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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0015
- Description
- Rug made from commercial rug kit, pattern is mock Persian in blue, orange and gold on a cream ground, symmetrical pattern. Rya style, wool tied on a nylon mesh and then cotton backed.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre
- Dimensions
- 70.0 x 136.0 cm
- Description
- Rug made from commercial rug kit, pattern is mock Persian in blue, orange and gold on a cream ground, symmetrical pattern. Rya style, wool tied on a nylon mesh and then cotton backed.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- decorative
- rug hooking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0015
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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
- 1960 – 1965
- Material
- bark; grass; quill; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0176
- Description
- Birchbark disc with braided sweetgrass sewn to it in three spiralled circles, then a twelve-pointed star fanning out from outermost grass circle to a further triple-spiralled ring of sweetgrass. Disc is decorated simply with parallel strokes in three lines of quills. “3.00” written in ballpoint on …
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- Title
- Table Mat
- Date
- 1960 – 1965
- Material
- bark; grass; quill; fibre
- Dimensions
- 14.5 cm
- Description
- Birchbark disc with braided sweetgrass sewn to it in three spiralled circles, then a twelve-pointed star fanning out from outermost grass circle to a further triple-spiralled ring of sweetgrass. Disc is decorated simply with parallel strokes in three lines of quills. “3.00” written in ballpoint on underside.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Indigenous
- crafts
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0176
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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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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0270 a,b
- Description
- Two oval, lidded, birchbark baskets with flat bases, straight sides. (A) White crosshatch and red zig-zag quillwork on exterior with black thread trim at rim and base (where sweetgrass is located, red and white flower design on lid, as well as sweetgrass. Black thread rim trim. (B) green and white…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 7.0 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- Two oval, lidded, birchbark baskets with flat bases, straight sides. (A) White crosshatch and red zig-zag quillwork on exterior with black thread trim at rim and base (where sweetgrass is located, red and white flower design on lid, as well as sweetgrass. Black thread rim trim. (B) green and white "X" design in quillwork on exterior, with sweetgrass and black thread trim at rim and base. Red flower with green and white stem on lid in quillwork, as well as sweetgrass black thread rim trim. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous, Ojibwa
- crafts
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0270 a,b
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0271
- Description
- Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- bark; grass; fibre; quill
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- crafts
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0271
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0349
- Description
- Small rectangular, beige doily with fringed ties at two ends but sides plain woven edge, open basket weave.
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- Title
- Doily
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.3 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- Small rectangular, beige doily with fringed ties at two ends but sides plain woven edge, open basket weave.
- Subject
- households
- Mary Andrews
- weaving
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0349
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Table, Hand Woven Runner
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- 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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- Date
- 1960 – 1980
- Material
- wood; glass; plastic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1020
- Description
- Burled wood attached to an octagonal base. The burled wood and base have been drilled and wired to create a table lamp. Paisley corduroy fabric has been glued to the underside of the base. The lamp has a beige lampshade with brown trim.
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- Title
- Electric Lamp
- Date
- 1960 – 1980
- Material
- wood; glass; plastic; fibre
- Description
- Burled wood attached to an octagonal base. The burled wood and base have been drilled and wired to create a table lamp. Paisley corduroy fabric has been glued to the underside of the base. The lamp has a beige lampshade with brown trim.
- Credit
- Gift of Glen Boles, Cochrane, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1020
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- Date
- 1968
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0060
- Description
- A single carved Arctic owl, its wings erect, suggestions of eyes and bill. A hole bored through the soapstone for hanging, behind head and between wings.
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- Title
- Pendant
- Date
- 1968
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 1.0 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- A single carved Arctic owl, its wings erect, suggestions of eyes and bill. A hole bored through the soapstone for hanging, behind head and between wings.
- Subject
- adornment
- households
- Povungnituk
- crafts
- carving
- Inuit
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0060
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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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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.1037
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1037
- Description
- Beaded medallion necklace in red and black with beaded fringe at bottom.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded medallion necklace in red and black with beaded fringe at bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- crafts
- beadwork
- Whyte family
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1037
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1114 a,b
- Description
- Pair of home tanned moose skin mukluks with red and black wool fabric uppers, trimmed above ankle with beaver fur, pom-poms of marten fur. Floral beadwork on vamps and uppers in red, yellow, blue, green, white and orange.
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- Title
- Beaded Mukluks
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 13.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of home tanned moose skin mukluks with red and black wool fabric uppers, trimmed above ankle with beaver fur, pom-poms of marten fur. Floral beadwork on vamps and uppers in red, yellow, blue, green, white and orange.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1114 a,b
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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.0043
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0043
- Description
- A black elasticized headband, only the back half being elasticized. The pattern half of the headband seems to be a simple warp of hemp in tabby array, the cross lattices being wound in bright mercerized cotton at each line, the resulting pattern looking very like beadwork, the pattern being squared…
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; rubber
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A black elasticized headband, only the back half being elasticized. The pattern half of the headband seems to be a simple warp of hemp in tabby array, the cross lattices being wound in bright mercerized cotton at each line, the resulting pattern looking very like beadwork, the pattern being squared off, consisting of red chevrons with white crowns radiating from the centre yellow-gold butterfly.
- Subject
- households
- weaving
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0043
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- Date
- 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1025
- Description
- White felt hat with many names embroidered in red. Names include: G. Brewster, J. McFadden, R. S. Cushing, etc. Inside “R.E. Brett.”
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- Title
- Hat
- Date
- 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- White felt hat with many names embroidered in red. Names include: G. Brewster, J. McFadden, R. S. Cushing, etc. Inside “R.E. Brett.”
- Subject
- R.E. Brett
- G. Brewster
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Dick Keller, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1025
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- Date
- 1960 – 1985
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1026
- Description
- Hand-knit blue and white toque with a white pompom. The toque has a decorative band around the head opening with a black and white zig-zag stripe.
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- Title
- Toque
- Date
- 1960 – 1985
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Description
- Hand-knit blue and white toque with a white pompom. The toque has a decorative band around the head opening with a black and white zig-zag stripe.
- Subject
- Roy Andersen
- crafts
- knitting
- winter
- sports
- Credit
- Gift of Roy Andersen, Banff, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1026
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1165
- Description
- Grey handmade ski pants with metal zippers in the pockets and fly, and black elastic stirrups at the ankles. The waistband has belt loops. A piece of paper is pinned to the waistband with BARBARA KAPTEYN SKI PANTS - LATE ‘40’S EARLY ‘50’S” written in blue ink.
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- Title
- Ski Pants
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 50.5 x 111.2 cm
- Description
- Grey handmade ski pants with metal zippers in the pockets and fly, and black elastic stirrups at the ankles. The waistband has belt loops. A piece of paper is pinned to the waistband with BARBARA KAPTEYN SKI PANTS - LATE ‘40’S EARLY ‘50’S” written in blue ink.
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara Whyte Kapteyn, Calgary, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1165
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- Date
- 1982
- Material
- hair, sheep; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1174
- Description
- A narrow wool belt from Nepal, woven in a split tapestry technique, in various colours; has an off-white cotton braided fringe (the warp) that is knotted on the ends.
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- Title
- Fibre Belt
- Date
- 1982
- Material
- hair, sheep; fabric
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 126.0 cm
- Description
- A narrow wool belt from Nepal, woven in a split tapestry technique, in various colours; has an off-white cotton braided fringe (the warp) that is knotted on the ends.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- households
- clothing
- Nepal
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1174
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