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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
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- Title
- Beaded Trim
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 196.0 cm
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
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Bernice White Man Left and Larry Hairy Bull
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1997 – 2008
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.01
- Description
- Two men standing on the side of the road. Photograph taken at The Blood Reserve, Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Bernice White Man Left and Larry Hairy Bull
- Date
- 1997 – 2008
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Two men standing on the side of the road. Photograph taken at The Blood Reserve, Alberta.
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.01
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Big Bear Medicine
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- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four …
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- Title
- Big Bear Medicine
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92.5 x 92.5 cm
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four feathers. These are in the blc of the image. On either side of the bear’s head are patches of aquamarine.
- Subject
- religious
- Indigenous
- animal
- bear
- Credit
- Purchased from Bernie Makokis, St. Paul, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
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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
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0007
- Description
- A long pouch of deerskin with a four pointed opening which folds over to form a pointed flap where a tying thong is attached. The edge of the opening is beaded. There is long leather fringe along the bottom bottom edge that has bugle beads strung close to the music. The bottom third of the bag is…
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- Title
- Calumet Bag
- Date
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; grass
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- A long pouch of deerskin with a four pointed opening which folds over to form a pointed flap where a tying thong is attached. The edge of the opening is beaded. There is long leather fringe along the bottom bottom edge that has bugle beads strung close to the music. The bottom third of the bag is completely beaded with a white background and two red and blue diamond shapes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Kootenay
- beadwork
- smoking
- ceremonial
- Ktunaxa
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0007
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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 – 1910
- Material
- stone; wood; skin; metal; hair, buffalo; feather, eagle; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0004
- Description
- A war club/pony club made of an oval-shaped stone attached to a leather-covered stick handle with a leather strap. The leather strap has a tuft of eagle down at its end. The end of the handle has a leather loop with a bunch of long dark bison hair tied together at one end.
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- Title
- Club
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- stone; wood; skin; metal; hair, buffalo; feather, eagle; sinew
- Dimensions
- 55.0 cm
- Description
- A war club/pony club made of an oval-shaped stone attached to a leather-covered stick handle with a leather strap. The leather strap has a tuft of eagle down at its end. The end of the handle has a leather loop with a bunch of long dark bison hair tied together at one end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0004
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Dogs, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactweb.18.06
- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1997 – 1998
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.06
- Description
- Two dogs outside Standoff general store, Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Dogs, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta
- Date
- 1997 – 1998
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Two dogs outside Standoff general store, Alberta.
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.06
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Elizabeth Eagle Speaker After the Funeral of her Grandson, Roland Scowt
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1999 – 2000
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.07
- Description
- Photograph of Elizabeth Eagle Speaker sitting in a car after her grandson’s funeral at St. Catherine Cemetery. Photograph taken at the Blood Reserve, Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Elizabeth Eagle Speaker After the Funeral of her Grandson, Roland Scowt
- Date
- 1999 – 2000
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Photograph of Elizabeth Eagle Speaker sitting in a car after her grandson’s funeral at St. Catherine Cemetery. Photograph taken at the Blood Reserve, Alberta.
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.07
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Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactweb.18.08
- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1997 – 1997
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.08
- Description
- Portrait photograph of Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface taken in their home near Standoff, Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface
- Date
- 1997 – 1997
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Portrait photograph of Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface taken in their home near Standoff, Alberta.
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.08
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1997 – 1998
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.09
- Description
- Photograph is of Good Friday procession on The Blood Reserve, Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Good Friday
- Date
- 1997 – 1998
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Photograph is of Good Friday procession on The Blood Reserve, Alberta.
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.09
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House With Canadian Flag
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1997 – 1998
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.12
- Description
- Photograph of a house on The Blood Reserve, Alberta with a Canadian flag hanging in the window.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- House With Canadian Flag
- Date
- 1997 – 1998
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Photograph of a house on The Blood Reserve, Alberta with a Canadian flag hanging in the window.
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.12
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Larry Hairy Bull
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1997 – 2003
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.14
- Description
- Portrait of Larry Hairy Bull making the peace sign over his head, Standoff, Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Larry Hairy Bull
- Date
- 1997 – 2003
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Portrait of Larry Hairy Bull making the peace sign over his head, Standoff, Alberta.
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.14
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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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Lighting Strike, near Standoff
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1997
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.15
- Description
- View of a lightening storm near Standoff, Alberta, Blood Reserve.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Lighting Strike, near Standoff
- Date
- 1997
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- View of a lightening storm near Standoff, Alberta, Blood Reserve.
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.15
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Merlin Chief Calf, Standoff
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Date
- 1997 – 1998
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.16
- Description
- Portrait of Merlin Chief Calf looking out the window, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta.
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- Artist
- George Webber
- Title
- Merlin Chief Calf, Standoff
- Date
- 1997 – 1998
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 11” x 14” cm
- Description
- Portrait of Merlin Chief Calf looking out the window, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta.
- Credit
- Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- WeB.18.16
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Miniature; Cradle Board Doll
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- Date
- c. 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1008
- Description
- A miniature beaded cradleboard with doll. The board has a red edge, dark blue background with an inset beaded design in yellow, brown and red in a flower shape. The cradle is soft buckskin with beading around edge, a rose and two small circles. Fringes. A small doll is in the cradle.
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- Title
- Miniature; Cradle Board Doll
- Date
- c. 1890
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Description
- A miniature beaded cradleboard with doll. The board has a red edge, dark blue background with an inset beaded design in yellow, brown and red in a flower shape. The cradle is soft buckskin with beading around edge, a rose and two small circles. Fringes. A small doll is in the cradle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- playthings
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1008
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- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- mineral
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1021 a,b
- Description
- Heavy oval shaped rock, 26.0x20.0x11.0 cm. with a round hole carved into centre, ca. 10.0 dia. at top. Nicely smoothed cavity. One quadrant has been broken off. Pestle is oblong 20.0 long and ca. 9.0 dia. at bottom. Shaped with rim above hand hold.
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- Title
- Mortar; Pestle
- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- mineral
- Description
- Heavy oval shaped rock, 26.0x20.0x11.0 cm. with a round hole carved into centre, ca. 10.0 dia. at top. Nicely smoothed cavity. One quadrant has been broken off. Pestle is oblong 20.0 long and ca. 9.0 dia. at bottom. Shaped with rim above hand hold.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1021 a,b
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- Date
- 1800 – 1875
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0246
- Description
- A simple clay pipe, bowl and stem. Bowl is more or less an elongated teardrop, steam is straight, has a small "blip" below the bowl. White clay, stained with use. "T" and "D" on back of wall of bowl, "C78 W. White" and "Scotland" on stem.
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- Title
- Pipe
- Date
- 1800 – 1875
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 2.7 x 11.2 cm
- Description
- A simple clay pipe, bowl and stem. Bowl is more or less an elongated teardrop, steam is straight, has a small "blip" below the bowl. White clay, stained with use. "T" and "D" on back of wall of bowl, "C78 W. White" and "Scotland" on stem.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hobbies
- pastime
- smoking
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0246
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Projectile Point
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- Date
- 1800 – 1875
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0040
- Description
- A flint spear point which has been shaped by knapping. Long and narrow with sharp edges, short shaft, and one sharp shoulder, residue of reddish clay adhering.
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- Title
- Projectile Point
- Date
- 1800 – 1875
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 3.0 x 9.1 cm
- Description
- A flint spear point which has been shaped by knapping. Long and narrow with sharp edges, short shaft, and one sharp shoulder, residue of reddish clay adhering.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0040
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