- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood; feather; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0017
- Description
- A U-shaped flag of soft hide tied along its straight edge to a short stick with three leather thongs. The curved edge is notched and has four groups of short feathers attached at the front. One side has a painted red border, a blue circle and blue star, and “PEACe. fLAg. foR - indAins (sic) god -…
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- Title
- Flag
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- wood; feather; skin
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- A U-shaped flag of soft hide tied along its straight edge to a short stick with three leather thongs. The curved edge is notched and has four groups of short feathers attached at the front. One side has a painted red border, a blue circle and blue star, and “PEACe. fLAg. foR - indAins (sic) god - gives” and faintly “A.b Co(?)” written in blue with symbols beneath (see source document). The reverse has a drawing of a man wearing a headdress and a flying bird in blue with red Xs along the straight edge.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- symbols
- Stoney
- Banff Indian Days
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0017
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