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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0011
- Description
- A rectangular, narrow, straight sided hat of curly black lamb's wool. There is a crease down the centre of the crown, and a yellow wool flap that attaches to each side with hook snaps. The hat has a quilted black satin lining.
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- Title
- Astrakhan
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 4.0 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A rectangular, narrow, straight sided hat of curly black lamb's wool. There is a crease down the centre of the crown, and a yellow wool flap that attaches to each side with hook snaps. The hat has a quilted black satin lining.
- Subject
- winter
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0011
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3050 a,b
- Description
- Two armbands with same pattern but reversed (mirror-image). Bottom edge of each band is curved and top edge is straight with thong ties attached to the top two corners. Each band is fully beaded with a white background and two motifs - a blue and yellow eight-pointed star with red chevrons and a …
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- Two armbands with same pattern but reversed (mirror-image). Bottom edge of each band is curved and top edge is straight with thong ties attached to the top two corners. Each band is fully beaded with a white background and two motifs - a blue and yellow eight-pointed star with red chevrons and a yellow and red diamond with black and pink triangles.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3050 a,b
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- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0070
- Description
- Completely beaded belt on canvas. Beaded diagonal blue, green, white red stripes along its length, meeting at the middle then reversing the slant. Buckskin ties at each end with two more set in approximately 10 cm form each end, one on underside and one on topside, so that belt overlaps when tied.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- Completely beaded belt on canvas. Beaded diagonal blue, green, white red stripes along its length, meeting at the middle then reversing the slant. Buckskin ties at each end with two more set in approximately 10 cm form each end, one on underside and one on topside, so that belt overlaps when tied.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0070
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3008
- Description
- Narrow belt with metal and leather buckle, backed with white cotton. Fully beaded with red border, blue background with seven sets of three diamonds, two red, one black separated with red and black squares
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 89.0 cm
- Description
- Narrow belt with metal and leather buckle, backed with white cotton. Fully beaded with red border, blue background with seven sets of three diamonds, two red, one black separated with red and black squares
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3008
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3009
- Description
- Long narrow belt with leather ties. The belt is backed with fruit patterned printed fabric. Fully beaded with light green border, blue background and orange diamonds and trianges.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 85.0 cm
- Description
- Long narrow belt with leather ties. The belt is backed with fruit patterned printed fabric. Fully beaded with light green border, blue background and orange diamonds and trianges.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3009
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3014
- Description
- Fully beaded belt with leather ties. Light blue border, red diamonds outlined in white framed by blue chevrons. Two red diamonds in centre group. The belt is backed with machine-sewn blue nylon.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 82.0 cm
- Description
- Fully beaded belt with leather ties. Light blue border, red diamonds outlined in white framed by blue chevrons. Two red diamonds in centre group. The belt is backed with machine-sewn blue nylon.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork ;regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3014
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3016
- Description
- Fully beaded belt with red and white fabric backing and leather ties. Dark blue background with orange and white geometric designs. The beads are sewn on canvas.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 76.0 cm
- Description
- Fully beaded belt with red and white fabric backing and leather ties. Dark blue background with orange and white geometric designs. The beads are sewn on canvas.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3016
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3029
- Description
- Fully beaded narrow belt with leather ties, beaded on cotton and sewn onto thick buckskin. Light blue border, orange background with repeated geometric designs in dark blue, red, light blue and white.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 52.0 cm
- Description
- Fully beaded narrow belt with leather ties, beaded on cotton and sewn onto thick buckskin. Light blue border, orange background with repeated geometric designs in dark blue, red, light blue and white.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3029
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3030
- Description
- Wide black velvet band, two leather ties and stitched onto cotton backing. Orange bead border, open floral design, large red rose in centre with leaves and coloured petals. Printed on back twice “Elronda + Keon.”
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 75.0 cm
- Description
- Wide black velvet band, two leather ties and stitched onto cotton backing. Orange bead border, open floral design, large red rose in centre with leaves and coloured petals. Printed on back twice “Elronda + Keon.”
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3030
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Beaded Hatband
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3017
- Description
- Loom-beaded strap for a hat on light cotton fabric. Light blue background with three sets of multicoloured geometric designs separated by two facing arrows.
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- Title
- Beaded Hatband
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- Loom-beaded strap for a hat on light cotton fabric. Light blue background with three sets of multicoloured geometric designs separated by two facing arrows.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3017
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0051
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- skin; plastic; claw
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0051
- Description
- A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- skin; plastic; claw
- Dimensions
- 103. cm
- Description
- A necklace strung on a buckskin thong, black bear claws and hairpipes alternating on the lowermost portion (when worn), blue, yellow and purple plastic beads in yoke area.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- animal
- bear
- regalia
- accessories
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0051
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3031 a,b
- Description
- Two heart-shaped beaded patches, with the beads stitched onto canvas. Two rows of white and blue beaded border, blue background with a red and pink chevron.
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- Title
- Beaded Patch
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Two heart-shaped beaded patches, with the beads stitched onto canvas. Two rows of white and blue beaded border, blue background with a red and pink chevron.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3031 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3019
- Description
- Short beaded strip, red and blue border, white background with two red and blue diamonds separated by two red and blue half diamonds. Backed with and worked on canvas.
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- Title
- Beaded Strip
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- Short beaded strip, red and blue border, white background with two red and blue diamonds separated by two red and blue half diamonds. Backed with and worked on canvas.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3019
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- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 110.02.0016
- Description
- A small round ivory box constructed of three ivory rings so perfectly carved as to stack together easily to form a single unit; lid with large tear-shaped ivory knob sits inside top ring; two round-headed ivory pins pass through holes in the lip with the shanks protruding to the angles forming base…
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- Title
- Box
- Date
- 1800 – 1900
- Material
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 6.2 cm
- Description
- A small round ivory box constructed of three ivory rings so perfectly carved as to stack together easily to form a single unit; lid with large tear-shaped ivory knob sits inside top ring; two round-headed ivory pins pass through holes in the lip with the shanks protruding to the angles forming base and lip.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.02.0016
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- Date
- c. 1930
- Material
- paper; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0246
- Description
- A small black plastic camera, Univex Model A, in its original box with information sheet. The box is bright orange with black text and stripes along the box. Front of the box has an illustration of the camera in the top middle, with text surrounding that reads “UNIVEX PICTURES MAKE” “BEAUTIFUL ENLA…
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- Title
- Camera
- Date
- c. 1930
- Material
- paper; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 9.1 x 5.0 cm
- Description
- A small black plastic camera, Univex Model A, in its original box with information sheet. The box is bright orange with black text and stripes along the box. Front of the box has an illustration of the camera in the top middle, with text surrounding that reads “UNIVEX PICTURES MAKE” “BEAUTIFUL ENLARGEMENTS”. Underneath the illustration in cursive text “Univex” and in regular text “A JEWEL OF A CAMERA” and in the bottom black stripe, “UNIVERSAL CAMERA CORPORATION” “MADE IN U.S.A.” “NEW YORK, N.Y.”. This is the same on the opposite side. Along the shorter side is more text “MODEL A” “Univex” “CAMERA”, a stamp that reads “UNIVERSAL CAMERA COMPANY HERMANT BLOG. TORONTO, — CANADA”, and “MADE IN U.S.A.” The top and bottom of the box just read “MODEL A” “Univex” “CAMERA”. Inside the box is a small information sheet with pricing of rolls for the camera, printing and developing. The camera is small with a long square lens, a metal wire range finder that lines up with the smaller range finder attached to the side of the camera. The shutter is one the side of the lens, fairly small. There is a metal knob to wind the film. The back of the camera features raised text, “Univex” “USE UNIVEX No 00 FILM ROLLS ONLY” in a square, a red circle with “MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”, “MODEL A CAMERA U.S. PAT. DES. 89.88 OTHER U.S. AND FOR’G’N PATSPOG” in a square, and “UNIVERSAL CAMERA CORPORATION NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A.”. The inside of the camera has a spot for film.
- Credit
- Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0246
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Camera Accessories
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- Date
- 1923 – 1940
- Material
- metal; glass; fabric;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0185 a,b
- Description
- Silver metal Kodak lens with mounting plate that includes a fold-up view finder [possibly for a Ciné-Kodak motion picture camera] with black velvet-lined lens caps and a black fabric-wrapped extension trigger for an unknown camera.
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- Title
- Camera Accessories
- Date
- 1923 – 1940
- Material
- metal; glass; fabric;
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 4.1 x 9.6 cm
- Description
- Silver metal Kodak lens with mounting plate that includes a fold-up view finder [possibly for a Ciné-Kodak motion picture camera] with black velvet-lined lens caps and a black fabric-wrapped extension trigger for an unknown camera.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0185 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- leather; metal; glass; plastic; fabric; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0107 a,b
- Description
- Manufacturer details for Enlarger housed within box.Black equipment box with a hinged lid held closed with leather tabs/snaps as well as an olive green fabric strap wrapped around the box. The interior of the box is lined with blue velvet and has both plain wood and covered supports and braces thro…
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- Title
- Camera Box
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- leather; metal; glass; plastic; fabric; wood
- Dimensions
- 24.9 x 22.5 x 42.7 cm
- Description
- Manufacturer details for Enlarger housed within box.Black equipment box with a hinged lid held closed with leather tabs/snaps as well as an olive green fabric strap wrapped around the box. The interior of the box is lined with blue velvet and has both plain wood and covered supports and braces throughout. Contents of the box consists only of a Kodak Precision Enlarger with the open metal end capped with a cardboard box.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0107 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- leather; fabric; plastic; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0137
- Description
- A grey plastic handheld flash with an expandable reflective disk in a black leather box lined with dark red velvet.The flash has a hook on the bottom where it can be fitted onto a camera, an articulated head where the reflective disk is, a distance gauge on the back [it was taped into a particular …
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- Title
- Camera Flash
- Date
- 1950 – 1980
- Material
- leather; fabric; plastic; metal;
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 5.5 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A grey plastic handheld flash with an expandable reflective disk in a black leather box lined with dark red velvet.The flash has a hook on the bottom where it can be fitted onto a camera, an articulated head where the reflective disk is, a distance gauge on the back [it was taped into a particular position with a piece of clear tape that has since come unstuck], and a green plastic cord coming out of the front of the flash just below the disk.The box has a leather hinged lid and is held closed with a snap on a leather tab.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0137
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- Date
- 1991
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0176
- Description
- A tiny metal cylinder, shaped like a beer can and covered in a wrap advertising “Miller HIGH LIFE”. The cylinder has a small brass button on the top that, when pressed, releases a metal bottle opener from the opposite end. The end with the bottle opener is stamped with “MADE IN W. GERMANY”
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- Title
- Can Opener
- Date
- 1991
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 2.0 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- A tiny metal cylinder, shaped like a beer can and covered in a wrap advertising “Miller HIGH LIFE”. The cylinder has a small brass button on the top that, when pressed, releases a metal bottle opener from the opposite end. The end with the bottle opener is stamped with “MADE IN W. GERMANY”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- drinking
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0176
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Canadian Blue Ensign Flag
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact109.02.1015
- Date
- 1921 – 1957
- Material
- fabric; rope; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1015
- Description
- A fabric Canadian Blue Ensign flag with a metal hook attached to the top left corner and a metal loop attached to a rope, attached to the bottom left corner. The main colour of the flag is royal blue. A red, white and blue union flag occupied the top left quarter. In the top right quarter, is a Coa…
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- Title
- Canadian Blue Ensign Flag
- Date
- 1921 – 1957
- Material
- fabric; rope; metal
- Dimensions
- 44.0 x 94.0 cm
- Description
- A fabric Canadian Blue Ensign flag with a metal hook attached to the top left corner and a metal loop attached to a rope, attached to the bottom left corner. The main colour of the flag is royal blue. A red, white and blue union flag occupied the top left quarter. In the top right quarter, is a Coat of Arms of Canada, characterized by its five sections: the three golden lions on red; the single red lion on gold; the golden harp on blue; the three golden fleur de lis on blue; and the three green maple leaves on white.There is a manufacturer’s label stitched on the top-left edge, reading: MADE BY/ S.S. HOLDEN / LTD./ OTTAWAThis text is red and appears within a red drawing of what looks like a tent’s side.Below this label, the black letters BR are stamped onto the fabric.
- Credit
- Gift of Brian Wing, Calgary, 2015
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1015
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