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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; plastic; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.3005 a,b
- Description
- Two loom-woven headbands with leather finishing the ends and leather thongs attached to each end.a) Light blue with a geometric design (triangles and crosses) in red, yellow, dark blue, and orange. Tag attached: “Found in bag with ‘Reba Bearspaw 30.00 2 headbands & braid 1 pair ha__ labre__d ?…
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- Title
- Headband
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; plastic; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 2.6 (a,b) x 83.6 (a); 86.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two loom-woven headbands with leather finishing the ends and leather thongs attached to each end.a) Light blue with a geometric design (triangles and crosses) in red, yellow, dark blue, and orange. Tag attached: “Found in bag with ‘Reba Bearspaw 30.00 2 headbands & braid 1 pair ha__ labre__d ?(medallions?)’.”b) Yellow with geometric pattern in blue, red, white, orange, green and brown.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Reba Bearspaw
- regalia
- beading
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.3005 a,b
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0062
- Description
- A rectangular, flat, red wool bag with pink, orange, yellow, green and white narrow stripes between three vertical red and white patterned bands. The purse has a green tassel at each of the bottom corners and a pink tassel at the middle of each side and the bottom.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- A rectangular, flat, red wool bag with pink, orange, yellow, green and white narrow stripes between three vertical red and white patterned bands. The purse has a green tassel at each of the bottom corners and a pink tassel at the middle of each side and the bottom.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0062
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- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a s…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Dimensions
- 22.2 x 5.4 x 21.8 cm
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a silver metallic cord through a short ivory batten on the front and back causing the bag to form two pleats on either side. Ends of cord have red and grey beaded loop tassels. Bag lined front, back and bottom with pink silk. Figures beaded on front of purse depict woman in yellow dress and man in green trousers and pink jacket holding top hat while they are dancing.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- embroidery
- figure
- male
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
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