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Tracking the Moose
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- Date
- prior to 1878
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- KrC.02.02
- Description
- General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sk…
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- Title
- Tracking the Moose
- Date
- prior to 1878
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 21.9 x 26.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sky come down to meet a distant hill.
- Subject
- figure, male
- winter
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- KrC.02.02
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- Date
- 1875 – 1885
- Material
- skin, marten; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0040
- Description
- A woman’s brown marten fur stole using the pelts of two martens. The stole has a brown silk lining. The label reads: “John McKay Ltd Kingston ‘from trapper to wearer’”.
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- Title
- Stole
- Date
- 1875 – 1885
- Material
- skin, marten; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 22.4 x 145.0 cm
- Description
- A woman’s brown marten fur stole using the pelts of two martens. The stole has a brown silk lining. The label reads: “John McKay Ltd Kingston ‘from trapper to wearer’”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0040
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0026 a,b
- Description
- A strong, single edged hunting knife with a cross piece. The hilt of the knife is made of brass, and covered with leather. The blade is marked “Collins and Co. Hartford Serofino #17 (Galidad)”. (b) Sheath made of leather with steel tip and steel detailing. Leather is embossed with crown and leav…
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- Title
- Bowie Knife
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.5 (widest point) x 37.0 cm
- Description
- A strong, single edged hunting knife with a cross piece. The hilt of the knife is made of brass, and covered with leather. The blade is marked “Collins and Co. Hartford Serofino #17 (Galidad)”. (b) Sheath made of leather with steel tip and steel detailing. Leather is embossed with crown and leaves. “LEGITIMUS” is stamped under the crown and the number ”10” is stamped on a cross piece above.
- Subject
- households
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0026 a,b
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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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With Scabbard Cutlass
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0049 a,b
- Description
- A cutlass with wooden handle and scabbard trimmed with brass. (a) cutlass, knife with short thick curved blade inlaid with ornate silver organic and geometric pattern on one side. Thick brass S-shaped guard at hilt, handle of dark brown wood with inlaid brass diamond shape on either side, and tu…
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- Title
- With Scabbard Cutlass
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 2.3 x 41.0 cm
- Description
- A cutlass with wooden handle and scabbard trimmed with brass. (a) cutlass, knife with short thick curved blade inlaid with ornate silver organic and geometric pattern on one side. Thick brass S-shaped guard at hilt, handle of dark brown wood with inlaid brass diamond shape on either side, and turned brass cap at ends with floral medallion at tip. (b) scabbard, slightly curved wooden scabbard shaped to fit blade. Wide brass band at mouth has moth shaped plaque, with incised features, standing out from one side. Tip covered with wide brass band and small knob at end. Single narrow brass band girds middle of scabbard, with indication on wood that there may have been another band at one time .
- Subject
- warfare
- hunting
- fighting
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0049 a,b
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0028
- Description
- A flattened sack shaped metal flask with round bottom and long neck and seam along sides. Round brass collar at top of neck where flat round cap screws on. Cap has finger trigger at side which operates a shutter mechanism across a hole in the cap's centre surrounded by a threaded lip in order to em…
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- Title
- Shot Flask
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 8.8 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- A flattened sack shaped metal flask with round bottom and long neck and seam along sides. Round brass collar at top of neck where flat round cap screws on. Cap has finger trigger at side which operates a shutter mechanism across a hole in the cap's centre surrounded by a threaded lip in order to empty a measure of shot. Contains very small 1 mm round lead shot pellets. Stamped on brass cap "Improved best quality Sykes patent"
- Subject
- activities
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0028
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- Date
- 1850 – 1910
- Material
- horn; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0029
- Description
- Very old dried and cracked bison? horn with tip broken off to leave small hole. Strap of buckskin thong tied around at tip and attached to another thong tied around at open broad end of horn.
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- Title
- Powder Horn
- Date
- 1850 – 1910
- Material
- horn; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 4.3 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Very old dried and cracked bison? horn with tip broken off to leave small hole. Strap of buckskin thong tied around at tip and attached to another thong tied around at open broad end of horn.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0029
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0005
- Description
- Long thin flat piece of black stone, pointed at one end and with rounded point at other. One long side flat, the other bevelled to an edge.
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 3.5 x 16.6 cm
- Description
- Long thin flat piece of black stone, pointed at one end and with rounded point at other. One long side flat, the other bevelled to an edge.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0005
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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
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0004
- Description
- Very narrow thick steel blade flattened and flaring to curved edge with square hole at back for handle, blade painted yellow ochre colour. Handle seems a much newer commercial handle which has been cut off at the end and shaved to fit into hatchet head with a wooden wedge driven in to tighten. Han…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 13.5 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Very narrow thick steel blade flattened and flaring to curved edge with square hole at back for handle, blade painted yellow ochre colour. Handle seems a much newer commercial handle which has been cut off at the end and shaved to fit into hatchet head with a wooden wedge driven in to tighten. Handle wrapped at middle with loose fringed buckskin band, 11 cm, which is completely covered with a background of medium blue beads containing three bars of green beads outlined with dark blue beads. Bottom of handle wrapped with a wide fringed band of buckskin, 14 cm , sewn to fit along its length with black thread. Thong tied around top with long strip of untanned hide with white hairy surface.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0004
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- Date
- c. 1860
- Material
- metal; antler
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1062
- Description
- Long, pointed steel blade is inserted into antler handle and fixed with 3 metal rivets.
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- Title
- Butcher Knife
- Date
- c. 1860
- Material
- metal; antler
- Dimensions
- 33.0 cm
- Description
- Long, pointed steel blade is inserted into antler handle and fixed with 3 metal rivets.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1062
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