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Date
1940 – 1955
Material
skin, deer; skin, rabbit; fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
103.07.0014 a,b
Description
A pair of white deerskin gloves with fringed gauntlets. Each glove is trimmed with rabbit fur at the top of the gauntlet and at the wrist. The beaded pattern on each glove is a group of red cherries hanging from green branches on the back of the hand and on the gauntlet. The gloves are lined wit…
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Title
Gauntlet Gloves
Date
1940 – 1955
Material
skin, deer; skin, rabbit; fibre; glass
Dimensions
19.0 x 34.0 cm
Description
A pair of white deerskin gloves with fringed gauntlets. Each glove is trimmed with rabbit fur at the top of the gauntlet and at the wrist. The beaded pattern on each glove is a group of red cherries hanging from green branches on the back of the hand and on the gauntlet. The gloves are lined with pink fabric.
Subject
Indigenous
clothing
decorative
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0014 a,b
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Date
1940 – 1950
Material
skin, deer; skin, muskrat; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0014
Description
A deerskin pouch with a drawstring thong closing. The lower 2/3 of the pouch is covered with muskrat fur. The bag has a fringe along the upper edge of the fur and along the bottom edge of the pouch with longer fringe at the corners. There are beads edging the mouth of the pouch and along the to…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1940 – 1950
Material
skin, deer; skin, muskrat; fibre
Dimensions
15.0 (approximately) x 23.0 (approximately) cm
Description
A deerskin pouch with a drawstring thong closing. The lower 2/3 of the pouch is covered with muskrat fur. The bag has a fringe along the upper edge of the fur and along the bottom edge of the pouch with longer fringe at the corners. There are beads edging the mouth of the pouch and along the top of the upper fringe. The bag is lined with a printed fabric.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
decorative
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0014
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Date
1945 – 1955
Material
hair, sheep
Catalogue Number
103.08.0061
Description
A flat, rectangular, bag of white and black wool with red vertical zig-zag bands. The bag has three beaded tassels hanging from the bottom edge, and two knitted multicoloured dolls hanging from the bag’s long red handle.
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Title
Purse
Date
1945 – 1955
Material
hair, sheep
Dimensions
18.5 x 14.5 cm
Description
A flat, rectangular, bag of white and black wool with red vertical zig-zag bands. The bag has three beaded tassels hanging from the bottom edge, and two knitted multicoloured dolls hanging from the bag’s long red handle.
Subject
households
crafts
beadwork
needlework
weaving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0061
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Date
1835 – 1905
Material
fibre, silk; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.0086
Description
A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent co…
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Title
Beaded Purse
Date
1835 – 1905
Material
fibre, silk; metal
Dimensions
37.5 cm
Description
A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent coins dated 1911 and 1917 were found inside this purse.
Subject
households
social customs
crafts
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0086
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Date
1940 – 1950
Material
glass; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.3045
Description
Beaded headstall with a browband and a noseband attached to two side straps. The headstall is blue with a repeated motif of a blue, red and white diamond with a blue and yellow line and a red and yellow chevron or arrow at each end of the diamond. The headstall also has: red, yellow and blue diam…
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Title
Beaded Headstall
Date
1940 – 1950
Material
glass; skin
Dimensions
36.0 x 54.0 cm
Description
Beaded headstall with a browband and a noseband attached to two side straps. The headstall is blue with a repeated motif of a blue, red and white diamond with a blue and yellow line and a red and yellow chevron or arrow at each end of the diamond. The headstall also has: red, yellow and blue diamonds; blue, white, red and silver six-pointed stars; and blue, white red and yellow flowers on medallions.
Subject
Indigenous
animals, horses
crafts
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3045
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.3046
Description
Headstall with browband attached to long beaded strip with hide loops, one loop is covered with floral beaded medallion. Entire piece has white background with small geometric designs: orange and green triangles; blue and white diamonds; red and white diamonds; red and blue diamonds; green and ora…
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Title
Beaded Headstall
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Dimensions
21.0 x 45.0 cm
Description
Headstall with browband attached to long beaded strip with hide loops, one loop is covered with floral beaded medallion. Entire piece has white background with small geometric designs: orange and green triangles; blue and white diamonds; red and white diamonds; red and blue diamonds; green and orange crosses; and blue and orange crosses. A diamond-shaped patch, with a rounded red and green cross, hangs from the centre of the headband. The ends of the long strip have hide medallions and thong ties.
Subject
Indigenous
crafts
beadwork
animals, horses
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3046
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
glass; skin
Catalogue Number
109.02.3021
Description
This is a replica of a hairbag (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013). Heart-shaped bag with beading on both sides and red and white bead fringe along the bottom edge. The front has a red and blue geometric pattern on a pink background. The opposite side is hide with a blue, pink and …
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Title
Hairbag
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
glass; skin
Dimensions
1.5 x 14.0 x 63.0 cm
Description
This is a replica of a hairbag (could be displayed Re: Corleigh Belton July 2013). Heart-shaped bag with beading on both sides and red and white bead fringe along the bottom edge. The front has a red and blue geometric pattern on a pink background. The opposite side is hide with a blue, pink and red diamond at centre and a blue and red edge. The bag has a necklace, a thong wrapped with white, geen and red beads, attached to the back of the bag. Tag: ”Hair bag” with “tad’y held long hair” and on reverse ”stuffed it into bag and bag tied to head at hair (?) - now tourist items”
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.3021
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Date
1985
Material
skin, deer; glass; fibre;
Catalogue Number
103.05.1185
Description
A tanned, buckskin jacket with floral beadwork design. It appears to be Stoney beadwork because of the colour combinations. The jacket has beading on the shoulders and the the top front and has fringes below. The beading above across the back is of flowers with colours red, orange, beige, blue, whi…
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Title
Beaded Jacket
Date
1985
Material
skin, deer; glass; fibre;
Dimensions
52.0; with arms 143.0 x 81.0 cm
Description
A tanned, buckskin jacket with floral beadwork design. It appears to be Stoney beadwork because of the colour combinations. The jacket has beading on the shoulders and the the top front and has fringes below. The beading above across the back is of flowers with colours red, orange, beige, blue, white and red and leaves in colours of green and turquoise. The beaded butterflies on the front are (two on each side) red and blue wings surrounded by pink, and blue and orange wings surrounded by beige; all the antennae are blue. The collar is pinked and also has a strip of 1.0 pinked buckskin sewn onto it 1.50 cm from the edge. The jacket is closed by leather thongs for tying. There are two front pockets, with pinked edges. The pockets are beaded in red, yellow, blue, green and white in what seems to be a flower. There is a lining, extending 25.5 cm down from the collar, in red and white checked cotton with two horizontal lines of red hearts and flowers with green leaves. On viewer’s left there are two border strips of white and blue flowers on red with green leaves. The back of the collar is lined with maroon velvet.REF: 103.08.1148 In the pocket of the jacket at the time of cataloguing: a square (26.0cm) white linen handkerchief with a lace border. It has green embroidered shamrocks and stems plus seven (approx.0.50 cm) dots around the shamrocks.REF: 105.02.1182 In the pocket of the jacket at the time of cataloguing: a piece of paper (11.0x12.5cm wide) with Willie’s notes on it. One side is written in script with a black felt pen “2 Rolled oats 1 milk 3 cream 1 Butter Veg fruit oranges Veg Meat”, viewer’s left, printed “NEWSPAPER GRACE” a line underneath and then “CARD FOR ERLING”. On the opposite side written in script in blue ball point pen “Bread at Pop’s, Grace and Gladys slene (sic) cody”. There are scribbles over the writing.
Subject
households
clothing
Indigenous,Stoney
beadwork
Willie Morant
regalia
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
103.05.1185
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Date
1945 – 1955
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0048 a,b
Description
A decorative bridle in two pieces, heavily beaded on canvas. (a) is the bridle proper, consisting of two strips of beads in an elongated cravat form, with headband and nose band, forming headstall and (b) is a chevron shaped heavily beaded piece of canvas which would fit elsewhere on the horse. Des…
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Title
Beaded Caparison
Date
1945 – 1955
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Dimensions
22.0 x 45.0 cm
Description
A decorative bridle in two pieces, heavily beaded on canvas. (a) is the bridle proper, consisting of two strips of beads in an elongated cravat form, with headband and nose band, forming headstall and (b) is a chevron shaped heavily beaded piece of canvas which would fit elsewhere on the horse. Design is dark blue ground bordered by light blue beads and on the blue ground double ended arrows in light blue, bordered by orange emanating from double diamonds in orange.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
animal
horse
Leah Hunter
Jack Labelle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0048 a,b
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
glass; skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0068
Description
A completely beaded canvas belt with buckskin strap at one end and buckskin covered large buckle at other, and lined with pink cotton having blue floral pattern. A series of orange rectangles with light and dark green chevrons are separated by yellow bars with a red diamond having light green centr…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
glass; skin; fibre
Dimensions
100.0 cm
Description
A completely beaded canvas belt with buckskin strap at one end and buckskin covered large buckle at other, and lined with pink cotton having blue floral pattern. A series of orange rectangles with light and dark green chevrons are separated by yellow bars with a red diamond having light green centre. Long edges have light blue border of diagonal beading.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0068
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Date
1940 – 1950
Material
glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0076
Description
A man's regalia collar of heavily glass beaded canvas, cotton backed. The collar portion is a white ground with red triangles radiating from the upper curve, and the cravat portion, attached by sewing represents a feather, white ground with red bars radiating from a central shaft. The edge of the …
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Title
Beaded Collar
Date
1940 – 1950
Material
glass; fibre
Dimensions
26.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
A man's regalia collar of heavily glass beaded canvas, cotton backed. The collar portion is a white ground with red triangles radiating from the upper curve, and the cravat portion, attached by sewing represents a feather, white ground with red bars radiating from a central shaft. The edge of the "cravat" is fringed in white and red beads. Collar closes by button and button loop of buckskin.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
Beatrice Poucette
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0076
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Date
1940 – 1965
Material
skin; metal
Catalogue Number
103.07.0095
Description
A heavy buckskin belt with commercial buckle added to it, and home studded with brass studs for most of its length. To the belt have been added rectangles of catlinite, each of which has been thonged to the belt proper, and each of which bears a different image, geometric motif canoe turtle geomet…
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Title
Studded Belt
Date
1940 – 1965
Material
skin; metal
Dimensions
4.0 x 116.0 cm
Description
A heavy buckskin belt with commercial buckle added to it, and home studded with brass studs for most of its length. To the belt have been added rectangles of catlinite, each of which has been thonged to the belt proper, and each of which bears a different image, geometric motif canoe turtle geometric bird buffalo skull heart with arrow tepee and geometric design. Alternating with catlinite are commercial brass buttons in five different designs, two of which have eagle's heads on them, one of which shows a hound chasing a rabbit into a stump, and the other six bearing an impressed geometric pattern.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
animal
turtle
buffalo
dog
rabbit
eagle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0095
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Date
1945 – 1955
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0098 a,b
Description
A pair of high gauntleted gloves made of buckskin. Hand bodies cut from a single piece of leather and insets on fingers, machine sewn with purple thread, inset thumb. Glove back is decorated with a stylized leaf pattern in blue, vermilion and green. Deep gauntlets are of buckskin and long fringes …
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Title
Gauntlet Gloves
Date
1945 – 1955
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
24.5 x 43.0 cm
Description
A pair of high gauntleted gloves made of buckskin. Hand bodies cut from a single piece of leather and insets on fingers, machine sewn with purple thread, inset thumb. Glove back is decorated with a stylized leaf pattern in blue, vermilion and green. Deep gauntlets are of buckskin and long fringes on the outside edges, again machine sewn with purple thread, and bearing a pattern of stylized leaves and flowers. Leaves in red with white borders and tulip like flowers in vermilion with light blue and green, all of them emerging from a clustered flower like pattern in orange, yellow, blue, and green. Lining is a pinstriped blue cotton. Top edge of gauntlets is embroidered in zigzags of rose and purple.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0098 a,b
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Date
1945 – 1960
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0103 a,b
Description
A pair of beaded buckskin gloves with gauntlets. Hand bodies are single piece of leather with insets at fingers and set in thumb. Gauntlets are buckskin, and fringed at outer extremities. Back of hand is decorated with single conventional blossom in red and light blue. Back of gauntlet has large me…
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Title
Gauntlet Gloves
Date
1945 – 1960
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
17.0 x 33.0 cm
Description
A pair of beaded buckskin gloves with gauntlets. Hand bodies are single piece of leather with insets at fingers and set in thumb. Gauntlets are buckskin, and fringed at outer extremities. Back of hand is decorated with single conventional blossom in red and light blue. Back of gauntlet has large medallion or rosette in orange, green, yellow, and blue with four conventionalized flowers with red and light blue leaves and centres of green, yellow, and indigo, radiating from large medallion. Lining of gauntlet is striped flannel. Some machine stitching.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0103 a,b
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Date
1945 – 1965
Material
fibre; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0110
Description
A heavily beaded belt on canvas, with buckskin ties and cotton backing. Design is blue ground with symmetrical geometric figures in yellow and red throughout, the red always bordered by yellow beads.
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1945 – 1965
Material
fibre; glass; fibre
Dimensions
8.4 x 90.0 cm
Description
A heavily beaded belt on canvas, with buckskin ties and cotton backing. Design is blue ground with symmetrical geometric figures in yellow and red throughout, the red always bordered by yellow beads.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0110
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Date
1940 – 1955
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0231
Description
A lightly beaded small tan buckskin pouch, flat and square with rounded corners, and fringed along sides and bottom. Central flower motif of sparkly blue beads outlined with sparkly pink, with sparkly blue leaves clustered between each of the four petals and outlined in red. A red stem with white l…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1940 – 1955
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
14.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A lightly beaded small tan buckskin pouch, flat and square with rounded corners, and fringed along sides and bottom. Central flower motif of sparkly blue beads outlined with sparkly pink, with sparkly blue leaves clustered between each of the four petals and outlined in red. A red stem with white leaves curves from each side of the flower to red flowers outlined in white with blue centres at each upper corner. Red stem of main flower splits at ground to hold a white bud outlined in red at the lower corners. A narrow band of white and ochre bars follows the bottom contour of the purse. Top edge of purse has white notched buckskin trim with a buttonhole cut through at the middle, and a corresponding blue button sewn to the back for closing. Short buckskin strap with fringes cut into one side extends halfway down the right side of the purse to where the white buckskin fringe takes over.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0231
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0265
Description
A square buckskin purse with small rounded flap, short strap handle. Short fringe around bottom, and large canvas panel covered with beadwork set into front. Beadwork white background with black stepped X at the centre and triangular space at either side filled in with yellow beads. A red diamond o…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
19.5 x 21.0 cm
Description
A square buckskin purse with small rounded flap, short strap handle. Short fringe around bottom, and large canvas panel covered with beadwork set into front. Beadwork white background with black stepped X at the centre and triangular space at either side filled in with yellow beads. A red diamond on either side, outlined with blue squares, then black ones, are adjacent to the yellow triangles. Left side of beaded panel has red border, right side has blue border. Flap has notched edge at its rounded bottom, and slit buttonhole at centre to fasten purse (button missing) strap handle seamed at middle where two pieces were joined.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
accessories
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0265
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Date
1948 – 1950
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.0062
Description
A small thong style, tying bracelet of buckskin, in more or less trifolium shape, trifolium decorated with bead pattern in blue, red and yellow.
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Title
Beaded Bracelet
Date
1948 – 1950
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
4.8 x 39.0 cm
Description
A small thong style, tying bracelet of buckskin, in more or less trifolium shape, trifolium decorated with bead pattern in blue, red and yellow.
Subject
households
adornment
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0062
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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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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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