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- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin, elk; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; feather; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0008
- Description
- A fringed man's elkskin shirt that has ermine tails attached to the fringe along the sides and sleeves. The shirt is decorated with wide strips of white beadwork with a blue, light blue and gold pattern along the tops of the sleeves and over each shoulder, extending down the front and back of the …
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1880 – 1890
- Material
- skin, elk; skin, ermine; hair, sheep; feather; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 55.0 (shoulders) x 70.0 cm
- Description
- A fringed man's elkskin shirt that has ermine tails attached to the fringe along the sides and sleeves. The shirt is decorated with wide strips of white beadwork with a blue, light blue and gold pattern along the tops of the sleeves and over each shoulder, extending down the front and back of the shirt, and connected at the bottom with another beaded panel. The back of the shirt has a square beadwork patch surrounded with fringe between the shoulders.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0008
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- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1023
- Description
- Morning coat length bead-adorned shirt, fringed, notched collar with thongs, slits from bottom to armpits with thong ties, notched bottom edge and sleeves, bead pattern, white background, open geometric design with triangles, diamonds, and crosses of red, mauve and green, strips on sleeves from bre…
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1885 – 1900
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 89.0 cm
- Description
- Morning coat length bead-adorned shirt, fringed, notched collar with thongs, slits from bottom to armpits with thong ties, notched bottom edge and sleeves, bead pattern, white background, open geometric design with triangles, diamonds, and crosses of red, mauve and green, strips on sleeves from breast over shoulder to lower back (canvas backed), fringes on ends, buckskin backed swatches, solarplexus, back (fringed).
- Subject
- Indigenous
- clothing
- regalia
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1023
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; quill ; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1024
- Description
- Fringed buckskin shirt with porcupine quills, collarless, rounded beige buttons, (12) green and pink floral quill gorget, same on back attached at neck, quill strips, yellow background, opposed long purple spear shapes, above and below wavy lines, turquoise, purple, red, yellow, with long buckskin …
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; quill ; fibre
- Dimensions
- 52.5 x 81.8 cm
- Description
- Fringed buckskin shirt with porcupine quills, collarless, rounded beige buttons, (12) green and pink floral quill gorget, same on back attached at neck, quill strips, yellow background, opposed long purple spear shapes, above and below wavy lines, turquoise, purple, red, yellow, with long buckskin fringes on edges, strips on sleeves and from breast across shoulder to lower back, sleeves cuffed with notched edge.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- clothing
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1024
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0216 a-c
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) Glasses with small oval lenses and gold wire frames with thin wire hooked ear pieces, each with a tiny round ball at the end. b) Glasses with small yellow oval lenses. These glasses have gold wire frames with thin twisted wire hooked ear pieces, each with a small oval…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 11.5 (a); 11.7 (b); 11.3 (c) cm
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) Glasses with small oval lenses and gold wire frames with thin wire hooked ear pieces, each with a tiny round ball at the end. b) Glasses with small yellow oval lenses. These glasses have gold wire frames with thin twisted wire hooked ear pieces, each with a small oval ball at the end. There is also a double wire nosepiece.c) Glases with silver wire frames and small oval lenses. Each straight thin wire ear piece has a flattened drop shape at the end.
- Subject
- assistive device
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0216 a-c
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- plastic; metal; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0217 a-c
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) A pair of glasses with round tortoise shell plastic (?) frames with a flat textured gold band from top of each lens which acts as spring to clip the glasses to the nose. These glasses have very short (8 cm), straight earpieces. b) A pair of glasses with round red-brown…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- plastic; metal; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.6 (a); 12.0 (b); ? (c) cm
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) A pair of glasses with round tortoise shell plastic (?) frames with a flat textured gold band from top of each lens which acts as spring to clip the glasses to the nose. These glasses have very short (8 cm), straight earpieces. b) A pair of glasses with round red-brown plastic (?) frames with a flat, arched gold coloured nose piece. There are also gold wire hooked earpieces.c) A pair of glasses with gold wire rim frames and oval lenses. These glasses have a large looped flat wire pince nez nose piece, instead of arms or earpieces. A black grosgrain ribbon, with a gold adjustment buckle, is attached by a round gold clip to a knob at the outside of the right lens.
- Subject
- assistive device
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0217 a-c
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0053
- Description
- A small sterling silver vase with curved handles with repousse flowers on sides. The vase is hallmarked near the rim, is slightly tarnished and has many small dents.
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- Title
- Vase
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 5.0 x 6.7 cm
- Description
- A small sterling silver vase with curved handles with repousse flowers on sides. The vase is hallmarked near the rim, is slightly tarnished and has many small dents.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0053
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- ceramic; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0092
- Description
- An ornate white china vase with a pinched base and neck and a flared rim. The two handles of the vase and body are decorated with raised flowers highlighted with gold-coloured enamel. The bottom of the vase is marked “199”. The gold is worn off in several places, and there is a chip out of the…
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- Title
- Vase
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- ceramic; enamel
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 7.2 x 11.6 cm
- Description
- An ornate white china vase with a pinched base and neck and a flared rim. The two handles of the vase and body are decorated with raised flowers highlighted with gold-coloured enamel. The bottom of the vase is marked “199”. The gold is worn off in several places, and there is a chip out of the front upper edge of the rim.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0092
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