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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
107.01.0088
Description
Three carved wooden monkeys seated in group. The monkey at the centre facing front, has hands covering eyes (see no evil), monkey at left facing to that side has hands covering mouth (speak no evil), monkey at right facing to that side has hands covering ears (hear no evil).
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
wood
Dimensions
5.0 x 14.0 cm
Description
Three carved wooden monkeys seated in group. The monkey at the centre facing front, has hands covering eyes (see no evil), monkey at left facing to that side has hands covering mouth (speak no evil), monkey at right facing to that side has hands covering ears (hear no evil).
Subject
households
animals, monkeys
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0088
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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
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre, cotton
Catalogue Number
103.08.0037
Description
A square, white, handwoven cotton bag with an overshot pattern of red along the top and in vertical bands from the top to part way down the bag. The bag has a twisted black and red cord handle.
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Title
Bag
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre, cotton
Dimensions
21.5 x 22.0 cm
Description
A square, white, handwoven cotton bag with an overshot pattern of red along the top and in vertical bands from the top to part way down the bag. The bag has a twisted black and red cord handle.
Subject
households
crafts
weaving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0037
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre, flax
Catalogue Number
103.08.0045
Description
A square draw string bag of natural woven linen with a white twisted cord drawstring. The bag is decorated with a panel of crocheted netting with squirrel shapes formed by threading red string through the netting.
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Title
Bag
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre, flax
Dimensions
9.0 x 15.0 cm
Description
A square draw string bag of natural woven linen with a white twisted cord drawstring. The bag is decorated with a panel of crocheted netting with squirrel shapes formed by threading red string through the netting.
Subject
households
crafts
needlework
weaving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0045
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0046
Description
A pouch-shaped crocheted cord bag with a long woven handle. The bag is decorated with a pattern of white diamonds connected with white horizontal bands surrounded by smaller black and red triangles on each side. The circular bottom of the bag is natural coloured with a red ring.
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Title
Bag
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre
Dimensions
19.0 x 44.0 cm
Description
A pouch-shaped crocheted cord bag with a long woven handle. The bag is decorated with a pattern of white diamonds connected with white horizontal bands surrounded by smaller black and red triangles on each side. The circular bottom of the bag is natural coloured with a red ring.
Subject
households
crafts
needlework
weaving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0046
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
hair, sheep
Catalogue Number
103.08.0049
Description
A pouch shaped bag of knitted black wool decorated with a horizontal band of llamas and a horizontal band of bulls.
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Title
Bag
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
hair, sheep
Dimensions
15.0 x 27.5 cm
Description
A pouch shaped bag of knitted black wool decorated with a horizontal band of llamas and a horizontal band of bulls.
Subject
households
crafts
knitting
needlework
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0049
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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
1930 – 1940
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.1164
Description
Light coloured beaded buckskin jacket with three pockets on the front and no fasteners. The jacket resembles a sportscoat. There is beaded decoration on the front pockets, on the front placket, and on the yoke at the back. There is fringe hanging from the bottom seam of the yoke.
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Title
Beaded Jacket
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
150.3 x 78.4 cm
Description
Light coloured beaded buckskin jacket with three pockets on the front and no fasteners. The jacket resembles a sportscoat. There is beaded decoration on the front pockets, on the front placket, and on the yoke at the back. There is fringe hanging from the bottom seam of the yoke.
Subject
Dave White Jr.
Jacob Twoyoungmen
crafts
sewing
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
103.05.1164
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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
bone; glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.0005
Description
A woman's necklace of double hair pipes alternating with similar lengths of threaded beads in red and blue. The red beads are glass and the blue beads may be clay beads.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
bone; glass
Dimensions
135.0 cm
Description
A woman's necklace of double hair pipes alternating with similar lengths of threaded beads in red and blue. The red beads are glass and the blue beads may be clay beads.
Subject
decoration
beadwork
crafts
Indigenous
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0005
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Date
1930 – 1970
Material
wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.01.0345
Description
Nine short strands of very small, wooden, light brown beads threaded on string and tied together into a bunch. A few long dark brown hairs are caught in the knot.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
1930 – 1970
Material
wood; fibre
Dimensions
20.0 cm
Description
Nine short strands of very small, wooden, light brown beads threaded on string and tied together into a bunch. A few long dark brown hairs are caught in the knot.
Subject
households
adornment
decorative
beadwork
crafts
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0345
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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
1930 – 1940
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
105.03.0004
Description
A squared flat bell of carved wood with a tree carved on the body of the bell and a flat diamond shaped handle with incised lines. A sticker inside the bell is marked “No. 693-2 Bali Indonesia S.S.S.”
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Title
Bell
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
wood
Dimensions
14.0 cm
Description
A squared flat bell of carved wood with a tree carved on the body of the bell and a flat diamond shaped handle with incised lines. A sticker inside the bell is marked “No. 693-2 Bali Indonesia S.S.S.”
Subject
souvenirs
music
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.03.0004
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Date
1880 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
102.04.0110
Description
A decorative handpainted shallow porcelain bowl. The inside bears a painting of an elderly man, the outside has a floral design. The dominant colours are gold, blue, and red on a white ground. The gold is worn.
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Title
Bowl
Date
1880 – 1940
Material
ceramic
Description
A decorative handpainted shallow porcelain bowl. The inside bears a painting of an elderly man, the outside has a floral design. The dominant colours are gold, blue, and red on a white ground. The gold is worn.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0110
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
fibre, silk; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.0033
Description
A woman's cape of black silk bordered extensively with netted jet bads and fringe. The silk is shoulder width at the top and narrows down to points hanging below the waist. The cape is a small size and very heavy in weight. The cape has a high collar that closes with hooks, and the bodice also f…
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Title
Cape
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
fibre, silk; glass
Dimensions
36.0 x 64.0 cm
Description
A woman's cape of black silk bordered extensively with netted jet bads and fringe. The silk is shoulder width at the top and narrows down to points hanging below the waist. The cape is a small size and very heavy in weight. The cape has a high collar that closes with hooks, and the bodice also fastens with hooks at the front.
Subject
social customs
Isabella Brewster
decorative
crafts
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0033
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Date
1935 – 1950
Material
fibre, cotton
Catalogue Number
104.20.0020 a-h
Description
A set of eight small, round, double-layered white coasters with the scalloped edges stitched with black thread. Each coaster has a rooster embroidered in black and red thread. The top layer of the coater is bisected by a black embroidered, uneven, double line which finishes the edges of an openi…
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Title
Coaster
Date
1935 – 1950
Material
fibre, cotton
Description
A set of eight small, round, double-layered white coasters with the scalloped edges stitched with black thread. Each coaster has a rooster embroidered in black and red thread. The top layer of the coater is bisected by a black embroidered, uneven, double line which finishes the edges of an opening. The base of a wine glass is slipped into this opening, ensuring that wherever the glass is placed there will always be a coaster under it.
Subject
households
social customs
crafts
embroidery
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0020 a-h
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Date
1935 – 1960
Material
wood, maple
Catalogue Number
104.20.0446 a,b
Description
A pair of small light brown shallow plates. The base of each coaster is stamped “Bird’s Eye Maple” and with an illegible signature.
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Title
Coaster
Date
1935 – 1960
Material
wood, maple
Description
A pair of small light brown shallow plates. The base of each coaster is stamped “Bird’s Eye Maple” and with an illegible signature.
Subject
households
crafts
woodworking
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0446 a,b
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Commemorative Cushion Cover

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Date
1935
Catalogue Number
102.04.1078
Description
A hand-embroidered and stitched, linen, commemorative cushion cover to honour King George V’s Jubilee. The top of the cushion has a banner stitched in a blue wool/cotton mix; it reads “KING GEORGE V”. There is a line of red stitches before and after the letters. The middle of the cushion has an emb…
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Title
Commemorative Cushion Cover
Date
1935
Dimensions
45.0 x 41.0 cm
Description
A hand-embroidered and stitched, linen, commemorative cushion cover to honour King George V’s Jubilee. The top of the cushion has a banner stitched in a blue wool/cotton mix; it reads “KING GEORGE V”. There is a line of red stitches before and after the letters. The middle of the cushion has an emblem of a shield, stitched in dark brown to denote the edge, the middle part is filled in with brown dye. There is an outline of a beaver embroidered in light brown silk thread; the body of the beaver is dyed light brown. He is on a light green, silk thread, embroidered log with a light brown-dyed background. The shield is dyed yellow. Under that, obscuring most of the shield, is the outline of a maple leaf, with veins and a stem stitched in different shades of green silk thread, and on either side of the maple leaf is a part of a flag; blue and white outline on the viewer’s left, and white, red and blue on the viewer’s right. Two brown, silk, embroidered flag staffs extend from either end. The bottom has a banner stitched in a blue wool/cotton mix; it reads “1910 JUBILEE 1935”. It has been mended with yellow thread in places. The years are stitched in red the rest in blue. On various parts of the cushion cover the blue-coloured pattern shows through the stitching. There is a red and white cord on the outside edges and red piping sewn on the inside edge.
Subject
households
crafts
commemorative
Credit
Gift of Katie Byers, 2009
Catalogue Number
102.04.1078
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0146 a,b
Description
A pair of handblown stemmed liqueur glasses with an etched design of loops just below the rim. The glasses have fairly thick stems that flare slightly into the round bases.
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Title
Cordial Glass
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Dimensions
10.0 cm
Description
A pair of handblown stemmed liqueur glasses with an etched design of loops just below the rim. The glasses have fairly thick stems that flare slightly into the round bases.
Subject
households
social customs
crafts
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0146 a,b
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
102.08.0002 a,b
Description
A pair of textured, gold-coloured, curtains. The fabric has a sheen (satin?) and is shot through with dark gold. A 12.5 cm band of deep gold velvet is sewn along the bottom edge. Each curtain is decorated with large gold and brown flowers outlined in metallic thread. They are embroidered thickl…
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Title
Curtain
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre; metal
Dimensions
111.0 x 120.0 cm
Description
A pair of textured, gold-coloured, curtains. The fabric has a sheen (satin?) and is shot through with dark gold. A 12.5 cm band of deep gold velvet is sewn along the bottom edge. Each curtain is decorated with large gold and brown flowers outlined in metallic thread. They are embroidered thickly, in three dense lines, at the bottom above the velvet. There are more flowers scattered about the rest of each curtain. Small metal rings are sewn to the top edge for hanging.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
needlework
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.08.0002 a,b
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