- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0002 a,b
- Description
- A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts…
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- Title
- Balance Scale
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan
- Dimensions
- a) .5 (pan x b) 6.6 x a) 32 (bea cm
- Description
- A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts as a fulcrum to hang the rod. b) A violin-shaped case made of carved bamboo that is hinged with brass at the end of the stem. A braided rattan ring slides down the stem to secure it when closed. There are carved areas insidethe case to fit the pan, rod and weight. The case is marked with a symbol carved into the outside. There is also a red and white paper inside with Chinese characters and “Ex.B Harry Sam” handwritten.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0002 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1027
- Description
- Black ceramic pig, standing up, wearing a suit with a red bowtie. The pig is wearing a yellowish flat-topped hat. The pig is holding a rectangle with a paper sticker with “ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE BANFF CANADA” on it. The pig has a slot in the back of it’s head for the insertion of money, a…
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- Title
- Still Bank
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- ceramic; paper
- Dimensions
- 16.1 x 7.8 x 9.6 cm
- Description
- Black ceramic pig, standing up, wearing a suit with a red bowtie. The pig is wearing a yellowish flat-topped hat. The pig is holding a rectangle with a paper sticker with “ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE BANFF CANADA” on it. The pig has a slot in the back of it’s head for the insertion of money, and the head comes off the body at the neck. There is a price sticker attached to the bottom of the feet “BANFF Variety Shop $1.25.”
- Credit
- Gift of Bertha Verkuil Davis, Calgary, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1027
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1019
- Description
- Metal box with folding handle and slit in centre of top. Inscription on a separate plate on side: "Put your dimes and dollars here thus grow richer year by year."
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- Title
- Still Bank
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 5.7 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- Metal box with folding handle and slit in centre of top. Inscription on a separate plate on side: "Put your dimes and dollars here thus grow richer year by year."
- Subject
- households
- toys
- children
- currency
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1019
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