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Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertainin…
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Reference Code
M595 / V818
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M595
V818
Sous-Fonds
M595
V818
Accession Number
2022.39
Reference Code
M595 / V818
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Physical Description
3 bankers boxes
History / Biographical
Jon Whelan (1952-2022) was a researcher, historian, and collector based in Banff, Alberta. Jon had a special interest in topics related to Banff National Park and Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Jon conducted independent research, as well as research for various authors and historians, from the 1980s onwards. Jon was also an active participant in municipal politics in Banff. "For most of Jon’s life, he was engaged in community affairs and fearless in voicing an opinion. He was successful in raising public awareness and his tenacity achieved a personal goal, which was to initiate the use of video for regular Town of Banff council meetings. He dedicated himself to the concerns of Banff residents." -Barry Kelly, Rocky Mountain Outlook, July 30, 2022
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertaining to Canadian Pacific, Banff, travel and tourism within Canada, and related subjects.
Name Access
Whelan, Jon
Subject Access
Research
Chateau Lake Louise
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Tourism
Travel
Recreation
Publication
Newspaper
History
Community events
Reproduction Restrictions
restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Tourism
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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Newton family fonds

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Part Of
Newton family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of views made along the railway and vicinity by professional photographers. Consists of views by Cornelius J. Soule (6 items); O. B. Buell (1 item); and attributed to Boorne and May (4 items). Includes views of Cascade Mountain; Devil's Lake (Lake Minnewanka); Banff hot springs; Cas…
Date Range
[before 1887]
Reference Code
V425
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Newton family fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V425
Sous-Fonds
V425
Accession Number
3632
Reference Code
V425
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[before 1887]
Physical Description
11 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Mr. and Mrs. Newton, of Grand Manon Island, New Brunswick, made a honeymoon trip across Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1887
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of views made along the railway and vicinity by professional photographers. Consists of views by Cornelius J. Soule (6 items); O. B. Buell (1 item); and attributed to Boorne and May (4 items). Includes views of Cascade Mountain; Devil's Lake (Lake Minnewanka); Banff hot springs; Castle Mountain and Silver City; Kicking Horse canyon and river; Golden, B.C.; Columbia River; and CPR mainline
Name Access
Boorne and May
Buell, O. B.
Newton, Mr. and Mrs.
Soule, Cornelius J.
Subject Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Exploration, discovery and travel
Hot Springs, Banff
Minnewanka, Lake
Silver City
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Language
Language is English
Related Material
Related photographs may be found in Boorne and May fonds (V10), Unknown photographer fonds (V691) and Professional photographers collection (V650)
Creator
Newton, Mr. and Mrs.
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on accession record
Processing Status
Processed
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Professional photographers collection

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Part Of
Professional photographers collection
Scope & Content
Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections. Eighteen albumen prints are uncred…
Date Range
[ca.1885-ca.1925]
Reference Code
V650
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Part Of
Professional photographers collection
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 650
Sous-Fonds
V 650
Accession Number
1883, 1924, 1987, 2581, 3119, 3855, 5386, 5430, 6221, 6586, 6603
Reference Code
V650
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Responsibility
Collection was assembled by the Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Date Range
[ca.1885-ca.1925]
Physical Description
ca.60 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (67 prints)
Scope & Content
Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections.
Eighteen albumen prints are uncredited views along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Glacier, B.C. and Canmore, Alberta, ca.1895. Also includes views by Bailey Bros., H. O. Dodge, Alexander Henderson, T. J. Hileman, B. W. Kilburn, Neelands Bros., W. J. Oliver, Henry Greenwood Peabody, Prest Photo Company (William Archie Prest), and others.
Nineteen prints, received as contents of 5 album pages, are travel views between Banff, the Pacific Coast and Washington, U.S.A. Includes views of Lake Minnewanka, Banff Springs Hotel and Glacier, B.C. Views are by Wm. Notman & Son, Boorne & May and other unidentified professional photographers. Also includes snapshot views.
Album is presentation album of professional views taken along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Victoria, B.C. and Banff, Alberta, September to October 1889, by an unknown photographer. Includes views of Banff and area, Field and Glacier areas, Fraser Canyon, Vancouver and Victoria. Album was possibly produced by of for the CPR. Views are similar to those produced by other professional photographers working along the railway. Images in album are accompanied by hand-written captions and exact dates.
Name Access
Bailey Brothers
Boorne and May
Dodge, H. O.
Henderson, Alexander
Hileman, T. J.
Kilburn, B. W.
Notman, William and son
Oliver, W. J.
Peabody, Henry Greenwood
Prest, William Archie
Professional photographers (collection)
Subject Access
Arts
Canadian Pacific Railway
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Access Restrictions
Some restrictions on access to originals
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
selected modern reference prints
reference computer access: Images database
on-line access: Alberta InSight database
Related Material
Other photographs by railway photographers may be found in fonds and collections under individual names. See: Boorne and May, Macmunn, Notman, Smyth, Thom, Thompson, Trueman, and others.
Creator
Professional photographers (collection)
Category
Arts
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of collection
Processing Status
Processed
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B. C. 1887 : a ramble in British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Author
Lees, James Arthur
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green
Call Number
02.5 K83l
Author
Lees, James Arthur
Responsibility
by J. A. Lees and W. J. Clutterbuck
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
viii, 387p. : ill., port., map, facsim
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kootenay region
Accession Number
400
3069
Call Number
02.5 K83l
Collection
Archives Library
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Banff Springs Hotel advertisement

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1888
Call Number
P
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
p.368
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1, no.23 (December 1888)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Image of the Banff Train Station with trains and train cars stopped on the tracks, people walking along the wooden platform, and horse-drawn carriages clustered around the building - taken from above
Date Range
[ca. 1885-1945]
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 672
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
  2 images  
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V683
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 672
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca. 1885-1945]
Physical Description
Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
Scope & Content
Image of the Banff Train Station with trains and train cars stopped on the tracks, people walking along the wooden platform, and horse-drawn carriages clustered around the building - taken from above
Subject Access
Canadian Pacific Railway
Buildings
Horses
Trains
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
Images
thumbnail
thumbnail
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Image of the Banff Train Station with trains stopped on the tracks, people on the platform, and horse-drawn carriages gathered around the building
Date Range
[ca. 1885-1945]
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 683
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
  1 image  
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V683
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 683
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca. 1885-1945]
Physical Description
Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
Scope & Content
Image of the Banff Train Station with trains stopped on the tracks, people on the platform, and horse-drawn carriages gathered around the building
Subject Access
Buildings
Canadian Pacific Railway
Horses
Trains
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
Images
thumbnail
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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 – 1920
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.0031
Description
A collection of twenty-three yellow beads and fifty-four green beads from a broken necklace.
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Title
Bead
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
glass
Dimensions
1.0 (maximum) cm
Description
A collection of twenty-three yellow beads and fifty-four green beads from a broken necklace.
Subject
decorative
crafts
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0031
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Date
1880
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.0019 a,b
Description
A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
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Title
Beaded Armbands
Date
1880
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
29.0 cm
Description
A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
Subject
Stoney Nakoda
beadwork
crafts
decorative
indigenous
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0019 a,b
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
skin; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0030 a,b
Description
A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped be…
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Title
Beaded Armbands
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
skin; glass; metal
Dimensions
7.5 x 29.0 cm
Description
A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped beaded edging along the long sides. Both strips have a narrow leather thong through the beadwork at one end that is knotted and left with both ends hanging.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
decorative
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0030 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
skin, deer; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.0003
Description
A long, narrow, curve bottomed flat bag with a rounded flap. The bag has a leather tassel hanging from the bottom edge. The front of the bag is completely beaded with a light blue background and a column of triangles of green, red, yellow and blue beads.
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
skin, deer; glass
Dimensions
15.0 x 44.5 cm
Description
A long, narrow, curve bottomed flat bag with a rounded flap. The bag has a leather tassel hanging from the bottom edge. The front of the bag is completely beaded with a light blue background and a column of triangles of green, red, yellow and blue beads.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
decorative
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0003
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Date
1880 – 1930
Material
skin; glass; metal, brass
Catalogue Number
103.07.0008
Description
A woman's beaded belt with harness leather straps and a brass buckle. The beadwork has a white border and three patterned sections alternating with two solid leather squares. The beaded patterns are worked in yellow, pink, blue, dark blue and red.
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1880 – 1930
Material
skin; glass; metal, brass
Dimensions
7.5 x 116.0 cm
Description
A woman's beaded belt with harness leather straps and a brass buckle. The beadwork has a white border and three patterned sections alternating with two solid leather squares. The beaded patterns are worked in yellow, pink, blue, dark blue and red.
Subject
Indigenous
Blood
Peigan
Blackfoot
regalia
decorative
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0008
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Date
1880 – 1890
Material
skin; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
103.07.0016
Description
A woman's beaded belt of harness leather that fastens with a buckle. The belt is worked in beads of blue, yellow and pink in predominently solid coloured sections with small white beaded patterns that alternate with areas of leather.
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1880 – 1890
Material
skin; glass; metal
Dimensions
3.0 x 105.0 cm
Description
A woman's beaded belt of harness leather that fastens with a buckle. The belt is worked in beads of blue, yellow and pink in predominently solid coloured sections with small white beaded patterns that alternate with areas of leather.
Subject
Indigenous
Blackfoot
Siksika
decorative
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0016
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Date
1880 – 1910
Material
bone; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.01.0020
Description
A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
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Title
Beaded Breastplate
Date
1880 – 1910
Material
bone; glass; fibre
Dimensions
120.0 x 23.0 cm
Description
A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
Subject
Indigenous
decorative
ceremonial
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0020
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
skin; fibre, cotton; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.0004 a,b
Description
A pair of beaded leggings with a flap of cotton fabric. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The design of the legging beadwork is of two yellow stripes containing a motif which is repeated in blue beads between the stripes on a white background.
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Title
Beaded Leggings
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
skin; fibre, cotton; glass
Dimensions
36.0 x 44.0 cm
Description
A pair of beaded leggings with a flap of cotton fabric. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The design of the legging beadwork is of two yellow stripes containing a motif which is repeated in blue beads between the stripes on a white background.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
beadwork
decorative
regalia
Blackfoot?
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0004 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
skin, deer; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.0005 a,b
Description
A pair of completely beaded leggings with a deerskin flap. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The beadwork is of a yellow background with pink, red and blue triangular design.
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Title
Beaded Leggings
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
skin, deer; glass
Dimensions
32.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
A pair of completely beaded leggings with a deerskin flap. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The beadwork is of a yellow background with pink, red and blue triangular design.
Subject
Indigenous
Blood
Peigan
beadwork
decorative
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0005 a,b
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Date
1875 – 1890
Material
skin; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.0010 a,b
Description
Natural skin leggings fringed along the length of one side. A beaded strip along the outside length of each legging has a white background with a coloured design. There are ermine tails fastened into the fringe. The fringe is approximately 10 cm long.
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Title
Beaded Leggings
Date
1875 – 1890
Material
skin; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; glass; fibre
Dimensions
27.0 x 71.0 cm
Description
Natural skin leggings fringed along the length of one side. A beaded strip along the outside length of each legging has a white background with a coloured design. There are ermine tails fastened into the fringe. The fringe is approximately 10 cm long.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
Blackfoot
Siksika
beadwork
decorative
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0010 a,b
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Date
1875 – 1900
Material
skin; fibre, cotton; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.0045 a,b
Description
A pair of beaded leggings worn on the leg from the knee to the ankle. The leggings tie on at the back of the leg with thongs. The leggings have a design of three vertical stripes and two diamond shapes of yellow, red, green and blue on a white background.
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Title
Beaded Leggings
Date
1875 – 1900
Material
skin; fibre, cotton; glass
Dimensions
35.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
A pair of beaded leggings worn on the leg from the knee to the ankle. The leggings tie on at the back of the leg with thongs. The leggings have a design of three vertical stripes and two diamond shapes of yellow, red, green and blue on a white background.
Subject
Indigenous
Blood
Blackfoot
Siksika
decorative
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0045 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1880
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.03.0005 a,b
Description
A pair of soft moccasins with parfleche soles and a thong threaded through holes at the ankle for tying. The beadwork is of yellow, red and blue geometric design in a wide strip from the ankle, along the instep to the toe. There is also a narrow strip of beadwork vertically along the back of the he…
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Title
Beaded Moccasins
Date
1870 – 1880
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
25.0 cm
Description
A pair of soft moccasins with parfleche soles and a thong threaded through holes at the ankle for tying. The beadwork is of yellow, red and blue geometric design in a wide strip from the ankle, along the instep to the toe. There is also a narrow strip of beadwork vertically along the back of the heel.
Subject
Indigenous, Cheyenne
beadwork
regalia
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.03.0005 a,b
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