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Game, Harpoon, Bow, Fish Spear
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.29 a-d
- Description
- (a) A hollow piece of bone 5.0 cm long has a piece braided piece of sinew attached to it through a hole and the other end is attached to a long piece of bone used as the handle. The handle is carved smooth and narrow on each end. The sinew is attached to the handle in the center. (b) The harpoon i…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Game, Harpoon, Bow, Fish Spear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 16.6 cm
- Description
- (a) A hollow piece of bone 5.0 cm long has a piece braided piece of sinew attached to it through a hole and the other end is attached to a long piece of bone used as the handle. The handle is carved smooth and narrow on each end. The sinew is attached to the handle in the center. (b) The harpoon is in three pieces. The wood handle is 38.5cm and the three separate pieces of ivory and metal that form the spear end are light in color. The metal tip end has a piece of thin skin attached. The wood handle also has a thin piece of skin attached at one end. The holding line is broken and separated. (c) The bow is 26.5 cm ,light in color and made from bone. At each end there is a notched area used to tie the sinew to. The sinew on this bow is braided. (d) 26.5 cm This fish spear has a wooden handle and three prongs at the top held together with a piece of sinew. The spear also has a spear rest that has a hole drilled in the center, a foot shape at one end and a carved out space in the center for the spear.
- Subject
- activity
- hunting
- entertainment
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.29 a-d
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- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- wood, oak; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0001
- Description
- A rectangular oak piano bench with side supports of turned spool columns and vertical splats. A shape (upside down heart) is cut from the solid splat at the middle. These two side supports each sit on a flat arch forming four short legs (two per side). A horizontal board between the legs, at the…
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- Title
- Piano Bench
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- wood, oak; metal
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 37.7 x 66.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular oak piano bench with side supports of turned spool columns and vertical splats. A shape (upside down heart) is cut from the solid splat at the middle. These two side supports each sit on a flat arch forming four short legs (two per side). A horizontal board between the legs, at the bottom of the sides, acts as a brace. The seat is slightly slanted and held together with metal screws.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0001
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- Date
- 1900 – 1903
- Material
- wood, oak; ivory; metal, brass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0002
- Description
- An oak, rectangular, upright piano with carved spiral legs supporting the keyboard. A hinged lid covers the keyboard, and a large ornate brass plate locks the lid in place. The upright box holds hammers and wires on a large cast metal frame that is labeblled “Bellmetal Tone Pulsating Bridge”. Th…
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- Title
- Upright Piano
- Date
- 1900 – 1903
- Material
- wood, oak; ivory; metal, brass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 139.0 x 68.0 x 156.0 cm
- Description
- An oak, rectangular, upright piano with carved spiral legs supporting the keyboard. A hinged lid covers the keyboard, and a large ornate brass plate locks the lid in place. The upright box holds hammers and wires on a large cast metal frame that is labeblled “Bellmetal Tone Pulsating Bridge”. The metal frame is decorated with scrollwork and flowers. A large false panel and three brass footpedals are underneath the keyboard. There are two smaller false panels at the top with a large ornate brass false lock plate at the centre and two large ornate brass false gate-type hinges at each side. The top panel actually hinges at the top to open and has a wooden groove at the bottom to hold sheet music. The piano is marked with “Gerhard Heintzman Toronto” painted inside the keyboard lid.Cross reference: 104.34.0001 (piano bench)
- Subject
- households
- music
- hobbies
- Fred Hussey
- Philip Moore
- Jim Brewster
- events
- World Fair
- entertainment
- social customs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0002
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- Date
- 1900 – 1903
- Material
- wood; metal; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0002
- Description
- Stereoscopic viewer with metal eye mask curved to fit around the viewer’s upper face and nose. There is a wood front piece with square glass lenses framed in metal, and a long wooden arm protrudes perpendicular to the eyepiece with a fence part way along the arm to separate vision. A sliding cros…
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- Title
- Stereoscope
- Date
- 1900 – 1903
- Material
- wood; metal; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 17.5 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Stereoscopic viewer with metal eye mask curved to fit around the viewer’s upper face and nose. There is a wood front piece with square glass lenses framed in metal, and a long wooden arm protrudes perpendicular to the eyepiece with a fence part way along the arm to separate vision. A sliding crosspiece on the arm holds a stereoview card. A wooden handle beneath the arm is hinged to fold up. The metal mask is engraved with a scroll pattern and stamped at the top with the seal of a winged woman flying over a building with a male figure holding a torch on her back, with “Exposition Universalle Internationale 1900, R.G. Wenys (?) Co.” The nose piece is edged with red velvet.
- Subject
- households
- entertainment
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0002
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0003
- Description
- An ivory-coloured molded plastic guitar tuning key. The key has a long tapering round shaft with an incised ring decoration at the top beneath a flat oval head with depressions on each side for fingers to grasp while turning. There is a very small hole drilled through the key, near the bottom, to…
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- Title
- Guitar Key
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 2.2 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- An ivory-coloured molded plastic guitar tuning key. The key has a long tapering round shaft with an incised ring decoration at the top beneath a flat oval head with depressions on each side for fingers to grasp while turning. There is a very small hole drilled through the key, near the bottom, to thread a guitar string.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0003
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Miniature, Musical Instruments Musical Instrument Shop
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; paper; fibre; ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0117
- Description
- Japanese musical instruments shop, fully furnished. Wooden base, 36.2 x 18.7 x 5.3, woven floor mat. Wooden shop walls, 35.2x24.0x17.3, open roof. Shopkeeper, teenage girl, wearing patterned, multi-coloured kimono. She is on her knees on the floor holding a shamisen. Delicate features, dimples and…
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- Title
- Miniature, Musical Instruments Musical Instrument Shop
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; paper; fibre; ceramic
- Description
- Japanese musical instruments shop, fully furnished. Wooden base, 36.2 x 18.7 x 5.3, woven floor mat. Wooden shop walls, 35.2x24.0x17.3, open roof. Shopkeeper, teenage girl, wearing patterned, multi-coloured kimono. She is on her knees on the floor holding a shamisen. Delicate features, dimples and teeth showing. Many and varied musical instruments displayed, secured to frame. On the cloth shop curtain: musical instruments, house of music and rhythm, musical instruments. Items for sale, from l to r, upper to lower, 1 rawhide extra big thin drum, played with stick ?, 2 foreign looking washtub violin like instruments and 1 bow , 3 short necked banjos?, 2 cello bows, 1 rawhide extra big thin drum, 1 short necked banjo ?, 1 biwa lute, 4 hand drums, with a handle, for religious chanting, ?, 3 shami-sen on the stand, 1 shamiosen lying, 6 plectrums for koto, 3 koto, 3 shami-sen, 2 shami-sen plucks, 1 shami-sen, 2 Japanese drums of different sizes, played with sticks, 2 Japanese hand drums, tsuzumi, 2 cellos or bases, 2 African drums, 5 drum sticks in a vase, 2 shami-sen of different sizes, 3 small Japanese hand drums, kozutsumi, 1 medium size Japanese drum, played with sticks, 1 free standing harpsichord like instrument, 1 horse like long harp, 11 bodies of shami-sen piled up in 3 rows, 1 medium shami-sen, 3 Japanese drums of different sizes on top of each other, all played with sticks .
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- business
- entertainment
- relegious
- pastime
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Edith Morse Robb
- figure
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0117
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Miniature; Japanese House
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0120
- Description
- Traditional Japanese house model. 2 storey wood construction which disassembles into 10 pieces. The rectangular base is raised slightly above ground level by a narrower under base. 12 wood and paper, and 2 wooden lattice work sliding panels open up to verandas on each level, front and back. 1 hinge…
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- Title
- Miniature; Japanese House
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; paper
- Dimensions
- 21.8 x 19.7 x 27.3 cm
- Description
- Traditional Japanese house model. 2 storey wood construction which disassembles into 10 pieces. The rectangular base is raised slightly above ground level by a narrower under base. 12 wood and paper, and 2 wooden lattice work sliding panels open up to verandas on each level, front and back. 1 hinged door of wood and paper in front, roof is peaked with exterior ride pole and no decoration. The 2 sides of the roof are held together by a piece of tape which acts like a hinge. Inside a raised platform spans the width and 3/4 the length of the main floor. The second floor is made from a single thin slab of wood. "Made in Japan" is stamped onto tape on roof, both bases, the second floor, the front and back walls and the free standing partition. Upper middle class house for family of 4 or 8. Upstairs, sleeping quarters, 6 or 4 separate rooms divided by sliding, removable) doors, 2 rooms used for sleeping , 2 or 3 per room. 1 room reserved for special living room ? with "Tokono-Ma". where hanging scroll hangs, and where flower arrangement is weekly changed. 1 room used for Buddhism altar. 6 feet high, 2 1/2 feet wide. with ancestors after death names, etc. Altar flower is changed every week. Steamed rise is presented every morning. Any special gift, especially food, cakes, cookis, etc. is placed in front of this altar before anyone unwraps it. Those 2 rods are used for overnight company with the best hudon and so forth. All the rooms could be turned into one large banquet room. Downstairs, 2 rooms , on the floor, and kitchen on the dirt floor? 1 room , living room and eating room, during the day, sleeping room for a couple during the night? 1 room, further from the main road and the better room during the day, sleeping room during the night?
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0120
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.01.0002
- Description
- A small Y shaped tuning fork of tempered steel with two long, square prongs coming together in a rounded yoke leading to an octagonal handle with a round knob on at end.
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- Title
- Tuning Fork
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 1.9 x 10.7 cm
- Description
- A small Y shaped tuning fork of tempered steel with two long, square prongs coming together in a rounded yoke leading to an octagonal handle with a round knob on at end.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.01.0002
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- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- wood; fibre; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0010
- Description
- Long tapering piece of hardwood, dark brown, with elongated grinning human face carved from top half. Bottom half faceted along its length and curved back slightly with a slit cut through along length of each of two side facets with small pebble inside for noise. 'Hairknot' at top, of cord twining …
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- Title
- Rattle
- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- wood; fibre; stone
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 3.3 x 4.4 cm
- Description
- Long tapering piece of hardwood, dark brown, with elongated grinning human face carved from top half. Bottom half faceted along its length and curved back slightly with a slit cut through along length of each of two side facets with small pebble inside for noise. 'Hairknot' at top, of cord twining secured through small holes drilled along perimeter of head, with long, 14 cm, cord tassel representing hair . Holes drilled through back of figure hold short loop of cord as handle.
- Subject
- households
- entertainment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0010
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- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0011
- Description
- Bamboo musical instrument made of two hollow bamboo tubes suspended on split bamboo frame of three thin upright sticks supported in holes cut in hollow bamboo tube at bottom. Two flat pieces of bamboo are secured crosswise into the split uprights and each holds one of the bamboo tubes which are hun…
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- Title
- Anklung
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 33.9 x 4.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Bamboo musical instrument made of two hollow bamboo tubes suspended on split bamboo frame of three thin upright sticks supported in holes cut in hollow bamboo tube at bottom. Two flat pieces of bamboo are secured crosswise into the split uprights and each holds one of the bamboo tubes which are hung on them by a semicircular hole which fits into a notch on the crosspiece, half of the upper part of these tubes have been cut away lengthwise and at their bottom two small legs have been carved which fit into wells cut in the bamboo tube at the bottom. When the instrument is held by one of the uprights and shaken, the hollow bamboo clappers strike the sides of this well and make a musical sound.
- Subject
- households
- entertainment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0011
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