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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal; fibre; plastic; coral; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0199 a-j
- Description
- Assorted Japanese hair pins and combs, all Kanzashi (a) red-coloured comb shaped into a half circle, 11.61x5.6, fine teeth. Spine is decorated buy 3-D white fabric peonies with green leaves and gold-coloured thread winding around the spine. The thread covers old-coloured circles and silver-coloured…
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- Title
- Hair Ornament
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- metal; fibre; plastic; coral; ivory
- Dimensions
- 18.2 cm
- Description
- Assorted Japanese hair pins and combs, all Kanzashi (a) red-coloured comb shaped into a half circle, 11.61x5.6, fine teeth. Spine is decorated buy 3-D white fabric peonies with green leaves and gold-coloured thread winding around the spine. The thread covers old-coloured circles and silver-coloured flowers.(b) white ivory tine forms hair pin , 14.01 x 6.0, decorative twisted wire and springs attached to orange coloured pieces of metal form decoration at top of pin. (c) silver coloured hair pin, 16.61 x 2.0, single tine extending to gold coloured flower at top with one gold coloured and one silver coloured leaf.(d) white ivory hair pin with single tine, 14.51 x 3.5. Decoration at top of tine is a red and white fabric flower with two green leaves as well as three additional small round flowers. (e) hair pin with a single black plastic tine, 17.01 x 1.8. Fabric rabbit attached to the top of the tine by a small spring.(f) hair pin with a single black plastic tine, 17.01 x 1.8. Fabric rabbit attached to the top of the tine by a small spring. (g) hair pin with ivory tine, 13.11 x 2.3. Fabric Japanese man attached to tine by a small green wire. (h) rectangular yellow plastic comb, 7.31 x 2.4.(i) rectangular blue coloured paper and red fabric, 5.01 x 1.3. hair pin with a single black plastic tine, 17.01 x 1.8. Fabric rabbit attached to the top of the tine by a small spring.(j) silver coloured hair pin ,18.21 x 2.0, double tined pin with decorative 'scrolls' from which small rectangular dangles are attached at top of pin. Ear cleaner extends from top of decoration.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0199 a-j
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- Date
- 1870 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0097
- Description
- Totally bamboo, almost square-topped stool with four bamboo corner legs. Double bamboo frame near base and triple bamboo frame at top are cut out to shape and stretch around corner legs. Each stalk which stretches as above is a single bamboo stalk having two ends which are pegged together. Pegging …
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- Title
- Stool
- Date
- 1870 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 50.2 x 31.8 x 32.3 cm
- Description
- Totally bamboo, almost square-topped stool with four bamboo corner legs. Double bamboo frame near base and triple bamboo frame at top are cut out to shape and stretch around corner legs. Each stalk which stretches as above is a single bamboo stalk having two ends which are pegged together. Pegging through legs supports stretch frame. Vertical pegs through top three frames extend into holes drilled in seat top, which is a varnished, darker bamboo. Seat top secured with pegs and glue but glue and bamboo have dried with climate and one of four seat top edges is loose.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0097
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre; paint; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0038
- Description
- 90- degree fan-shaped box, lidded; base brightly painted with fabric and foil applique on exterior; lid interior brightly painted; with cloth cover which is a beige brocade with appliqued green and peach fabric floral design; structurally solid but shows soiling and foxing.
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- Title
- Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre; paint; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 8.5 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- 90- degree fan-shaped box, lidded; base brightly painted with fabric and foil applique on exterior; lid interior brightly painted; with cloth cover which is a beige brocade with appliqued green and peach fabric floral design; structurally solid but shows soiling and foxing.
- Subject
- households
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0038
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Medicated Sake Bottle
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0039
- Description
- Flat bottomed, slab-built or press-moulded, square-sided bottle; bottle has slanted shoulders which narrow up to become flat base for a thrown, 3.2 diameter, flared neck; incised line trims over surface of bottle; Bamboo tree motif on two affixed labels, commercially printed ideograms ; sediment in…
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- Title
- Medicated Sake Bottle
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm
- Description
- Flat bottomed, slab-built or press-moulded, square-sided bottle; bottle has slanted shoulders which narrow up to become flat base for a thrown, 3.2 diameter, flared neck; incised line trims over surface of bottle; Bamboo tree motif on two affixed labels, commercially printed ideograms ; sediment inside bottle.
- Subject
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0039
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- Date
- 1870 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 111.02.0007 a-d
- Description
- Four cone shaped, coiled bands of fibre with opening at narrow cone end and at other end a decorative starburst stopper is inserted in coil.
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- Title
- Problematical
- Date
- 1870 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.3 cm
- Description
- Four cone shaped, coiled bands of fibre with opening at narrow cone end and at other end a decorative starburst stopper is inserted in coil.
- Subject
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 111.02.0007 a-d
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0126 a-g
- Description
- Japanese, various scenes, 4 photographic, 3 painted. (a) bronze statues of Nanko Toyko, 3 figures, coloured, photograph. (b) Kegon Water fall Nikko, photograph. (c) Sorinto Nikko, photograph. (d) Urami Water fall Nikko, photograph. (e) mountain, sailboats, painting. (f) mountain, boat bow in foregr…
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- Title
- Postcard
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 14.2 cm
- Description
- Japanese, various scenes, 4 photographic, 3 painted. (a) bronze statues of Nanko Toyko, 3 figures, coloured, photograph. (b) Kegon Water fall Nikko, photograph. (c) Sorinto Nikko, photograph. (d) Urami Water fall Nikko, photograph. (e) mountain, sailboats, painting. (f) mountain, boat bow in foreground, painting. (g) similar scene as (e) except horizontal.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0126 a-g
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0075
- Description
- Japanese, gourd design, blues on white, length of cotton, finished 2 sides. Would be on a bolt and cut as required. Various sizes of gourds with decorative strings. Japanese writings indicating the bar "Heisaku" and food specialty "Osaka style Kanto goulash, whale blubber, fried bean curd, carrots,…
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- Title
- Hand Towel
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- Japanese, gourd design, blues on white, length of cotton, finished 2 sides. Would be on a bolt and cut as required. Various sizes of gourds with decorative strings. Japanese writings indicating the bar "Heisaku" and food specialty "Osaka style Kanto goulash, whale blubber, fried bean curd, carrots, fishcake, big white radish, jello from taro roots, potatoes, etc. cooked in soya sauce base, eaten with hot paste mustard. "Whitecrane Warm Sake Bar' bar "Heisaku" under the train station "Ue Kita?". Cross reference 105.06.0047.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0075
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Doily; Paper Set
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0395 a,b
- Description
- Japanese, hand painted circular doilies, heavy crepe paper. (a) rose and rosehips with pine branches and cones, crimped edges. (b) red lilies with leaves and wild camomile, crimped edges.
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- Title
- Doily; Paper Set
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper
- Description
- Japanese, hand painted circular doilies, heavy crepe paper. (a) rose and rosehips with pine branches and cones, crimped edges. (b) red lilies with leaves and wild camomile, crimped edges.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0395 a,b
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0394 a-c
- Description
- Japanese bags, 3 sizes, brown tones, 2 brocade. (a) stiffened base 5.7 dia., fine silk brocade pouch ca. 12.0 high. Brocade design peony flowers and leaves, silk beige lining, water pattern. Long brown silk braided tie which runs through continuous loops sewn onto top of pouch. (b) stiffened base 8…
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- Title
- Tea Jar Bag
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- Japanese bags, 3 sizes, brown tones, 2 brocade. (a) stiffened base 5.7 dia., fine silk brocade pouch ca. 12.0 high. Brocade design peony flowers and leaves, silk beige lining, water pattern. Long brown silk braided tie which runs through continuous loops sewn onto top of pouch. (b) stiffened base 8.0 x 9.0. silk black/brown pouch ca. 7.5 high. Fish and wave pattern. Brown silk tie which runs through continuous loops sewn onto top of pouch. (c) stiffened base 3.5 dia., roughly woven brocade, brown silk tie as (a) and (b).
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0394 a-c
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- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0188
- Description
- A small sac-shaped flower holder of brown wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim. Three-leaved vine attached to side of mouth is of leaf fibre backed with newspaper on shaped frame with coiled vine stem. Small loop on opposite side of mouth. Bamboo tube for holding water is mis…
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- Title
- Basketry Vase
- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 5.0 cm
- Description
- A small sac-shaped flower holder of brown wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim. Three-leaved vine attached to side of mouth is of leaf fibre backed with newspaper on shaped frame with coiled vine stem. Small loop on opposite side of mouth. Bamboo tube for holding water is missing.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0188
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