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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.1006
- Description
- Shaped wooden handle with a natural bend has a piece of metal inserted into end. Secured with black adhesive tape and skin.
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 25.5 cm
- Description
- Shaped wooden handle with a natural bend has a piece of metal inserted into end. Secured with black adhesive tape and skin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- leatherworking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.1006
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- Date
- 1950 – 1966
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1022
- Description
- Handmade wire box trap, spring loaded door. Wood base 27.0x14.7x2.0; 0.2 dia. wire frame and ends attached to sides of base, thinner, wavey wire encloses the box. 21.0 cm long spring attached to both ends. Sliding wire handles each end. 12.5 cm long wire handle centretop, hanging wire hook ins…
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- Title
- Mouse Trap
- Date
- 1950 – 1966
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 14.7 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade wire box trap, spring loaded door. Wood base 27.0x14.7x2.0; 0.2 dia. wire frame and ends attached to sides of base, thinner, wavey wire encloses the box. 21.0 cm long spring attached to both ends. Sliding wire handles each end. 12.5 cm long wire handle centretop, hanging wire hook inside, numerous wire pieces twisted and looped. 4 nails (without heads) near each inside corner on base. Painted on bottom:"Boswell".
- Subject
- households
- pest control
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Lefroy, Calgary, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1022
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Letter Spindle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.06.1007
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1007
- Description
- Sharp rod mounted on decorative base (resembles a memo holder) 0.3 diameter rod 9.6 long comes to a sharp point, centered on a cast base 5.0 square x 1.2 high. Overall design on base with 4 holes each top centre.
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- Title
- Letter Spindle
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 10.8 x 5.0 cm
- Description
- Sharp rod mounted on decorative base (resembles a memo holder) 0.3 diameter rod 9.6 long comes to a sharp point, centered on a cast base 5.0 square x 1.2 high. Overall design on base with 4 holes each top centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Kennedy, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1007
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Stationery Box
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.06.1017
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- skin; metal; plastic; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1017
- Description
- Leather covered box with lid, pigskin covered box, inside lined in suede, bottom fabric covered. Insidea brass plate 7.5x1.7 wide, plastic tip on end. One end is attached to lid to brace lid open. Surface tear inside box, red pen mark trc lid.
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- Title
- Stationery Box
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- skin; metal; plastic; paper
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 14.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Leather covered box with lid, pigskin covered box, inside lined in suede, bottom fabric covered. Insidea brass plate 7.5x1.7 wide, plastic tip on end. One end is attached to lid to brace lid open. Surface tear inside box, red pen mark trc lid.
- Subject
- households
- Phillip Moore
- Pearl Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1017
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, plant; fibre, raffia
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0048
- Description
- A very loosely woven bag of straw with the straw warp only woven together in five rows. The bag has a braided edge at the top, and a braided handle that threads through the top row of straw. The bag is decorated with a red and green raffia design sewn on the front.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, plant; fibre, raffia
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A very loosely woven bag of straw with the straw warp only woven together in five rows. The bag has a braided edge at the top, and a braided handle that threads through the top row of straw. The bag is decorated with a red and green raffia design sewn on the front.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0048
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- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- fibre, cotton; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0056
- Description
- A flat, rectangular, white cotton bag with two short handles, and wooden rods threaded through a casing at the opening. The bag is decorated with an underwater seascape appliqued on the front.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1950 – 1965
- Material
- fibre, cotton; wood
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 46.5 cm
- Description
- A flat, rectangular, white cotton bag with two short handles, and wooden rods threaded through a casing at the opening. The bag is decorated with an underwater seascape appliqued on the front.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0056
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0062
- Description
- A rectangular, flat, red wool bag with pink, orange, yellow, green and white narrow stripes between three vertical red and white patterned bands. The purse has a green tassel at each of the bottom corners and a pink tassel at the middle of each side and the bottom.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- A rectangular, flat, red wool bag with pink, orange, yellow, green and white narrow stripes between three vertical red and white patterned bands. The purse has a green tassel at each of the bottom corners and a pink tassel at the middle of each side and the bottom.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0062
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- steel; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0006
- Description
- A simple knife with a single edged steel blade about 2/3 of its length. The knife has a plain wood handle held together by two rivets.
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- Title
- Utility Knife
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- steel; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.2 (widest point) x 34.2 cm
- Description
- A simple knife with a single edged steel blade about 2/3 of its length. The knife has a plain wood handle held together by two rivets.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0006
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- Date
- 1950
- Material
- horn, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0001
- Description
- A ladle with a narrow handle and a wide bowl showing the grain of the mountain sheep horn.
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- Title
- Ladle
- Date
- 1950
- Material
- horn, sheep
- Dimensions
- 45.0 (tip of handle to tip of ladle) cm
- Description
- A ladle with a narrow handle and a wide bowl showing the grain of the mountain sheep horn.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- households
- crafts
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0001
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0168
- Description
- A flat saucer with border of flower-vine around a raised rim. The bottom has a border of vines with various kitchen untensils superimposed and a picture of a woman at stove in the centre with the verse "No matter where I serve my guests/it seems they like my kitchen best.". The plate is marked wi…
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- Title
- Saucer
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- ceramic, bone china
- Description
- A flat saucer with border of flower-vine around a raised rim. The bottom has a border of vines with various kitchen untensils superimposed and a picture of a woman at stove in the centre with the verse "No matter where I serve my guests/it seems they like my kitchen best.". The plate is marked with “Lord Nelson Ware” and “England”.
- Subject
- households
- collectables
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0168
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