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Date
1875 – 1930
Material
metal; wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
104.05.0057 a,b
Description
A very thin knife with ebony handle like rifle butt and wooden scabbard wrapped with bands of black cord. (a) dirk, short, narrow, pointed steel blade with reverse curve to sharp shoulder on under side of hilt. Small carved ebony handle shaped like a rifle butt, with carved band of scallops and d…
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Title
And Scabbard Dirk
Date
1875 – 1930
Material
metal; wood; fibre
Dimensions
2.1 x 1.0 x 15.0 cm
Description
A very thin knife with ebony handle like rifle butt and wooden scabbard wrapped with bands of black cord. (a) dirk, short, narrow, pointed steel blade with reverse curve to sharp shoulder on under side of hilt. Small carved ebony handle shaped like a rifle butt, with carved band of scallops and diamond shapes around middle. Two decorative notches carved across butt of handle. Note: handle checked along length. (b) scabbard, small, simple and straight, carved of two pieces of wood with triangular opening at mouth. Top carved to curve downward on one side to accommodate shoulder of blade. Girded with four double bands of finely braided cord, evenly spaced along length, and a fifth triple band at top beneath shoulder. Note: top fibre hands loose and slide up and down.
Subject
warfare
fighting
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0057 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1910
Material
glass; metal
Catalogue Number
104.30.0008
Description
Wall type aneroid barometer in a brass casing with three brackets for screw mounting, its range is 710 to 790 millimeters. It’s manufactured for the Phillipine Islands and all the surface information is in Spanish. The longer of the two brass needles under the glass is the pressure indicatior and …
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Title
Aneroid Barometer
Date
1870 – 1910
Material
glass; metal
Dimensions
5.8 x 19.1 cm
Description
Wall type aneroid barometer in a brass casing with three brackets for screw mounting, its range is 710 to 790 millimeters. It’s manufactured for the Phillipine Islands and all the surface information is in Spanish. The longer of the two brass needles under the glass is the pressure indicatior and the shorter of the needles is the setting which can be varied manually for purposes of comparison.
Subject
households
industry
weather
Russell Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.30.0008
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Date
1870 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
107.01.0032
Description
A handblown clear glass fruit (apple/tomato?) with a crackled surface and a single leaf hanging from the stem. The glass has a gold sheen.
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Title
Artificial Fruit
Date
1870 – 1920
Material
glass
Dimensions
5.5 cm
Description
A handblown clear glass fruit (apple/tomato?) with a crackled surface and a single leaf hanging from the stem. The glass has a gold sheen.
Subject
households
collectables
plants
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0032
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Date
1870 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
107.01.0035
Description
A handblown clear glass lemon with a crackled surface and a single leaf hanging from the stem.
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Title
Artificial Fruit
Date
1870 – 1920
Material
glass
Dimensions
10.0 cm
Description
A handblown clear glass lemon with a crackled surface and a single leaf hanging from the stem.
Subject
households
collectables
plants
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0035
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Date
1880 – 1939
Material
metal; wood
Catalogue Number
104.39.1003
Description
A small black japanned tin with a wooden handle. The tin contains a wooden palette along with brushes and oil paint tubes.
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Title
Artist Box
Date
1880 – 1939
Material
metal; wood
Description
A small black japanned tin with a wooden handle. The tin contains a wooden palette along with brushes and oil paint tubes.
Subject
Mary Schaffer
artists
painting
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1978
Catalogue Number
104.39.1003
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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
metal; shell
Catalogue Number
103.08.0227
Description
A small awl with a round steel (?) spike tapering to a very sharp point which is slightly bent at the tip. The flattened white mother-of-pearl handle is slightly pointed at the end.
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Title
Awl
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
metal; shell
Dimensions
0.5 x 1.0 x 10.5 cm
Description
A small awl with a round steel (?) spike tapering to a very sharp point which is slightly bent at the tip. The flattened white mother-of-pearl handle is slightly pointed at the end.
Subject
households
crafts
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0227
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Date
1880 – 1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.21.1004
Description
Axe head marked “4” and “Gilpin.”
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Title
Axe
Date
1880 – 1950
Material
metal
Description
Axe head marked “4” and “Gilpin.”
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.21.1004
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Date
1875 – 1925
Material
wood; metal, brass
Catalogue Number
104.48.0004
Description
A brass balance scale on a varnished wood base, painted black around the edges, with small wooden button feet. The arms of the scale and an indicator needle balance on a rod through a hole at the apex of triangular shaped legs. One side of the scale is an oval plate for the item to be weighed an…
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Title
Balance Scale
Date
1875 – 1925
Material
wood; metal, brass
Dimensions
9.0 x 9.5 x 17.0 cm
Description
A brass balance scale on a varnished wood base, painted black around the edges, with small wooden button feet. The arms of the scale and an indicator needle balance on a rod through a hole at the apex of triangular shaped legs. One side of the scale is an oval plate for the item to be weighed and the other side is round for counterweights. Four flat round brass weights in various sizes are stamped with thier value (“2 oz”, “1 oz”, “1/2 oz”, and “1/4 oz”) and fit into cut out circles on the base in front of the scale.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.48.0004
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Date
1870 – 1910
Material
metal; stone; pearl
Catalogue Number
103.01.0131 a,b
Description
Two small bar pins set with pearls alternating with pale blue sapphires. Gold bar has tiny gold spikes to hold pearls, and small prongs to hold sapphires at same height as pearls. Hinged gold pin spike at one end of back fastens in clasp at opposite end. (a) smaller - four pearls alternated with th…
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1870 – 1910
Material
metal; stone; pearl
Dimensions
0.7 x 0.3 x 2.3 cm
Description
Two small bar pins set with pearls alternating with pale blue sapphires. Gold bar has tiny gold spikes to hold pearls, and small prongs to hold sapphires at same height as pearls. Hinged gold pin spike at one end of back fastens in clasp at opposite end. (a) smaller - four pearls alternated with three sapphires, prong fitting holding sapphires quite solid, clasp is simple hook. (b) longer - five sapphires alternating with four pearls. Prong fitting holding sapphires quite open, almost being four legs on which each stone rests. Pearl of uniform size but slightly irregular in shape. Hook clasp has simple locking mechanism.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0131 a,b
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0132
Description
A gold filled pin of three flower blossoms and leaves joined side by side in a line. Pin arches upward slightly, each flower consists of a stem with three sets of compound leaves branching from it, and a cluster of tiny closed buds above. Pin spike hinge and curled hook clasp soldered to back, but …
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.3 x 0.9 x 3.5 cm
Description
A gold filled pin of three flower blossoms and leaves joined side by side in a line. Pin arches upward slightly, each flower consists of a stem with three sets of compound leaves branching from it, and a cluster of tiny closed buds above. Pin spike hinge and curled hook clasp soldered to back, but pin spike missing.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Japanese
Edward S. Morse;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0132
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0189
Description
A gold, snake-like, dragon tied in a knot. Cast bronze dragon in high relief with minute detail, scales, teeth, facial features , coiled round into knot with one foot extended forward, and tail behind. Spikes along back. Long pin spike soldered to flat plate at tail end, hinges to fasten beneath lo…
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.5 x 0.8 x 4.9 cm
Description
A gold, snake-like, dragon tied in a knot. Cast bronze dragon in high relief with minute detail, scales, teeth, facial features , coiled round into knot with one foot extended forward, and tail behind. Spikes along back. Long pin spike soldered to flat plate at tail end, hinges to fasten beneath locking barrel clasp at other end.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
animal
dragon
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0189
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Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; stone; pearl
Catalogue Number
103.01.0190 a-c
Description
Three long bar pins, each containing sapphires. Long, hinged pin spike across back fastens under locking hook clasp. (a) with pearls, long, narrow, rhodium plated, delicate wire filigree set with five, small 3 dia., blue sapphires spaced evenly across, with four, small .2 dia. cultured pearls set …
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; stone; pearl
Dimensions
1.1 x 0.7 x 7.4 cm
Description
Three long bar pins, each containing sapphires. Long, hinged pin spike across back fastens under locking hook clasp. (a) with pearls, long, narrow, rhodium plated, delicate wire filigree set with five, small 3 dia., blue sapphires spaced evenly across, with four, small .2 dia. cultured pearls set between. Filigree follows small, triangular, leaf shape on either side of the sapphires. Solid areas sharply engraved to pick up light and sparkle. Back gold colour. (b) with moonstones, long, oval, clear moonstone 1.6 x .6 at middle, flanked by smaller, clear, round .5 dia. moonstone each side. Halfway along remainder of each side is large .5 dia. blue sapphire. Areas between stones filled with heavy interlocking wire circles. (c) star sapphire , long, elliptical, solid gold pin with design around flowers and leaves pierced through. Oval .9 x .6 , domed star sapphire at middle. Hook clasp does not lock.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0190 a-c
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Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; pearl
Catalogue Number
103.01.0191 a-c
Description
Three small bar pins, 2 of delicate filigree, 1 arced with pearls. Hinged pin spike across back fastens under locking hook clasp. (a) rhodium filigree, narrow rectangle containing delicate, straight wires connecting four small flowers across pin. Rhodium plated metal sharply engraved to pick up th…
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Title
Bar Pin
Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; pearl
Dimensions
0.6 x 0.4 x 2.6 cm
Description
Three small bar pins, 2 of delicate filigree, 1 arced with pearls. Hinged pin spike across back fastens under locking hook clasp. (a) rhodium filigree, narrow rectangle containing delicate, straight wires connecting four small flowers across pin. Rhodium plated metal sharply engraved to pick up the light and sparkle. Back and sides gold colour. (b)gold filigree,as (a) but delicate wire ellipse on either side of single, central flower. (c) pearls, small, flat, gold bar shaped in 90 degree are with eleven, small, cultured pearls set along are, pearls graduate in size from .1 to .2 cm, with largest at the middle. Pin spike passes from one end of arc to other. Hook clasp does not have locking mechanism.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0191 a-c
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0376
Description
Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the righ…
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Title
Basket
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
10.5 x 13.5 cm
Description
Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the right, with serrated edges of black-tipped triangles along the sides and narrow black lines between each parallelogram. Between each steplike series on the buff background is an oblique double zig-zag line running from bottom to top of the basket. Lip is finished with three rows of twining of a lighter brown colour, pattern not visible on inside. Paper tag rimmed with metal is attached with cord and wax through lip of basket; no writing is visible.
Subject
households
decorative
Indigenous
basketry
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0376
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Date
1880 – 1930
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
110.02.0007
Description
Small shallow flat-bottomed basket with sides flaring outward; coiled construction; pattern of coloured bands around coils, one band of brown then one band of dyed blue-green, followed by two bands of natural colour, repeated to the top of the basket where there are two bands of the blue-green colo…
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Title
Basketry Bowl
Date
1880 – 1930
Material
fibre
Dimensions
2.7 x 10.6 cm
Description
Small shallow flat-bottomed basket with sides flaring outward; coiled construction; pattern of coloured bands around coils, one band of brown then one band of dyed blue-green, followed by two bands of natural colour, repeated to the top of the basket where there are two bands of the blue-green colour; the patterning on the basket is divided into thirds vertically where a subtle definition is made by stepping up the colour on each coil at this point; sturdy but flexible.
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
110.02.0007
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Date
1877 – 1883
Material
wood; fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
102.04.0187
Description
A small gourd-shaped flower holder of wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim; small butterfly or moth of coiled wicker with leaf fibre wings and small metal eyes, is attached to side of form by coiled metal spring; small loop handle near mouth; hollow bamboo tube inside.
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Title
Basketry Vase
Date
1877 – 1883
Material
wood; fibre; metal
Dimensions
6.5 x 4.5 x 5.5 cm
Description
A small gourd-shaped flower holder of wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim; small butterfly or moth of coiled wicker with leaf fibre wings and small metal eyes, is attached to side of form by coiled metal spring; small loop handle near mouth; hollow bamboo tube inside.
Subject
households
miniatures
Japanese
E.S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0187
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Date
1877 – 1883
Material
wood; fibre; paper
Catalogue Number
102.04.0188
Description
A small sac-shaped flower holder of brown wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim. Three-leaved vine attached to side of mouth is of leaf fibre backed with newspaper on shaped frame with coiled vine stem. Small loop on opposite side of mouth. Bamboo tube for holding water is mis…
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Title
Basketry Vase
Date
1877 – 1883
Material
wood; fibre; paper
Dimensions
11.0 x 5.0 cm
Description
A small sac-shaped flower holder of brown wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim. Three-leaved vine attached to side of mouth is of leaf fibre backed with newspaper on shaped frame with coiled vine stem. Small loop on opposite side of mouth. Bamboo tube for holding water is missing.
Subject
households
miniatures
Japanese
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0188
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.0031
Description
A collection of twenty-three yellow beads and fifty-four green beads from a broken necklace.
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Title
Bead
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Dimensions
1.0 (maximum) cm
Description
A collection of twenty-three yellow beads and fifty-four green beads from a broken necklace.
Subject
decorative
crafts
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0031
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Date
1880
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.0019 a,b
Description
A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
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Title
Beaded Armbands
Date
1880
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
29.0 cm
Description
A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
Subject
Stoney Nakoda
beadwork
crafts
decorative
indigenous
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0019 a,b
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
skin; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0030 a,b
Description
A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped be…
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Title
Beaded Armbands
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
skin; glass; metal
Dimensions
7.5 x 29.0 cm
Description
A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped beaded edging along the long sides. Both strips have a narrow leather thong through the beadwork at one end that is knotted and left with both ends hanging.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
decorative
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0030 a,b
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