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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- skin, moose; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0020 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft moosehide gloves with fringed gauntlets and fringe extending slightly onto the hand. Each gauntlet has a rolled top and a beaded blue and orange cross design.
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- skin, moose; glass
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft moosehide gloves with fringed gauntlets and fringe extending slightly onto the hand. Each gauntlet has a rolled top and a beaded blue and orange cross design.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Kootenay
- decorative
- regalia
- beadwork
- Ktunaxa
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0020 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; plastic; feather; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0003 a-z, aa
- Description
- A set of twenty-seven arrows: - Four handmade wooden arrows with three feathers at one notched end. The other end of each arrow is sharpened to a point. There are coloured bands painted under the feathers. - Ten very thin wooden arrows with pointed metal tips. The notched end of each arrow has s…
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- Title
- Arrow
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; plastic; feather; paint
- Dimensions
- 72.0 (average) cm
- Description
- A set of twenty-seven arrows: - Four handmade wooden arrows with three feathers at one notched end. The other end of each arrow is sharpened to a point. There are coloured bands painted under the feathers. - Ten very thin wooden arrows with pointed metal tips. The notched end of each arrow has small feathers and painted coloured bands. Four of these arrows are marked “South Bend Quality Tackle Bait Co.”. Two of these arrows are marked “The Oreno Pat. Pending”.- Five wooden arrows with pointed metal tips. These arrows have red, yellow and white bands at the feathered end. One of these arrows has a pointed spike projecting from the tip. These arrows are marked “made in U.S.A. Rounsville-Pohm, Hazel Crest, Ill. 29”. - Two wooden arrows with pointed metal tips at one end, and plastic notches at the other. There are red, white, blue and yellow bands at the notched end of each arrow. - Two arrows with blue and white bands at the notched feathered end. These arrows have a darker harder wood piece, with a metal tip, scarfed to the other end.- One handmade arrow, in the manner of Indigenous arrows, that is painted blue at the notched end. The opposite end is sharpened to a point. - Three odd arrows: one arrow with a plastic tip and faded blue bands at the notched, feathered end; one arrow with a red and yellow band at the notched feathered end and metal tip; one arrow that was once painted completely red with plastic notch and metal tip (no feathers).
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- households
- sports, archery
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0003 a-z, aa
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; sinew; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0031
- Description
- White rawhide knife sheath formed to fit the blade of a knife with wide beaded flap at one side curving to point at bottom. Beading worked on one side only. Wide band across top consists of large stepped orange triangles outlined with red, then blue, then black, sitting on bottom of band with purpl…
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- Title
- Knife Sheath
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; sinew; glass
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- White rawhide knife sheath formed to fit the blade of a knife with wide beaded flap at one side curving to point at bottom. Beading worked on one side only. Wide band across top consists of large stepped orange triangles outlined with red, then blue, then black, sitting on bottom of band with purple sky above. Wide side flap beaded with purple background and four diagonal lines of orange outlined with black, and blue outlined with black, representing feathers? Top and curved edge outline with narrow edging of red and yellow beads. Triangular hole cut through at centre of flap, pocket for knife blade stitched with sinew. Inside of sheath pocket shows painting of pink and green outlined in black.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0031
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0068
- Description
- Flat based, black cast iron water kettle with long curved spout and one piece handle riveted to rounded shoulder of pot. Handle curves up to horizontal bar grip, domed and knobbed lid rests inside circular rim, enamel lid and pot interior. Underside spout has corrosion holes, therefore is non func…
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- Title
- Teakettle
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 20.5 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- Flat based, black cast iron water kettle with long curved spout and one piece handle riveted to rounded shoulder of pot. Handle curves up to horizontal bar grip, domed and knobbed lid rests inside circular rim, enamel lid and pot interior. Underside spout has corrosion holes, therefore is non functional until repaired. "L" inside diamond stamped on bottom, also "no. 1 6 1/2 PINTS".
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0068
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0069
- Description
- Flat based, black, cast iron water kettle with long curved spout and one piece handle riveted to rounded shoulder of pot. Domed, knobbed lid rests inside pot rim. Rust inside pot, as well as scale. Bottom stamped "L" within diamond, also "No. 3 9 PINTS".
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- Title
- Teakettle
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 21.5 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Flat based, black, cast iron water kettle with long curved spout and one piece handle riveted to rounded shoulder of pot. Domed, knobbed lid rests inside pot rim. Rust inside pot, as well as scale. Bottom stamped "L" within diamond, also "No. 3 9 PINTS".
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0069
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0070
- Description
- Large, three footed, black cast iron pot. Sloped sides, two cast brackets at rim hold arched wire handle, one ring on side of pot for hooking pouring. Inside pot smooth and rounded. Stamped on bottom "Gurney 9".
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- Title
- Cauldron
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 27.1 x 30.7 cm
- Description
- Large, three footed, black cast iron pot. Sloped sides, two cast brackets at rim hold arched wire handle, one ring on side of pot for hooking pouring. Inside pot smooth and rounded. Stamped on bottom "Gurney 9".
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0070
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0071
- Description
- Large, three footed, black, cast iron pot, sloped sides, two cast brackets at rim hold arched wire handle. Bracket missing from outside of pot, that bracket would have held ring for hooking pouring from pot). Inside of pot smooth and rounded, stamped on bottom "9" and "G" inside diamond.
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- Title
- Cauldron
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 22.6 x 29.6 x 33.2 cm
- Description
- Large, three footed, black, cast iron pot, sloped sides, two cast brackets at rim hold arched wire handle. Bracket missing from outside of pot, that bracket would have held ring for hooking pouring from pot). Inside of pot smooth and rounded, stamped on bottom "9" and "G" inside diamond.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0071
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green quills bursting from the centre. About 5% of the quills are loose at one end, some quills lost. Thread which binds grass to rim of lid has frayed severely. Box contains six quartz crystals.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- decorative
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
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- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0091
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt of medium width, finished with a commercially tanned belt end with chrome plated steel buckle and commercially tanned tab, both of which are sewn to the beaded canvas cotton backed strip which is the body of the belt. The bead strip design consists of white rectangles separate…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 92.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt of medium width, finished with a commercially tanned belt end with chrome plated steel buckle and commercially tanned tab, both of which are sewn to the beaded canvas cotton backed strip which is the body of the belt. The bead strip design consists of white rectangles separated by bands of long beads in silver grey between dark blue bead lines, all the rectangles bordered by stripes of light blue, outside them are four crossed bars, and beyond them a cross in red with quadrants of white and blue alternating. Some bead loss on the tab.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0091
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Beaded Necktie
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0117
- Description
- A small cravat shaped decoration sewn to a choker style collar. Heavily beaded in dusty rose, a floral pattern in white and red on lower half, a butterfly or blossom in blue, red, and white above. Choker collar in dusty pink border around pearl pink beads with stepped square crosses in black space…
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- Title
- Beaded Necktie
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- A small cravat shaped decoration sewn to a choker style collar. Heavily beaded in dusty rose, a floral pattern in white and red on lower half, a butterfly or blossom in blue, red, and white above. Choker collar in dusty pink border around pearl pink beads with stepped square crosses in black spaced evenly along it. Buckskin tabs at end, but no ties.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0117
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1913 – 1914
- Material
- hide; plastic; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1139 a,b
- Description
- A child’s pair of slip on buckskin and fabric moccasins. The lower sections are dark brown hide while the upper is pink velour and the interior is pink fabric. The tops of the moccasins have blue, clear, and white beadwork. The blue and clear beads are arranged in a circular burst design with 4 sma…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1913 – 1914
- Material
- hide; plastic; fabric
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- A child’s pair of slip on buckskin and fabric moccasins. The lower sections are dark brown hide while the upper is pink velour and the interior is pink fabric. The tops of the moccasins have blue, clear, and white beadwork. The blue and clear beads are arranged in a circular burst design with 4 smaller designs above and below. The white and clear beads are in groups of 4 and outline the tops of the moccasins.
- Credit
- Gift of Jessie J Lowe, Ninette, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1139 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1039
- Description
- Small beaded purse, blue background with yellow coloured horse head centered in red petals in a diamond shape. Two red diamonds each corner. Tag: PP.NN L.BN
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- prior to 1930
- Material
- glass; skin
- Description
- Small beaded purse, blue background with yellow coloured horse head centered in red petals in a diamond shape. Two red diamonds each corner. Tag: PP.NN L.BN
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1039
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1112 a,b
- Description
- One pair of women’s slipper-style moccasins. Velvet edging around opening. Floral beadwork on vamp and around ankle in green, red, blue, pink and metallic beads. Pink and purple piping outlining vamp.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- One pair of women’s slipper-style moccasins. Velvet edging around opening. Floral beadwork on vamp and around ankle in green, red, blue, pink and metallic beads. Pink and purple piping outlining vamp.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Cree
- Bertha Oliver
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Gwen Barker, Banff, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1112 a,b
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Gauntlet Gloves
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1083
- Description
- One pair of women’s beaded buckskin gauntlets with fringe along side of cuff. Floral beadwork in green, blue, red, pink and metallic beads.
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- One pair of women’s beaded buckskin gauntlets with fringe along side of cuff. Floral beadwork in green, blue, red, pink and metallic beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Cree
- Bertha Oliver
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Gwen Barker, Banff, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1083
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.3003 a,b
- Description
- High top moccasins with floral design with light blue, dark blue, red, white, green, pink, silver and one yellow bud on each foot. The hide around the top opening is pinked. Each moccasin has long thong laces. The soles of both moccasins have been patched. Tag in CRW's writing: "Moccasins that …
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 11.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- High top moccasins with floral design with light blue, dark blue, red, white, green, pink, silver and one yellow bud on each foot. The hide around the top opening is pinked. Each moccasin has long thong laces. The soles of both moccasins have been patched. Tag in CRW's writing: "Moccasins that belonged to David Bearspaw & only 2 pair were left in bottom of trunk when he died & Mrs Bearspaw gave one pair to her son Johnny & one pair to her son Pete Mrs Bearspaw made them."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.3003 a,b
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- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0091 a,b
- Description
- A pair of white buckskin leggings, heavily beaded in wide cuff at the bottom extending to knees, stitched together at sides to form tube with wide buckskin flap above beadwork and fringe on side of beadwork. Cuff completely beaded all around on canvas, trimmed with brown velvet edge at bottom sewn …
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- Title
- Beaded Leggings
- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; hair
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 82.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of white buckskin leggings, heavily beaded in wide cuff at the bottom extending to knees, stitched together at sides to form tube with wide buckskin flap above beadwork and fringe on side of beadwork. Cuff completely beaded all around on canvas, trimmed with brown velvet edge at bottom sewn to red woolen strip inside. White background with twelve blue and red magnet like figures with horns at the top, placed in four rows of three figures each. Double, blue and orange stepped chevrons at top and bottom of cuff after first set of figures, and before last set. Wide buckskin strap at top of each legging for fastening to belt.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Mark Poucette
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0091 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1913
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1073 a,b
- Description
- Pair of ankle high moccasins, fully beaded foot, blue background with geometric design, a column of burgundy, green and yellow squares angle across foot, stepped triangles top and bottom go around heel, not as heavily designed inside foot, ankle flaps sewn on with long ties, small fringe sewn at he…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 10.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of ankle high moccasins, fully beaded foot, blue background with geometric design, a column of burgundy, green and yellow squares angle across foot, stepped triangles top and bottom go around heel, not as heavily designed inside foot, ankle flaps sewn on with long ties, small fringe sewn at heel.
- Credit
- Gift of Anna Templeton-Cotill, West Levant, England, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1073 a,b
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- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; metal; shell
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1113
- Description
- Ladies buckskin beaded dress. Fringe all around bottom and a row half way down the skirt. V-shaped inset at sides of skirt is fringed. Back beaded yoke is 31.0x48.0, all beadwork is backed by heavy cotton. Short sleeves have fringe at end, some with black beads. Beadstrip is 42.0x16.0 attac…
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- Title
- Beaded Dress
- Date
- 1915 – 1920
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre; metal; shell
- Dimensions
- 50.0 x 124.0 cm
- Description
- Ladies buckskin beaded dress. Fringe all around bottom and a row half way down the skirt. V-shaped inset at sides of skirt is fringed. Back beaded yoke is 31.0x48.0, all beadwork is backed by heavy cotton. Short sleeves have fringe at end, some with black beads. Beadstrip is 42.0x16.0 attached to bodice, open under arms. Two stepped pyramids of red, green, yellow and blue on a white background, 3 blue standards with crosses at top between pyramids. Front yoke blue and yellow beaded bands top and bottom, white background , centre design of 2 irregular shapes in red, green and yellow, flanking them are two stepped diamond shapes in red, blue and yellow, flanking them on both sides of yoke are red chained rectangles. Hanging from bottom of yoke are 11.0 long are green tubular beads from which hang either a bell or a shell. Back yoke is same except the centre design has 4 shapes and bands at top and bottom are different, bottom band is green and white, top is green, white and yellow and there are no shells, just bells hanging.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara Whyte Kapteyn, Calgary, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1113
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- Date
- 1915
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1003
- Description
- Lozenge shaped metal head has oblong shaped opening (4.0 x 4.5) through which a handle would fit. "J C" stamped onto one side of blade and "IS" stamped on the other side. The blade is broken and chipped. The handle is missing.
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- Title
- Head Tomahawk
- Date
- 1915
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 8.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Lozenge shaped metal head has oblong shaped opening (4.0 x 4.5) through which a handle would fit. "J C" stamped onto one side of blade and "IS" stamped on the other side. The blade is broken and chipped. The handle is missing.
- Subject
- armament
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Gordon Thirsk, Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1003
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Beaded Headband
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1010
- Description
- White beaded tiara with orange star and bluebird, band comes to high point at front, single large contour-beaded orange star outlined in brass beads, orange diamond shapes in series around band. A separate beaded blue eagle with yellow head tacked to band on right side extends above and below band;…
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.8 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- White beaded tiara with orange star and bluebird, band comes to high point at front, single large contour-beaded orange star outlined in brass beads, orange diamond shapes in series around band. A separate beaded blue eagle with yellow head tacked to band on right side extends above and below band; The tiara is beaded on canvas, eagle on buckskin, machine stitiching on canvas.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- accessories
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1010
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