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Date
1940 – 1955
Material
skin; wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.33.0016
Description
Large square hand drum with rawhide stretched across a carefully constructed wooden frame and nailed to bottom edge. Heavy wire stretched across back from the centre of each side of the frame with one piece of the wire wrapped with a leather thong and wrapped and tied about the middle with a large …
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Title
Hand Drum
Date
1940 – 1955
Material
skin; wood; metal
Dimensions
7.3 x 39.0 x 39.0 cm
Description
Large square hand drum with rawhide stretched across a carefully constructed wooden frame and nailed to bottom edge. Heavy wire stretched across back from the centre of each side of the frame with one piece of the wire wrapped with a leather thong and wrapped and tied about the middle with a large knot. Each corner triangle of drum face painted red. Pencil marks on face near one corner and near another corner on back of hide.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
ceremonial
Nat Hunter
Mrs. Tom Wesley
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.33.0016
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Date
1977
Material
skin; wood; sinew
Catalogue Number
104.33.0017
Description
A round hand drum of creamy coloured rawhide stretched over carefully constructed and reinforced wooden frame hoop. Edges of rawhide pierced and laced with heavy sinew along circumference of hoop with lacing caught at evenly spaced intervals with other pieces of sinew which are stretched tightly ac…
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Title
Hand Drum
Date
1977
Material
skin; wood; sinew
Dimensions
5.4 x 31.3 cm
Description
A round hand drum of creamy coloured rawhide stretched over carefully constructed and reinforced wooden frame hoop. Edges of rawhide pierced and laced with heavy sinew along circumference of hoop with lacing caught at evenly spaced intervals with other pieces of sinew which are stretched tightly across back of drum and woven about in a ring with another piece of sinew at the centre. Face of drum scratched.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
ceremonial
Mina Lefthand
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.33.0017
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Date
1890 – 1930
Material
antler, elk; skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
106.06.0002
Description
A long handle made of a smooth piece of elk antler with a leather thong wrist strap threaded through a pierced hole at one end. A lash made of two narrow leather straps is attached to the other end with a short leather fringe where the lash joins the handle.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1890 – 1930
Material
antler, elk; skin; fibre
Dimensions
106.0 cm
Description
A long handle made of a smooth piece of elk antler with a leather thong wrist strap threaded through a pierced hole at one end. A lash made of two narrow leather straps is attached to the other end with a short leather fringe where the lash joins the handle.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
transportation
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0002
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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
antler, elk; skin; glass
Catalogue Number
106.06.0003
Description
Long handle made from elk antler with geometric bands incised in groups along the length. A beaded wrist strap with scalloped edges is attached to a thong which is threaded through a hole drilled at the end of the antler. The other end has a lash of two thin leather straps.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
antler, elk; skin; glass
Dimensions
108.0 cm
Description
Long handle made from elk antler with geometric bands incised in groups along the length. A beaded wrist strap with scalloped edges is attached to a thong which is threaded through a hole drilled at the end of the antler. The other end has a lash of two thin leather straps.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
Kootenay
crafts
beadwork
transportation
Ktunaxa
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0003
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0008
Description
A handle carved from a straight tree branch with a leather wrist strap fastened around one end and through itself. The lash at the opposite end has two ends of a leather strap that are slit and woven through each other's slits with a braided effect. The handle is about 1/3 of the length, the la…
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Dimensions
3.5 x 3.5 x 86.0 cm
Description
A handle carved from a straight tree branch with a leather wrist strap fastened around one end and through itself. The lash at the opposite end has two ends of a leather strap that are slit and woven through each other's slits with a braided effect. The handle is about 1/3 of the length, the lash about 2/3 of the length of the quirt.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
transportation
events
Banff Indian Days
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0008
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0009
Description
A club-like wooden handle with a knob at end and leather thongs attached at the other end. The thongs are braided part way and then left loose (lash is slightly longer than handle). There is a leather thong wrist strap attached to the handle just below the knob.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Dimensions
112.0 cm
Description
A club-like wooden handle with a knob at end and leather thongs attached at the other end. The thongs are braided part way and then left loose (lash is slightly longer than handle). There is a leather thong wrist strap attached to the handle just below the knob.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
sports
horse racing
transportation
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0009
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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0010
Description
A long, straight wooden handle which widens slightly at one end where a narrow leather strap, about the same length as the handle, attaches. There is a leather thong wrist strap attached through a hole near the end of the handle.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
wood; skin
Dimensions
94.0 cm
Description
A long, straight wooden handle which widens slightly at one end where a narrow leather strap, about the same length as the handle, attaches. There is a leather thong wrist strap attached through a hole near the end of the handle.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
sports
horse racing
transportation
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0010
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