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Projectile Point
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.05.0073
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- rock
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0073
- Description
- Rock carved to have a point at one end and rounded at the other end.
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- Title
- Projectile Point
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- rock
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 2.6 cm
- Description
- Rock carved to have a point at one end and rounded at the other end.
- Subject
- Moore home
- weaponry
- geology
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0073
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- Date
- 1934
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1008
- Description
- Clump of pyrite mounted on wooden base. Pyrite in shape of a ball ca 3.0 dia. mounted onto wooden base (6.0x3.5c2.3) base tapers to 4.0x2.3, center hollowed to set in ball. Label typed and glued onto bottom: "Pyrite ball from Freshfield Glacier, mounted on tamarack bark from Bush Pass. 1934" ano…
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- Title
- Pyrite Nugget
- Date
- 1934
- Material
- metal; wood
- Description
- Clump of pyrite mounted on wooden base. Pyrite in shape of a ball ca 3.0 dia. mounted onto wooden base (6.0x3.5c2.3) base tapers to 4.0x2.3, center hollowed to set in ball. Label typed and glued onto bottom: "Pyrite ball from Freshfield Glacier, mounted on tamarack bark from Bush Pass. 1934" another smaller label: "Dr. J. MonroeThorington, 204 Cambridge Apts. Philadelphia 44, Pa."
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1008
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Commemorative Plaque
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.1052
- Date
- 1908
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1052
- Description
- Wooden plaque, William S Vaux Jr. oak panel 63.5x32.5x3.3 has carved lettering : "This fireplace in memory of William S Vaux Jr. A.C.C. student of glaciers 1887-1908 Born 1872 - Died 1908", wooden pegs each corner, mounted on larger wooden base
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- Title
- Commemorative Plaque
- Date
- 1908
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 46.2 x 77.6 cm
- Description
- Wooden plaque, William S Vaux Jr. oak panel 63.5x32.5x3.3 has carved lettering : "This fireplace in memory of William S Vaux Jr. A.C.C. student of glaciers 1887-1908 Born 1872 - Died 1908", wooden pegs each corner, mounted on larger wooden base
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1052
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Feather Fossil
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.0040
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0040
- Description
- A large, flat piece of grey stone with many small fibrous fossils, likely feathers.
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- Title
- Feather Fossil
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 20.0 x 22.2 cm
- Description
- A large, flat piece of grey stone with many small fibrous fossils, likely feathers.
- Subject
- Moore home fossil
- geology
- palaeontology
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.0040
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, limestone
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0001
- Description
- A tan limestone deposit (tufa, probably from a cave) with a waxy, convoluted and lumpy surface. The rock is broken in many places to reveal a strata-like inner structure with a whitish deposit of softer material between the strata following the shape of the convoluted surface.
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- Title
- Rock
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, limestone
- Dimensions
- 10.8 x 11.0 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- A tan limestone deposit (tufa, probably from a cave) with a waxy, convoluted and lumpy surface. The rock is broken in many places to reveal a strata-like inner structure with a whitish deposit of softer material between the strata following the shape of the convoluted surface.
- Subject
- geology
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0001
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- mineral
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0002
- Description
- A rock with a crystaline structure in the shape of a mountain range - tall pillar-like flat bluish-white transluscent crystals with pointed tops on one side. There are small clear white salt-like crystals covering other side.
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- Title
- Rock
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- mineral
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 3.0 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A rock with a crystaline structure in the shape of a mountain range - tall pillar-like flat bluish-white transluscent crystals with pointed tops on one side. There are small clear white salt-like crystals covering other side.
- Subject
- geology
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0002
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- mineral, feldspar?
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0003
- Description
- A heavy, almost perfectly round rock. Half of the rock is smooth grey, and the other half is mottled.
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- Title
- Rock
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- mineral, feldspar?
- Dimensions
- 10.0 (approx.) x 10.0 (approx.) cm
- Description
- A heavy, almost perfectly round rock. Half of the rock is smooth grey, and the other half is mottled.
- Subject
- geology
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0003
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, sandstone
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0004
- Description
- A flat-sided, roughly diamond-shaped, predominantly orange-coloured piece of sandstone with a natural round hole through one end. The strata can be seen along the edges.
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- Title
- Rock
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, sandstone
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 7.2 x 12.8 cm
- Description
- A flat-sided, roughly diamond-shaped, predominantly orange-coloured piece of sandstone with a natural round hole through one end. The strata can be seen along the edges.
- Subject
- geology
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0004
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, limestone?
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0005 a,b
- Description
- Two small fragments of hard ivory-like material with a smoothly polished outer surface: a) The inner sections of this piece show hard white material in roughly circular shapes with softer ivory coloured material between and dark spots at the centre. There is a small hole at the centre of each circ…
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- Title
- Rock
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, limestone?
- Dimensions
- 1.5 (a); 2.5 (b) x 3.0 (a); 2.0 (b) x 3.0 (a); 2.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two small fragments of hard ivory-like material with a smoothly polished outer surface: a) The inner sections of this piece show hard white material in roughly circular shapes with softer ivory coloured material between and dark spots at the centre. There is a small hole at the centre of each circular shape.b) The form of this piece follows the structure of the inner parts seen where the rock is broken off. There are hard undulating lines of hard white material alternating with softer ivory coloured material.
- Subject
- geology
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0005 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0006
- Description
- A sharp edged rock that is pointed at one end. The rock is mottled grey with orange at the point and in the middle.
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- Title
- Rock
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 7.0 x 18.3 cm
- Description
- A sharp edged rock that is pointed at one end. The rock is mottled grey with orange at the point and in the middle.
- Subject
- geology
- Pearl Moore
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.0006
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