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Date
1880 – 1890
Material
skin, moose; skin, caribou; glass
Catalogue Number
104.10.0005
Description
A moosehide sheath made to hold a rifle (small trapper's gun). There is a very short fringe of leather along one side and around the top. The case is decorated with beadwork of blue, yellow, white and red beads in three narrow bands at the bottom, and a wide band at the top made up of five rows of…
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Title
Gun Case
Date
1880 – 1890
Material
skin, moose; skin, caribou; glass
Dimensions
100.0 cm
Description
A moosehide sheath made to hold a rifle (small trapper's gun). There is a very short fringe of leather along one side and around the top. The case is decorated with beadwork of blue, yellow, white and red beads in three narrow bands at the bottom, and a wide band at the top made up of five rows of beadwork.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
hunting
crafts
beadwork
Fred Brewster
F.O. “Pat” Brewster
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.10.0005
Images
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