- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0006
- Description
- A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath …
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- Title
- Knife Sheath
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath with a pattern of coloured diagonal stripes on a white background. There is an attached tie-shaped decorative flap of leather that has a beaded floral design at the centre and is trimmed with beads along the edges.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0006
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- bone; glass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0016
- Description
- A bison vertebra painted to resemble an owl's face - grey (taupe) with brown mottled feather texture on front. A yellow glass eye has been placed on each side 'wing' of the vertebra and outlined with a black circle. The central projecting knob is painted black to represent a beak, and long black …
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- Title
- Whimsey
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- bone; glass; wood
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 12.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- A bison vertebra painted to resemble an owl's face - grey (taupe) with brown mottled feather texture on front. A yellow glass eye has been placed on each side 'wing' of the vertebra and outlined with a black circle. The central projecting knob is painted black to represent a beak, and long black feather eyebrows are painted along the edge of the bone at the top over the eyes. The bone is affixed to a kidney-shaped piece of varnished wood by two screws through the bottom. The bottom is marked “BNN.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0016
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