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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.04.1040
Description
A light blue head square. One quadrant has a very colourful picture of a moose surrounded by bushes and brown humps. The background has brown hills with very colourful foliage. Below the picture in red is: "Field, B.C." Small tag stitched to hem: "Made in Japan"
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Title
Kerchief
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
fibre
Dimensions
70.0 x 70.0 cm
Description
A light blue head square. One quadrant has a very colourful picture of a moose surrounded by bushes and brown humps. The background has brown hills with very colourful foliage. Below the picture in red is: "Field, B.C." Small tag stitched to hem: "Made in Japan"
Subject
souvenir
Field, B.C.
Credit
Gift of Chui Mei Yee, Calgary, 1995
Catalogue Number
103.04.1040
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
hair; fibre; wood
Catalogue Number
103.09.0081 a,b
Description
A roach headdress made from porcupine guard hairs sewn around the edge of a support made from braided strips of fabric stitched together in an elongated shape much in the same manner as a braided rug. The long porcupine hairs are of natural colour and fan open when the braided mat is attached to th…
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Title
Roach Headdress
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
hair; fibre; wood
Dimensions
8.0 x 42.0 cm
Description
A roach headdress made from porcupine guard hairs sewn around the edge of a support made from braided strips of fabric stitched together in an elongated shape much in the same manner as a braided rug. The long porcupine hairs are of natural colour and fan open when the braided mat is attached to the curvature of the head. A short length of cord has been stitched to the underside of the braided mat, with short lengths of heavy thread sewn at intervals along the edges. Stored with large carved b) club of wood inside to hold the form of the hairs smooth, and wrapped with a length of cord.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
George McLean
Walking Buffalo
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.0081 a,b
Images
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