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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0002 a-f
- Description
- A set of six Madeira finger bowl towels. Each towel is woven of linen and decorated with an embroidered rooster. One towel, 103.02.0002a, is marked with “J.W.” written in ink in one corner.
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- Title
- Fingertip Towel
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A set of six Madeira finger bowl towels. Each towel is woven of linen and decorated with an embroidered rooster. One towel, 103.02.0002a, is marked with “J.W.” written in ink in one corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0002 a-f
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0003 a,b
- Description
- A set of two Madeira linen finger bowl towels. Each towel has scalloped edges and is decorated with a rooster embroidered in one corner with silk thread.
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- Title
- Fingertip Towel
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A set of two Madeira linen finger bowl towels. Each towel has scalloped edges and is decorated with a rooster embroidered in one corner with silk thread.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0003 a,b
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cot…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cotton fabric to secure the blade. A shiny metal hook is attached at the top along with a short loop of thong for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0001
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a han…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a hanging thong threaded through a drilled hole at the knee. The bone is tightly wrapped with strips of rawhide (or sinew?) one third of its length to hold the two pieces together where the bone was split.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- animals
- elk
- deer
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
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