag: Sarcee PSOP 12.50
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Mary Schaffer
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1045
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1046
- Description
- Beaded red background with three sets of a linear design, white beaded border. Leather at ends for tying. Tag: P.NN L.NN $6.00
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- c. 1920
- Material
- glass; skin
- Description
- Beaded red background with three sets of a linear design, white beaded border. Leather at ends for tying. Tag: P.NN L.NN $6.00
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Mary Schaffer
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1046
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- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0050 a,b
- Description
- A pair of studs with screw backs. Each stud has a design of a round wreath with a ram's head at the bottom of the wreath. The centre of the wreath contains a relief of a cooking pot over a campfire, with the pot hanging between two forked sticks.
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 1.1 cm
- Description
- A pair of studs with screw backs. Each stud has a design of a round wreath with a ram's head at the bottom of the wreath. The centre of the wreath contains a relief of a cooking pot over a campfire, with the pot hanging between two forked sticks.
- Subject
- insignia
- camping
- organizations
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0050 a,b
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- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- metal; brass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0070 a-q
- Description
- A collection of seventeen brass military pins: (a-c) three gold-coloured metal pins (4.0 x 0.9cm) with cut-out letters reading "CANADA" joined with bars at the top and bottom. (d-e) two gold-coloured metal pins (5.2 x 1.0 cm) with cut-out letters reading “CANADA” forming an arch and joined at the t…
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- metal; brass
- Description
- A collection of seventeen brass military pins: (a-c) three gold-coloured metal pins (4.0 x 0.9cm) with cut-out letters reading "CANADA" joined with bars at the top and bottom. (d-e) two gold-coloured metal pins (5.2 x 1.0 cm) with cut-out letters reading “CANADA” forming an arch and joined at the top and bottom with bars. (f) one gold-coloured metal pin (3.5 x 0.7 cm) with cut-out letters reading “CANADA” with the letters joined by a bar across the middle on the reverse side. (g-h) two copper-coloured metal pins (5.0 x 1.5 cm), each with a slightly curved solid bar face, with "CANADA" in relief. (i-l) four gold-coloured metal pins (5.0 x 2.0 cm), two sets of two, with each pin depicting an oak leaf and an acorn on a short twig. The letters "CH" are centred on the leaf ("CH" - Calgary Highlanders). (m) one gold-coloured metal pin (5.3 x 1.5 cm) with cut-out letters "R.C.H.A." (Royal Canadian Horse Artillery) joined at the top and bottom with a bar. (n) one gold-coloured metal pin (5.0 x 2.5cm) with"19th MR" (Mounted Rifles) in cut-out letters that are joined horizontally by bars at the top and bottom. The word "ALBERTA" is in an arch below the “19th MR” joined by curved bars at the top and bottom.(o) one gold-coloured metal pin (5.0 x 2.7 cm) with the cut-out letters “CMR" (Canadian Mounted Rifles) joined by a bar from the bottom of the "C" to the "M", and from the centre of the "M" to the "R". (p) one gold-coloured metal pin (1.7 x 2.8 cm) with a cut-out letter "C" sitting atop a bar which joins the numeral "10" below.(q) one gold-coloured metal pin (2.6 x 1.3 cm) with a cut-out numeral "12" joined by a bar at the bottom.
- Subject
- military
- insignia
- uniforms
- Calgary Highlanders
- Canadian Mounted Rifles
- Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0070 a-q
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- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0073 a-l
- Description
- A collection of pin sets from Alberta and Winnipeg regiments: a) One brass pin (4.7 x 3.7 cm) cut out in the shape of the Alberta coat of arms (mountains in lower half and cross in upper) with four windmill sails behind and maple leaf on either side. A banner below the shield reads "Depot Battn, A…
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- metal, brass
- Description
- A collection of pin sets from Alberta and Winnipeg regiments: a) One brass pin (4.7 x 3.7 cm) cut out in the shape of the Alberta coat of arms (mountains in lower half and cross in upper) with four windmill sails behind and maple leaf on either side. A banner below the shield reads "Depot Battn, Alberta Regiment". There is a crown at the top of the pin with "Canada" below it.b-f) Five pins (3.1 x 2.6 cm) with the same design as (a), but these pins are smaller and shinier. g) One brass pin (3.9 x 4.0 cm) in the shape of a maple leaf with the Alberta coat of arms in middle and crown atop the coat of arms. A banner below the coat of arms reads "Alberta Overseas Batt'y XXXI".h-j) Three pins (3.9 x 2.9) with the same design as (h), but smaller in size. k-l) Two pins (3.5 x 3.8) in the shape of a maple leaf with a coat-of-arms at the centre containing three wheat sheaves in bottom half, and a train engine in the top half surmounted by a buffalo. A banner underneath the coat of arms reads "City of Winnipeg XXVIII Batt'n".
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0073 a-l
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- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0074 a-f
- Description
- A collection of six military pins in the shape of a maple leaf, with a crown in relief at the centre and a banner beneath spelling "CANADA": a-c) Three pins that are reddish in colour. d,e) Two pins that are a gold colour. f) One pin with a dark patina.
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 3.2 (a-c); 3.3 (d,e); 4.2 (f) x 3.0 (a-c); 3.3 (d,e); 4.0 (f) cm
- Description
- A collection of six military pins in the shape of a maple leaf, with a crown in relief at the centre and a banner beneath spelling "CANADA": a-c) Three pins that are reddish in colour. d,e) Two pins that are a gold colour. f) One pin with a dark patina.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0074 a-f
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- Date
- 1915 – 1915
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0075
- Description
- A pin in the shape of a crown with a crowned lion standing on top.
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1915 – 1915
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 3.7 cm
- Description
- A pin in the shape of a crown with a crowned lion standing on top.
- Subject
- military
- insignia
- uniforms
- Philip Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0075
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- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1113
- Description
- Yellow dish with rectangular cut-outs around the rim. The centre of the dish has a picture of Banff Avenue and “Main Street and Cascade Mountain 9796 ft. Banff.”
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- Title
- Candy Dish
- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- Yellow dish with rectangular cut-outs around the rim. The centre of the dish has a picture of Banff Avenue and “Main Street and Cascade Mountain 9796 ft. Banff.”
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs
- Nicholas Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1113
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- Date
- 1910 – 1915
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0046
- Description
- Tall round cardboard box with box-type lid; delicately painted with watercolours over textured paper covering box and lid; four panels around sides contain painted flower sprays separated from alternating, wider panels painted with polka dots of lights blue; lid contains similar sprays of flowers a…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1915
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Tall round cardboard box with box-type lid; delicately painted with watercolours over textured paper covering box and lid; four panels around sides contain painted flower sprays separated from alternating, wider panels painted with polka dots of lights blue; lid contains similar sprays of flowers around side separated by light blue festoons of ribbons, and light blue polka dots on top, edges and lines separating panels painted with gold.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0046
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