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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0013
- Description
- A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the s…
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 51.5 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the same red adn blues. A series of small read and blue stepped triangles from a band a the top and bottom of the bodice. The beads are worked on canvas which is rolled at the neck to form edging, and edged with red fabric at the bottom. Short bead strips are sewn to each shoulder, and each has a design of two large white diamond shapes around a blue diamond and a yellow ochre diamond, with a horizontally divided background in the blue and yellow ochre colour. The diamond shapes are outlined with black and red glass beads. Short buckskin thongs tie the tabard together at the corners under the arms.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Plains
- Cree
- ceremonial
- children
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0013
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- Date
- 1915
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1177
- Description
- An adult’s beaded buckskin jacket with leather tie front closing; appears to be Stoney beadwork; all beadwork done in the lazy stitch. Blue, green, and ochre beads, stitched in rows on breast front, beading of and blue and ochre on the shoulders and around the armholes, a rounded chevron-shaped des…
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1915
- Material
- skin, deer; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 65.0cm cm
- Description
- An adult’s beaded buckskin jacket with leather tie front closing; appears to be Stoney beadwork; all beadwork done in the lazy stitch. Blue, green, and ochre beads, stitched in rows on breast front, beading of and blue and ochre on the shoulders and around the armholes, a rounded chevron-shaped design (five rows) of alternating dark and light blue beads on the back ending with two light blue, dark blue and ochre, tails. The beadwork from the bottom rounded chevron-shaped pattern extends to the shoulders and down the arms meeting with two separate rows (of two) of blue and ochre beads. The cuffs and bottom of the jacket have cutouts on wide fringes and also have the regular narrow fringes. There are fringes around the armholes, down the sleeves and around the v-shaped beadwork design on the back. The jacket has no collar but has a strip of pinked thin leather sewn down, ending in a cutout beaded flap (13.0cm long) which is sewn on so that it hangs down like a small necktie when the jacket is closed. The jacket has ochre spots on the front and back and yellow spots on the sleeves. Measurement 148.0cm, across chest.
- Credit
- Gift of Eric C. Sharpless, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1177
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- Date
- 1945 – 1946
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1159
- Description
- Beaded women’s buckskin jacket with button front and front hip pockets. Fringe across chest and back, along sleeves, bottom of jacket and around edge of pockets. Buttons are hide covered. Floral beadwork on front and back yoke and pockets in blue, green, pink, yellow and red.
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1945 – 1946
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 79.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded women’s buckskin jacket with button front and front hip pockets. Fringe across chest and back, along sleeves, bottom of jacket and around edge of pockets. Buttons are hide covered. Floral beadwork on front and back yoke and pockets in blue, green, pink, yellow and red.
- Credit
- Gift of Marilyn Newell, Qualicum Beach, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1159
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- Date
- 1950 – 1954
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1160
- Description
- Men’s beaded elkskin jacket with front button closure, two front hip pockets and two front chest pockets. Fringe along jacket bottom, across front and back yokes, back of sleeves. Floral beadwork on pockets and across back yoke in blue, yellow, green and orange.
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1950 – 1954
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 68.0 x 83.0 cm
- Description
- Men’s beaded elkskin jacket with front button closure, two front hip pockets and two front chest pockets. Fringe along jacket bottom, across front and back yokes, back of sleeves. Floral beadwork on pockets and across back yoke in blue, yellow, green and orange.
- Credit
- Gift of Marilyn Newell, Qualicum Beach, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1160
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0002
- Description
- A deerskin bunting (moss bag) that is fringed along the front closure and just below the top edge. There is green and blue beadwork on the front panel and just above upper fringe. The bag is lined with commercially patterned cotton fabric.
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- Title
- Mossbag
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- skin; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 53.0 cm
- Description
- A deerskin bunting (moss bag) that is fringed along the front closure and just below the top edge. There is green and blue beadwork on the front panel and just above upper fringe. The bag is lined with commercially patterned cotton fabric.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0002
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3008
- Description
- Green velvet bag trimmed with commercial binding 2.5 cm wide with repeating pattern of a ball, horse, flower and teddy bear. Edge is buckskin 6.0 cm wide. Beaded rose 12.5 cm wide in red and white, three on each side. The bag is lined with white fabric, with a scalloped top edge, over blue flor…
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- Title
- Mossbag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 24.6 x 86.6 cm
- Description
- Green velvet bag trimmed with commercial binding 2.5 cm wide with repeating pattern of a ball, horse, flower and teddy bear. Edge is buckskin 6.0 cm wide. Beaded rose 12.5 cm wide in red and white, three on each side. The bag is lined with white fabric, with a scalloped top edge, over blue floral patterned fabric. Tag CRW's writing: "Christine Ear? Keep as fine example."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3008
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- Date
- 1975
- Material
- fibre; plastic; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3001
- Description
- Mossbag of aqua-blue velvet lined with light blue flower-patterned cotton. Both sides of the bag are beaded with a large rose and bud in pink and red with green leaves and white stems. The open edges of the bag are finished with sacllope-edged hide and have laces attached. The hide has holes for…
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- Title
- Mossbag
- Date
- 1975
- Material
- fibre; plastic; skin
- Dimensions
- 26.7 x 101.0 cm
- Description
- Mossbag of aqua-blue velvet lined with light blue flower-patterned cotton. Both sides of the bag are beaded with a large rose and bud in pink and red with green leaves and white stems. The open edges of the bag are finished with sacllope-edged hide and have laces attached. The hide has holes for lacing the bag closed. Tag attached: “Carol Labelle pawned for 20.00 Dec 12 ‘75” in CRW handwriting.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3001
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- Date
- 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; plastic; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3002
- Description
- Purple corduroy mossbag lined with flannel red and yellow paisley-patterned fabric. The open edges of the bag are edged with hide that has holes for lacing and has laces attached. Both sides of the bag are beaded with red and white flowers and green stems and leaves. Tag attached with CRW’s hand…
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- Title
- Mossbag
- Date
- 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; plastic; skin
- Dimensions
- 25.7 x 74.6 cm
- Description
- Purple corduroy mossbag lined with flannel red and yellow paisley-patterned fabric. The open edges of the bag are edged with hide that has holes for lacing and has laces attached. Both sides of the bag are beaded with red and white flowers and green stems and leaves. Tag attached with CRW’s handwriting: “Irene Rider pounded May 2 1975.”
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Irene Rider
- regalia
- beadwork
- sewing
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3002
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- Date
- 1979
- Material
- fibre; skin; plastic; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3003
- Description
- Bright blue velvet lined with white fabric (cotton?). The bag has a pinked hide edge with lacing holes and two long bundled laces attached. Both sides of the bag have a beaded floral design in red, yellow, blue and orange with green leaves. Tag attached with CRW’s handwritting: “Winifred Bearspaw…
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- Title
- Mossbag
- Date
- 1979
- Material
- fibre; skin; plastic; glass
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 87.0 cm
- Description
- Bright blue velvet lined with white fabric (cotton?). The bag has a pinked hide edge with lacing holes and two long bundled laces attached. Both sides of the bag have a beaded floral design in red, yellow, blue and orange with green leaves. Tag attached with CRW’s handwritting: “Winifred Bearspaw pounded but can sell $50. Feb 5 79.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3003
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- Date
- 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; plastic; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3004
- Description
- Green corduroy mossbag lined with pink, purple and yellow floral-patterned cotton. The open edges of the bag are finished with hide with large holes for laces and two long laces attached. Each side of the bag is beaded with flowers in blue, red, orange and grey with light green leaves. Tag atta…
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- Title
- Mossbag
- Date
- 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; plastic; skin
- Dimensions
- 24.1 x 81.2 cm
- Description
- Green corduroy mossbag lined with pink, purple and yellow floral-patterned cotton. The open edges of the bag are finished with hide with large holes for laces and two long laces attached. Each side of the bag is beaded with flowers in blue, red, orange and grey with light green leaves. Tag attached with CRW handwriting: “Caroline Salter Nov 22 ‘75 pawned.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.3004
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