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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0010
- Description
- Small handmade buckskin doll laced tightly into moss bag. Doll wears buckskin bonnet trimmed with red and yellow beads and has simply beaded features. Doll is swaddled with striped grey, blue and white cotton flannel material, moss bag has flap at head trimmed with red and yellow beads along edge,…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 5.5 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Small handmade buckskin doll laced tightly into moss bag. Doll wears buckskin bonnet trimmed with red and yellow beads and has simply beaded features. Doll is swaddled with striped grey, blue and white cotton flannel material, moss bag has flap at head trimmed with red and yellow beads along edge, and is trimmed with a zig-zag line of red and yellow beads along sides. Opening of bag is covered with buckskin flap and is laced across with buckskin thong. Marks: small spot of purple ink/paint on back of bag.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0010
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0015
- Description
- A small Indigenous papoose doll wrapped in moss bag. Head of buckskin with beaded features, and wearing a pointed cap trimmed around the edge with orange and blue beads. Body of pink and white checked waffle weave material, doll rests on firmly stuffed pink pillow. Buckskin mossbag with high collar…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 7.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- A small Indigenous papoose doll wrapped in moss bag. Head of buckskin with beaded features, and wearing a pointed cap trimmed around the edge with orange and blue beads. Body of pink and white checked waffle weave material, doll rests on firmly stuffed pink pillow. Buckskin mossbag with high collar, decorated along sides with green glass beads is tightly laced across front over buckskin flap beneath.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- playthings
- children
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0015
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0016
- Description
- Firmly stuffed, handmade Indigenous doll of buckskin wearing shirt and leggings. Blue and red beaded facial features with black horsehair bound at either side with buckskin ties, and tiara like headband with orange and white zig-zag beading. Buckskin shirt is sleeveless with fringe across chest at …
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 35.0 x 8.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Firmly stuffed, handmade Indigenous doll of buckskin wearing shirt and leggings. Blue and red beaded facial features with black horsehair bound at either side with buckskin ties, and tiara like headband with orange and white zig-zag beading. Buckskin shirt is sleeveless with fringe across chest at front and back, and blue cross motif worked in beads on front and across yoke in back, plain leggings with wide flap at sides. Arms and feet simply sewn of buckskin, underbody of green textured fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- playthings
- children
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0016
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass; shell; feather
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0017
- Description
- An Indigenous doll of buckskin wearing long buckskin dress. Stuffed face has been given shape by stitching, with brown and white carefully worked eyelashed eyes, eyebrows and red lips of beads. Long black yarn hair has been wrapped into braids at each side with leather thongs, and has two small fea…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass; shell; feather
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 8.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- An Indigenous doll of buckskin wearing long buckskin dress. Stuffed face has been given shape by stitching, with brown and white carefully worked eyelashed eyes, eyebrows and red lips of beads. Long black yarn hair has been wrapped into braids at each side with leather thongs, and has two small feathers stuck through at back. Dress is of commercially tanned buckskin simply fringed at ends of sleeves and hem, with doubled thongs held together by a single bead spaced evenly around middle of skirt and along yoke in back. Flat leather fringed purse with pointed flap closing with cowrie shell, hangs from belt tied around waist. Moccasins on feet have high ankle flaps tied up with leather thongs. Underbody of stuffed white material, single strand necklace of large red, orange and green beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0017
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0018
- Description
- Indigenous doll of buckskin with comparatively small head, wearing shirt and leggings. Simple facial features of black beads, and black yarn hair braided at either side of face. Rather stiff buckskin shirt has fringe at shoulders and across back yoke which is trimmed with red beads, wide belt at wa…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 7.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- Indigenous doll of buckskin with comparatively small head, wearing shirt and leggings. Simple facial features of black beads, and black yarn hair braided at either side of face. Rather stiff buckskin shirt has fringe at shoulders and across back yoke which is trimmed with red beads, wide belt at waist is beaded in feather stitch of white with blue at tips, and beading motif is repeated in two bands up the front of the shirt to the shoulders. Leggings of lighter colour buckskin are softer and have notched flaps at the side with turquoise and black beads at the sides of the legs. Moccasins have turquoise and black beaded crow's foot motif with green sequins. Hands are simply cut out in mitten shape, buckskin underpants, stuffed underbody of white fabric.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- playthings
- children
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0018
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0019
- Description
- An Indigenous doll wearing simple buckskin dress with large floral design of blue leaves with orange glass centres beaded across chest and back. Horsehair stitched to head gathered at each side, with a single buckskin thong looped across back of head, simple notched headband, and beaded features of…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 7.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- An Indigenous doll wearing simple buckskin dress with large floral design of blue leaves with orange glass centres beaded across chest and back. Horsehair stitched to head gathered at each side, with a single buckskin thong looped across back of head, simple notched headband, and beaded features of blue eyes and red mouth, with black bead nostrils. Buckskin moccasins with flap at heel and short buckskin leggings sewn to body. Underbody of firmly stuffed red fabric, hands stitched to side of body.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- playthings
- children
- figure
- female
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0019
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0020
- Description
- A firmly stuffed Indigenous doll wearing shirt and leggings with brown fur band around head. Head is of brown fabric with circular piece of buckskin and beaded features sewn on to represent face. Waist length horsehair braids tied at bottom with buckskin. Simple shirt with fringe at yoke across fro…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 7.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A firmly stuffed Indigenous doll wearing shirt and leggings with brown fur band around head. Head is of brown fabric with circular piece of buckskin and beaded features sewn on to represent face. Waist length horsehair braids tied at bottom with buckskin. Simple shirt with fringe at yoke across front and back, and simple leggings fringed at the sides. Plain moccasins sewn on to feet, and hands separate from arms sewn to bottoms of sleeves and cut out in shape of fingers and thumbs. Stuffed underbody of white fabric with printed blue sailboats.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- playthings
- children
- figure
- male
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0020
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- Date
- 1978
- Material
- fibre; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0056
- Description
- A small, dark doll dressed in the fashion of a Negro slave in the period of the mid 19th Century. Green striped full skirt, with bright pink fichu and red plaid tignon on head. Stuffed body, with full, ruffled, white petticoat tacked over a basket frame to maintain fullness. Brown face with black w…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1978
- Material
- fibre; grass
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 14.0 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A small, dark doll dressed in the fashion of a Negro slave in the period of the mid 19th Century. Green striped full skirt, with bright pink fichu and red plaid tignon on head. Stuffed body, with full, ruffled, white petticoat tacked over a basket frame to maintain fullness. Brown face with black wool hair and painted features, arms holding skirt up over petticoat.
- Subject
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0056
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; wood; glass; hair; feathers
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0089
- Description
- Small man wearing grey buckskins, red and yellow beads, feather headdress, and carved wooden face. Very plain buckskin outfit with fringes at shirt bottom, sides of leggings and across back shoulders. Yellow and red bead necklace, and trimming on clothing and moccasins. Unpainted wooden head has ca…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; wood; glass; hair; feathers
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- Small man wearing grey buckskins, red and yellow beads, feather headdress, and carved wooden face. Very plain buckskin outfit with fringes at shirt bottom, sides of leggings and across back shoulders. Yellow and red bead necklace, and trimming on clothing and moccasins. Unpainted wooden head has carved features with pursed lips, and extends to form torso under clothing. Six small feathers in band form headdress. Straight brown hair glued to head is cut off at shoulders. Hands are flat cut outs from buckskin, with black feather stitched to left hand. Armature of body seems to be wire.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0089
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- Date
- 1960 – 1975
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; quill
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0090
- Description
- Small, buckskin man with grey fur "coonskin" style hat and breastplate. Wearing buckskin vest with grey hair front, and breech cloth over grey hair leggings. Breastplate of porcupine quills trimmed with blue and red beads, over red, white and blue headed choker necklace. Grey fur hat fits closely …
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1960 – 1975
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; quill
- Dimensions
- 18.3 x 4.0 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Small, buckskin man with grey fur "coonskin" style hat and breastplate. Wearing buckskin vest with grey hair front, and breech cloth over grey hair leggings. Breastplate of porcupine quills trimmed with blue and red beads, over red, white and blue headed choker necklace. Grey fur hat fits closely to head with long thick fur tail. Face of buckskin seamed down middle and shaped to form nose, with beady black eyes and red line bead mouth. Bare arms are tubes of buckskin, body stuffed, star medallion on front of breechcloth with porcupine quills and beads. Fringe across vest at back shoulders.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0090
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- Date
- 1970 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0091 a,b
- Description
- Two dolls in Greek ethnic dress. Dolls of thin, hollow, formed plastic, with heads covered with laminated fabric on which has been painted identical features, and woolly hair attached. Arms, from elbows down, cast of hard plastic and fastened to wire armatures at the elbow. (a) woman, black pleated…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1970 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; plastic
- Dimensions
- 35.5 cm
- Description
- Two dolls in Greek ethnic dress. Dolls of thin, hollow, formed plastic, with heads covered with laminated fabric on which has been painted identical features, and woolly hair attached. Arms, from elbows down, cast of hard plastic and fastened to wire armatures at the elbow. (a) woman, black pleated dress and vest trimmed with bright colours and lace, girded at waist with wide red sash with sequins at front, brightly trimmed, loose sleeved yellow blouse. Lace trimmed yellow scarf tied over braided brown hair. Gold disk earrings and medallions at breast, holding white wool and spindle, black plastic shoes with bright ankle bands, long white stockings, two very stiff petticoats. (b) man, short, white pleated chiton with red felt vest trimmed in bands of gold and white, blue sash at waist with blue and white twisted belt tied in loops, soft red cap with long black tassel perches on side of black hair, red plastic shoes with large blue and white pompoms and black ribbons at knees over long white stocking, blue curled mustache.
- Subject
- households
- playthings
- children
- Costas Kalimiros
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0091 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1986
- Material
- skin; hair; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1020
- Description
- Soft sculpted doll. Face is stuffed and stitched nylon with two black beads for eyes and two white beads for teeth. Hair is completely covered with rabbit hair. Body is very simply made of buckskin, fringes cut along back of jacket, chaps and fingers. Buckskin thong 9.0 cm loops from top of hea…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- prior to 1986
- Material
- skin; hair; glass
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Soft sculpted doll. Face is stuffed and stitched nylon with two black beads for eyes and two white beads for teeth. Hair is completely covered with rabbit hair. Body is very simply made of buckskin, fringes cut along back of jacket, chaps and fingers. Buckskin thong 9.0 cm loops from top of head. Tag attached to doll: "Grace Daniels Stoney, 15.95"
- Subject
- Indigenous
- souvenir
- Grace Daniels
- Credit
- Purchased from Banff Indian Trading Post, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1020
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- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- plastic; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1025 a-f
- Description
- Plastic molded body with moveable arms legs and head. Hair is dark curly brown. Painted eyebrows and underlashes, fibre eyelashes. Green irises are glued onto plastic white orbs. Open red mouth with a curious red fabric inside. Belly has numerous holes indicating it was probably a talking doll. …
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- plastic; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 57.0 cm
- Description
- Plastic molded body with moveable arms legs and head. Hair is dark curly brown. Painted eyebrows and underlashes, fibre eyelashes. Green irises are glued onto plastic white orbs. Open red mouth with a curious red fabric inside. Belly has numerous holes indicating it was probably a talking doll. Items of clothing are: thick cotton panties, 2 underslips, fancy dress and bonnet.
- Subject
- households
- playthings
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1025 a-f
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- Date
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. Th…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. The reverse of the tag has CRW's writing: "Purse for belt belonged to Edwin Dixons mother - Belt he wore & is worn out Mina Lefthand - blind since he was 7."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1003
- Description
- Large buckskin doll with fur bands front of shirt. Handmade, firmly stuffed man wearing plain leggings and shirt lacing front. Wide fur bands cover shirt front. Black yarn braids with buckskin ties. Simple beaded linear facial features of red and black seed beads.
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; hair; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 40.3 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Large buckskin doll with fur bands front of shirt. Handmade, firmly stuffed man wearing plain leggings and shirt lacing front. Wide fur bands cover shirt front. Black yarn braids with buckskin ties. Simple beaded linear facial features of red and black seed beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- playthings
- households
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1003
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0241
- Description
- A grey leather, commercially tanned, handmade purse, distinguished by a pocket in the front which contains two small papoose figures with hand painted faces. The purse has two parallel flaps which flop over the top and tie, and a very long pair of shoulder straps. Part of the sewing is cotton, part…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 8.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A grey leather, commercially tanned, handmade purse, distinguished by a pocket in the front which contains two small papoose figures with hand painted faces. The purse has two parallel flaps which flop over the top and tie, and a very long pair of shoulder straps. Part of the sewing is cotton, part of it is sinew. The bag contains a piece of sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- figure
- papoose
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0241
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