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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0167
- Description
- A demitasse with a molded loop handle. The cup is white with a brushed colour border at the rim and sprays of flowers around the exterior.
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- Title
- Demitasse Cup
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 6.0 cm
- Description
- A demitasse with a molded loop handle. The cup is white with a brushed colour border at the rim and sprays of flowers around the exterior.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0167
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- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0015
- Description
- Large throw, handwoven in homespun wool. Pattern reminiscent of Navajo work in browns, oranges, and reds. One seam in centre undone.
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- Title
- Blanket
- Date
- 1920 – 1960
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 158.0 x 253.0 cm
- Description
- Large throw, handwoven in homespun wool. Pattern reminiscent of Navajo work in browns, oranges, and reds. One seam in centre undone.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Indigenous
- crafts
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.0015
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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
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0081
- Description
- A highly decorative gold-coloured spoon with a thin, round, patterned handle (floral pattern with twists at end). The spoon has a shallow bowl with a definite raised spine down the middle and a raised swirling pattern on either side of the spine.
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- Title
- Spoon
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 11.0 cm
- Description
- A highly decorative gold-coloured spoon with a thin, round, patterned handle (floral pattern with twists at end). The spoon has a shallow bowl with a definite raised spine down the middle and a raised swirling pattern on either side of the spine.
- Subject
- households
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0081
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Trinket Basket
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- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0175
- Description
- Simple, well made, birchbark box with flush fitting lid. Decorated with quills in orange, green, and white geometric pattern on the lid.
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- Simple, well made, birchbark box with flush fitting lid. Decorated with quills in orange, green, and white geometric pattern on the lid.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0175
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- Date
- 1920 – 1945
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0204
- Description
- A large bowl that is white with a wide blue patterned band around the inside and outside of the rim. The bottom inside the bowl is covered with a dense pattern of blue flowers, birds, and plants. There is a maker’s mark on the base of the bowl.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1920 – 1945
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 13.0 cm
- Description
- A large bowl that is white with a wide blue patterned band around the inside and outside of the rim. The bottom inside the bowl is covered with a dense pattern of blue flowers, birds, and plants. There is a maker’s mark on the base of the bowl.
- Subject
- households
- animals
- birds
- plants
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0204
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.0003 a,b
- Description
- Two small white ceramic plates with scalloped edges and three tulips and leaves in relief on the rim. The plates have green printing on the face: “George Noble Spode China Banff, Canada” and the Copeland Spode trademark on the bottom.
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- Title
- Saucer
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 1.7 cm
- Description
- Two small white ceramic plates with scalloped edges and three tulips and leaves in relief on the rim. The plates have green printing on the face: “George Noble Spode China Banff, Canada” and the Copeland Spode trademark on the bottom.
- Subject
- households
- George Noble
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.0003 a,b
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0198
- Description
- A round plate with a very dense decoration of small leaves and medium sized flowers on a white background. Five butterflies fly around inside the rim and one sits in the centre.
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- Title
- Dinner Plate
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- A round plate with a very dense decoration of small leaves and medium sized flowers on a white background. Five butterflies fly around inside the rim and one sits in the centre.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- plants
- flowers
- animals
- insects
- butterfly
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0198
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0197
- Description
- A round white plate with a wide, slightly shaped rim. The rim is completely covered with floral relief decoration. The centre of plate is decorated with a bouquet of brightly coloured flowers. The plate is marked “Made in England Coalport AD 1750 II E 39 478 9”
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- Title
- Dinner Plate
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- A round white plate with a wide, slightly shaped rim. The rim is completely covered with floral relief decoration. The centre of plate is decorated with a bouquet of brightly coloured flowers. The plate is marked “Made in England Coalport AD 1750 II E 39 478 9”
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0197
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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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