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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0003
- Description
- An awl made by cutting the leg bone of an animal in half and carving the bone to a point at one end, leaving the joint end intact. The awl is hollow where the marrow was.
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- Title
- Leather Awl
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bone
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 2.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- An awl made by cutting the leg bone of an animal in half and carving the bone to a point at one end, leaving the joint end intact. The awl is hollow where the marrow was.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- carving
- animals
- Indigenous
- Plains
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0003
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0005
- 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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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0008
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- claws, cougar; metal, brass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0008
- Description
- A man's necklace made of cougar claws alternating with brass trade beads. This necklace would be tied around the neck with leather thongs.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- claws, cougar; metal, brass; skin
- Dimensions
- 45.0 cm
- Description
- A man's necklace made of cougar claws alternating with brass trade beads. This necklace would be tied around the neck with leather thongs.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- animals, cougar
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0008
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Gathering Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.02.0003
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0003
- Description
- Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar s…
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- Title
- Gathering Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; skin
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 30.0 x 36.2 cm
- Description
- Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar strips. Six rawhide loops at top pass through weaving of basket and are tied on inside with another rawhide loop near the bottom on one side of basket. Small rawhide thong tied in loop through rim on one side. Interior of basket undecorated. Rim broken in five places, one rawhide loop broken.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.02.0003
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Double-Barrel Shotgun
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.04.0004
- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0004
- Description
- Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatch…
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- Title
- Double-Barrel Shotgun
- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 6.0 x 118.0 cm
- Description
- Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatching decorates stock near breech and hand grip beneath. Steel breech and hammers ornately etched with floral design and 'W. Richards'. Carved wooden (plastic?) medallion screwed to small truncated projection on underside of stock. Marks: “16” carved into each side of buttstock; “W. Richards” engraved on each side in front of hammers; “2707” and “__0T0B” stamped into metal between barrels on undersideNote: trigger guard broken off; buttstock loose and held to breech with black electrician's tape; gouges on underside of buttstock and on underside of forestock.
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- Indigenous
- Israel Rolling Mud
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0004
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Storage Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0093
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0093
- Description
- Small oval basket of coiled construction stitched with brown cedar bark. Large zig-zag pattern imbricated in lighter colour in double row around basket with six lighter triangles hanging up side down spaced evenly around rim of basket which is wrapped with bark.
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 14.4 x 19.1 cm
- Description
- Small oval basket of coiled construction stitched with brown cedar bark. Large zig-zag pattern imbricated in lighter colour in double row around basket with six lighter triangles hanging up side down spaced evenly around rim of basket which is wrapped with bark.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0093
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Storage Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0094
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0094
- Description
- A small rectangular basket with high sides larger at mouth than base. Coiled construction of natural brown colour with wrapped looped coil at top and evidence of a single final coil above the loops. Six narrow imbricated bands, at every fourth coil, of alternating light colour and red, and alterna…
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark
- Dimensions
- 11.7 x 17.0 x 20.8 cm
- Description
- A small rectangular basket with high sides larger at mouth than base. Coiled construction of natural brown colour with wrapped looped coil at top and evidence of a single final coil above the loops. Six narrow imbricated bands, at every fourth coil, of alternating light colour and red, and alternating light colour with black. Note: 50% of looped top missing, and just about all of single top band above it missing. Marks: sticker on bottom, "Thompson River Indian British Columbia".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0094
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Storage Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0100
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bark; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0100
- Description
- A very sturdy coiled basket with small flat base and flaring sides, background natural light colour with design of four bands of red brown zig-zags worked in around sides. Design vaguely visible inside basket but not clearly defined as on outside. Rim is wrapped with areas of natural light colour …
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- bark; grass
- Dimensions
- 10.3 x 21.2 cm
- Description
- A very sturdy coiled basket with small flat base and flaring sides, background natural light colour with design of four bands of red brown zig-zags worked in around sides. Design vaguely visible inside basket but not clearly defined as on outside. Rim is wrapped with areas of natural light colour alternating with areas of brown and natural stripes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- houeholds
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0100
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Storage Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0105
- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0105
- Description
- Large, bowl shaped twist weave basket, ribs protrude .2 -.3 cm. from final row of stitching. Stitching accomplised by two strands twisted around each rib, three separate rows are woven with one stitch around two ribs, possibly to give basket greater stability as well as provide variety in texture. …
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1880 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- Large, bowl shaped twist weave basket, ribs protrude .2 -.3 cm. from final row of stitching. Stitching accomplised by two strands twisted around each rib, three separate rows are woven with one stitch around two ribs, possibly to give basket greater stability as well as provide variety in texture. Ten rows of dark brown geometric designs contrast the light brown plant fiber background, these panels appear to be made from bark. Ribs meet at center bottom and rise to a slight rounded point on inside. 3.5 cm. diameter in center is reinforced by overlapping stitches binding three ribs each. Marks: on tag attached to rim "Poma B43115 55.00".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- basketry
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0105
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Storage Basket
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0107
- Description
- Basket with thin rope loops knotted around upper edge and decorated with twelve horizontal bands. Alternating solid light beige bands with patterned yellow and dark brown. The stitching on patterned bands appears to be random, a coherent geometric design is not distinguishable, rather, the design d…
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- Basket with thin rope loops knotted around upper edge and decorated with twelve horizontal bands. Alternating solid light beige bands with patterned yellow and dark brown. The stitching on patterned bands appears to be random, a coherent geometric design is not distinguishable, rather, the design depends upon the play of contrasting colours. Bands are approximately 3 cm. wide. Bird cage construction, i.e. framework is devised by horizontal and vertical ribs, the stitching is twisted around the horizontal and vertical ribs binding them together. The thin commercially manufactured rope is knotted at 8-10 cm. intervals on upper edge, presumably for carrying. Rope is broken in several spots. Basket is in fragile condition, a 4 cm. long horizontal tear is 24 cm. from top, random broken stitches, and fastening off has come apart leaving one 4 cm. gap on upper edge. Shape is distorted from original bowl shape, rim has braided finish done with wider, flat brown fibre.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0107
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0006
- Description
- A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 6.4 x 10.1 cm
- Description
- A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0006
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Storage Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0095
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0095
- Description
- A rectangular basket of coiled construction larger at mouth than at base. Natural brown cedar bark stitching over coils with double rows of imbrication every fourth and fifth coil of black, red brown and light coloured alternating bands. Small black and white imbricated up side down triangle in cen…
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- bark; fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.2 x 18.0 x 22.4 cm
- Description
- A rectangular basket of coiled construction larger at mouth than at base. Natural brown cedar bark stitching over coils with double rows of imbrication every fourth and fifth coil of black, red brown and light coloured alternating bands. Small black and white imbricated up side down triangle in centre below imbricated bands at bottom on each side. Suspended by four pieces at twisted cotton ? twine knotted through stitching at each corner, approx. 18 cm. and knotted together at top. Note: bark wrapping top broken in seven places. Marks: paper sticker on bottom, "Thompson River Indian/British Columbia".
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0095
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- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- horn
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0237
- Description
- Irregular shaped bowl made by boiling and scraping the horn of a bighorn sheep. Flattened at bottom to form steady base. Translucent natural colour with lines of dark brown showing in patches along grain.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- horn
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 16.1 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Irregular shaped bowl made by boiling and scraping the horn of a bighorn sheep. Flattened at bottom to form steady base. Translucent natural colour with lines of dark brown showing in patches along grain.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0237
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0019
- Description
- Black, oblong rock with grooves or indentations which allow ease of gripping.
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- Title
- Shotput
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 9.5 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Black, oblong rock with grooves or indentations which allow ease of gripping.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- pastime
- activities
- sports
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0019
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- Date
- 1880 – 1915
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.0016
- Description
- Brass hand bell with black painted wooden handle which is placed over metal handle core, bell of brass, clapper of iron, and clapper suspended on iron hook. Brass knob on end of handle. Decorative ring near bell rim, stamped "10" on handle.
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- Title
- School Bell
- Date
- 1880 – 1915
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 23.3 cm
- Description
- Brass hand bell with black painted wooden handle which is placed over metal handle core, bell of brass, clapper of iron, and clapper suspended on iron hook. Brass knob on end of handle. Decorative ring near bell rim, stamped "10" on handle.
- Subject
- institutions
- school
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.0016
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.0017
- Description
- Hand bell with wooden handle and brass collar and bell. Brass clapper suspended on iron hook. Collar at base of wooden handle was riveted but has loosened. Clapper marks inside bell rim.
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- Title
- Church Bell
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 21.5 cm
- Description
- Hand bell with wooden handle and brass collar and bell. Brass clapper suspended on iron hook. Collar at base of wooden handle was riveted but has loosened. Clapper marks inside bell rim.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.03.0017
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0376
- Description
- Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the righ…
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- Title
- Basket
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the right, with serrated edges of black-tipped triangles along the sides and narrow black lines between each parallelogram. Between each steplike series on the buff background is an oblique double zig-zag line running from bottom to top of the basket. Lip is finished with three rows of twining of a lighter brown colour, pattern not visible on inside. Paper tag rimmed with metal is attached with cord and wax through lip of basket; no writing is visible.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Indigenous
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0376
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0071
- Description
- A wide long belt, sturdy canvas ground, heavily beaded, buckskin ties. White ground with stylized or conventional flowers in pink tulip like and red tipped bud forms. Looped clear glass beads and red beads on border of belt.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 100.0 cm
- Description
- A wide long belt, sturdy canvas ground, heavily beaded, buckskin ties. White ground with stylized or conventional flowers in pink tulip like and red tipped bud forms. Looped clear glass beads and red beads on border of belt.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0071
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- bark; wood; cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0330 a,b
- Description
- A large, rectangular hamper like box (a) with lid (b) made from split natural coloured bark woven around flat strips of wood in a coiled basket manner. Lid fits over a small lip at the top. A small, flexible looped handle is at each side at the top. Edge of lid is laced with split bark, and base …
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- bark; wood; cedar
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 31.5 x 48.5 cm
- Description
- A large, rectangular hamper like box (a) with lid (b) made from split natural coloured bark woven around flat strips of wood in a coiled basket manner. Lid fits over a small lip at the top. A small, flexible looped handle is at each side at the top. Edge of lid is laced with split bark, and base is inset with basket resting on slight foot. Imbricated design on front and back consists of a large square worked in black bark with perpendicular lines out from each side, this outlined with white, and then with red bark. The design is repeated in outline with interrupted stitches on lid, each end of the basket contains the outline with interrupted stitches on the lid. Each end of the basket contains the outline of a large diamond shape in black, white and red.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0330 a,b
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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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0081 a,b
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