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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.1019
- Date
- 1910 – 1945
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1019
- Description
- Cast metal bison, grey-green colour.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1910 – 1945
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 3.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- Cast metal bison, grey-green colour.
- Credit
- Gift of Tony Green, Kingston, Lewes, U.K., 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1019
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0054 a-c
- Description
- A set of three elephants, one large (a) and two small (b,c), walking with their trunks curled under. Each elephant has ivory tusks, eyes and toenails. The elephants are carved of dark wood and have incised wrinkles on their legs, neck, and back.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Dimensions
- 7.3 (a); 5.2 (b,c) x 5.2 (a); 3.3 (b,c) x 11.8 (a); 7.5 (b,c) cm
- Description
- A set of three elephants, one large (a) and two small (b,c), walking with their trunks curled under. Each elephant has ivory tusks, eyes and toenails. The elephants are carved of dark wood and have incised wrinkles on their legs, neck, and back.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0054 a-c
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0055
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ivory; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0055
- Description
- Small elephant, with its trunk to the ground, carved from ivory. There is a carved blanket with fringe over the elephant’s back that is inlaid with a circle of coloured stones and an incised 'harness' on top of the head inset with coloured stones.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ivory; stone
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 3.5 x 7.7 cm
- Description
- Small elephant, with its trunk to the ground, carved from ivory. There is a carved blanket with fringe over the elephant’s back that is inlaid with a circle of coloured stones and an incised 'harness' on top of the head inset with coloured stones.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0055
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0056
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0056
- Description
- Carved wooden elephant standing with its trunk hanging to the ground. The elephant has a hair-like texture carved on its back, holes near the trunk for ivory tusks and inset eyes (ivory?).
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 3.4 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- Carved wooden elephant standing with its trunk hanging to the ground. The elephant has a hair-like texture carved on its back, holes near the trunk for ivory tusks and inset eyes (ivory?).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0056
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0057
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0057
- Description
- A cast metal elephant, running with its trunk extended, painted to look like bronze. There is a maker’s mark on the belly of the elephant.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 2.7 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A cast metal elephant, running with its trunk extended, painted to look like bronze. There is a maker’s mark on the belly of the elephant.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0057
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0058
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0058
- Description
- A carved wooden elephant, light brown, standing with its trunk hanging to the ground. Ivory tusks are inset on either side of the trunk.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Description
- A carved wooden elephant, light brown, standing with its trunk hanging to the ground. Ivory tusks are inset on either side of the trunk.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0058
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0084
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal, bronze; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0084
- Description
- A bronze charging bull with its tail raised and its head down and slightly turned to one side. The bull has a broad snout, curly hair on its head, and curved ivory horns. The bull has been cast with features and hair texture showing in detail including cloven hooves. The figurine’s black patina …
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal, bronze; ivory
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- A bronze charging bull with its tail raised and its head down and slightly turned to one side. The bull has a broad snout, curly hair on its head, and curved ivory horns. The bull has been cast with features and hair texture showing in detail including cloven hooves. The figurine’s black patina worn at high points showing bronze colour through.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0084
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0085 a,b
- Description
- Two nearly identical carved wooden elephants with ivory tusks and inlaid ivory eyes. Each elephant is standing with its trunk hanging to the ground and slightly curled under at the end. The grain of wood is vertical with end grain showing as stippled texture on the back and under the belly. Eac…
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood; ivory
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 6.7 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- Two nearly identical carved wooden elephants with ivory tusks and inlaid ivory eyes. Each elephant is standing with its trunk hanging to the ground and slightly curled under at the end. The grain of wood is vertical with end grain showing as stippled texture on the back and under the belly. Each elephant has a grooved crease carved in the top of its head, two creases in each ear, and three along each side.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0085 a,b
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0087
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0087
- Description
- Scarab beetle carved from a lump of terracotta with its head and legs in relief on sides with smoothly curved back shell incised with outlines of wings. The bottom of the base has a flat incised pictograph of a beetle at the bottom inside a large oval shape with cross-hatched rectangle above him …
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 5.5 x 8.8 cm
- Description
- Scarab beetle carved from a lump of terracotta with its head and legs in relief on sides with smoothly curved back shell incised with outlines of wings. The bottom of the base has a flat incised pictograph of a beetle at the bottom inside a large oval shape with cross-hatched rectangle above him and circle above that, and two long triangular shapes at each side of the oval. The figurine is glazed with green-blue slip.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0087
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- wood; feathers; sinew, string
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1006 a-e
- Description
- wooden arrows with feather flights, feathers cut in half along stem and trimmed to shape, bound tightly top and bottom with sinew, a: 76.0 long x 1.0 dia. painted bands of colour underfeather…
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- Title
- Arrows
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- wood; feathers; sinew, string
- Dimensions
- 76.0 cm
- Description
- wooden arrows with feather flights, feathers cut in half along stem and trimmed to shape, bound tightly top and bottom with sinew, a: 76.0 long x 1.0 dia. painted bands of colour underfeathers, blue, red, yellow, green. b: 74.5 long x .8 dia. colours red and blue. c: 74.5 long x .8 dia. colours green, yellow, blue, red. d: 69.4 long x.8 dia. colours blue, red e: 63.2 long, irregular and with a slight bend, feathers held in place with a string.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- Deer Lodge
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1006 a-e
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- Date
- 1920
- Material
- wood; grass, reed; feather; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0007 a-p
- Description
- A set of sixteen arrows: a,b) Two wooden arrows tipped with steel arrowheads. Each of these arrows have three feathers at the end of the shaft. c,d) Two arrows with reed shafts and long wooden points. These arrows are notched at the end of the shaft and have no feathers.e) One reed arrow with the…
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- Title
- Arrows
- Date
- 1920
- Material
- wood; grass, reed; feather; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 78.0 (longest) cm
- Description
- A set of sixteen arrows: a,b) Two wooden arrows tipped with steel arrowheads. Each of these arrows have three feathers at the end of the shaft. c,d) Two arrows with reed shafts and long wooden points. These arrows are notched at the end of the shaft and have no feathers.e) One reed arrow with the wooden point broken off. This arrow is notched at the end of the shaft and has no feathers. f-p) Eleven wooden arrows shaped to a point at one end and notched at the other end. Each arrow has three feathers tied on at the notched end of the shaft. Some of these arrows have painted bands under the feathers.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0007 a-p
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- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1011
- Description
- Beaten brass, heart-shaped ashtray from Siberia, brass motto banner in Russian fastened to top by copper rivets, triangular sheet of brass, heart-shaped depression in middle and 2 grooves to hold cigarettes at sides, dented texture all over from beating.
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- Title
- Ashtray
- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.6 x 12. x 15.4 cm
- Description
- Beaten brass, heart-shaped ashtray from Siberia, brass motto banner in Russian fastened to top by copper rivets, triangular sheet of brass, heart-shaped depression in middle and 2 grooves to hold cigarettes at sides, dented texture all over from beating.
- Subject
- souvenirs
- Russia
- Ulysse LaCasse
- Credit
- Gift of Ulysse LaCasse, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1011
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- Date
- 1938 – 1938
- Material
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0158
- Description
- An ashtray in the shape of a wagon wheel and decorated with a three dimensional bison skull and highlighted with brown paint. The ashtray is scorched from use, and the bison’s left horn broken and missing. The words “J Fuller ‘38’” are on one side of the ashtray, and “Made in Banff Can” is on the…
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- Title
- Ashtray
- Date
- 1938 – 1938
- Material
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 13.5 x 14.3 cm
- Description
- An ashtray in the shape of a wagon wheel and decorated with a three dimensional bison skull and highlighted with brown paint. The ashtray is scorched from use, and the bison’s left horn broken and missing. The words “J Fuller ‘38’” are on one side of the ashtray, and “Made in Banff Can” is on the base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0158
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0036
- Description
- A square, handwoven, white cotton bag with a short brown twisted cord handles through holes in the side near the top opening. A picture on the side of the bag is worked in cross stitch embroidery and is a wide border framing two peacocks and a tree in the centre.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A square, handwoven, white cotton bag with a short brown twisted cord handles through holes in the side near the top opening. A picture on the side of the bag is worked in cross stitch embroidery and is a wide border framing two peacocks and a tree in the centre.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0036
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0371
- Description
- A small, brightly coloured, lidded basket of split root and bark in a cylindrical shape. Natural yellow coloured background with purple band around middle containing a bright yellow zig-zag line. Flat lid has narrow green line around edge with orange circle outlined in purple around a lighter purp…
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- Title
- Basket
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A small, brightly coloured, lidded basket of split root and bark in a cylindrical shape. Natural yellow coloured background with purple band around middle containing a bright yellow zig-zag line. Flat lid has narrow green line around edge with orange circle outlined in purple around a lighter purple dot at the centre. Base is natural brown in simple basket weave at centre with each piece of cedar split where the base of the basket turns to form sides and then worked in birdcage technique of weaving where a coil is laid inside this frame of split cedar and the individual pieces of cedar are tied in to each of the coils by a series of twined stitches.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0371
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0373
- Description
- A large broad-bottomed shallow wicker bowl, finely woven of natural yellow, red and brown colours in distinctive pattern of narrow bands and herringbone, simple lattice weave technique used throughout with narrow bands of red and yellow alternating with brown bands woven with a thicker, flat strand…
- Title
- Basket
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 30.9 cm
- Description
- A large broad-bottomed shallow wicker bowl, finely woven of natural yellow, red and brown colours in distinctive pattern of narrow bands and herringbone, simple lattice weave technique used throughout with narrow bands of red and yellow alternating with brown bands woven with a thicker, flat strand, a single band in herringbone pattern forms a large circle in the base which rises slightly at the centre, rim is heavy and formed from a hoop of wood wrapped closely with flat yellow strands through which is woven a pattern of delicate triangles and oblique parallel lines along the outer edge.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0373
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0374
- Description
- A small flat bottomed basket with straight, gently flaring sides woven of very fine natural yellow grasses with black woven design in herringbone effect. Bottom of basket slightly domed upward. Sides of wicker type weave have a black band near the bottom with natural chevrons pointing to the natura…
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- Title
- Basket
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 12.2 cm
- Description
- A small flat bottomed basket with straight, gently flaring sides woven of very fine natural yellow grasses with black woven design in herringbone effect. Bottom of basket slightly domed upward. Sides of wicker type weave have a black band near the bottom with natural chevrons pointing to the natural background pointing to the left. The rim is finished with a heavy round lip closely wrapped with the natural colour having a delicate design woven in black on the outside of evenly spaced chevron arrows around.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0374
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin, moose
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0001
- Description
- A rectangular flat bag of moosehide with a long moosehide fringe and a handle formed from two strips of moosehide tied together. The front of the bag is entirely beaded, with a background of turquoise patterned with red diagonal stripes in a row along each side and a column of red pyramids up the…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin, moose
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular flat bag of moosehide with a long moosehide fringe and a handle formed from two strips of moosehide tied together. The front of the bag is entirely beaded, with a background of turquoise patterned with red diagonal stripes in a row along each side and a column of red pyramids up the centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0001
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0013
- Description
- A small, rounded flat deerskin pouch with a thong at the neck used to close the pouch. The bag has a fringe of beads along all of its edges and is decorated in the centre with a large circle of beads with five diamond shapes around a smaller inner circle. There is also beadwork at the end of the…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A small, rounded flat deerskin pouch with a thong at the neck used to close the pouch. The bag has a fringe of beads along all of its edges and is decorated in the centre with a large circle of beads with five diamond shapes around a smaller inner circle. There is also beadwork at the end of the fastening thong with three beaded loops.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0013
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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0017
- Description
- A long narrow bag made of deerskin which is cinched in the middle allowing either end to hang down and hold items. Both ends of the bag are fringed and have beadwork forming three spikey white leaves outlined in red with small red flowers. The bag is lined with sheer aqua coloured rayon or nylon,…
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- A long narrow bag made of deerskin which is cinched in the middle allowing either end to hang down and hold items. Both ends of the bag are fringed and have beadwork forming three spikey white leaves outlined in red with small red flowers. The bag is lined with sheer aqua coloured rayon or nylon, and has two leather covered rings that push down to secure the bag’s contents.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0017
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