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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
fibre; bark; cedar;
Catalogue Number
102.04.1016 a,b
Description
Woven storage basket with lid, (a) lid: 57.0 x 4.0 x 31.5, twining approximately 2.0 cm wide, light coloured with red brown and black bark overlayed on twining in four step design lines, (b) basket: 64.0 x 37.0 x 30.0. Sides twining approximately 1.5 cm wide, 4 layered and coloured (red/brown/bla…
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Title
Basket
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
fibre; bark; cedar;
Description
Woven storage basket with lid, (a) lid: 57.0 x 4.0 x 31.5, twining approximately 2.0 cm wide, light coloured with red brown and black bark overlayed on twining in four step design lines, (b) basket: 64.0 x 37.0 x 30.0. Sides twining approximately 1.5 cm wide, 4 layered and coloured (red/brown/black/white) continuous "V" design, half diamond design from top edge, same colours
Subject
Indigenous
households
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
102.04.1016 a,b
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0376
Description
Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the righ…
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Title
Basket
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
10.5 x 13.5 cm
Description
Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the right, with serrated edges of black-tipped triangles along the sides and narrow black lines between each parallelogram. Between each steplike series on the buff background is an oblique double zig-zag line running from bottom to top of the basket. Lip is finished with three rows of twining of a lighter brown colour, pattern not visible on inside. Paper tag rimmed with metal is attached with cord and wax through lip of basket; no writing is visible.
Subject
households
decorative
Indigenous
basketry
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0376
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Date
1880
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.01.0019 a,b
Description
A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
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Title
Beaded Armbands
Date
1880
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
29.0 cm
Description
A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
Subject
Stoney Nakoda
beadwork
crafts
decorative
indigenous
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0019 a,b
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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
skin; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0030 a,b
Description
A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped be…
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Title
Beaded Armbands
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
skin; glass; metal
Dimensions
7.5 x 29.0 cm
Description
A pair of beadwork strips with the beads stitched directly on the hide in horizontal rows. The design of each strip is a white background with a dark blue X at the centre and diamond shapes at each end of medium blue, red and silver-coloured (possibly nickle) beads. Each strip has yellow looped beaded edging along the long sides. Both strips have a narrow leather thong through the beadwork at one end that is knotted and left with both ends hanging.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
decorative
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0030 a,b
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Date
1890
Material
glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.01.0003 a,b
Description
A pair of armlets, each consisting of three thick strands wrapped with stripes of dark blue, yellow and red beads. Two wrapped strands hang from the centre of each armlet with loops of beads at the ends and where they attach.
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Title
Beaded Armlet
Date
1890
Material
glass; fibre
Dimensions
32.5 cm
Description
A pair of armlets, each consisting of three thick strands wrapped with stripes of dark blue, yellow and red beads. Two wrapped strands hang from the centre of each armlet with loops of beads at the ends and where they attach.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0003 a,b
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.0002
Description
A rectangular, flat, bag with a long fringe of soft leather along the bottom edge and a short leather thong handle at the top. The bag is very colourfully beaded with a medium blue background and a many-coloured design (yellow,orange, red and many shades of blue). There are light blue bands alon…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
52.0 x 18.0 cm
Description
A rectangular, flat, bag with a long fringe of soft leather along the bottom edge and a short leather thong handle at the top. The bag is very colourfully beaded with a medium blue background and a many-coloured design (yellow,orange, red and many shades of blue). There are light blue bands along each side and a white band along the bottom. The bag has a pointed, beaded flap at the top that ties with a leather thong.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
decorative
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0002
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin; fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.0006
Description
A flat rectangular purse with a long fringe along the bottom edge. The bag’s opening fastens with a thong which ties through two holes. The front of the purse is defined with an outline of beads, the inside of which is filled with vertical rows of beads forming a horizontal design of three diamon…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin; fibre; glass
Dimensions
12.5 x 32.0 cm
Description
A flat rectangular purse with a long fringe along the bottom edge. The bag’s opening fastens with a thong which ties through two holes. The front of the purse is defined with an outline of beads, the inside of which is filled with vertical rows of beads forming a horizontal design of three diamonds at the top and at the bottom.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
Blackfoot, Siksika
decorative
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0006
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin, deer; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.0008
Description
A curved bottom flat purse with a long deerskin finge around the sides and bottom, and a handle made of two deerskin thongs tied together at the middle. Both sides of the purse are completely beaded with bands of red and blues which follow the contour of the purse's shape.
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin, deer; glass
Dimensions
9.0 x 9.5; 8.0 (fringe) cm
Description
A curved bottom flat purse with a long deerskin finge around the sides and bottom, and a handle made of two deerskin thongs tied together at the middle. Both sides of the purse are completely beaded with bands of red and blues which follow the contour of the purse's shape.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
children
clothing
decorative
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0008
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
hair, sheep; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0012
Description
A black velvet pouch with a looped bead fringe along the edges. The bag has a twisted, faded red wool cord at the neck with wool pom-poms at each end. The bag is decoarated with multicoloured beadwork on the front with a tulip-like flower with other flowers on a vine extending from the tulip-like…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
hair, sheep; glass; fibre
Dimensions
11.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
A black velvet pouch with a looped bead fringe along the edges. The bag has a twisted, faded red wool cord at the neck with wool pom-poms at each end. The bag is decoarated with multicoloured beadwork on the front with a tulip-like flower with other flowers on a vine extending from the tulip-like flower.
Subject
Indigenous, Athapaskan
tourism
religious
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0012
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Date
1890 – 1920
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.1006
Description
Open beaded floral design on drawstring pouch, 4 piece construction, top 5th leather with holes near top edge for buckskin thong, very edge has turquoise beads, every 2nd on edge, floral pattern different each side, one side mostly blues, mauve, a little green, yellow, pink, other side mostly white…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1890 – 1920
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
7.5 x 14.0 cm
Description
Open beaded floral design on drawstring pouch, 4 piece construction, top 5th leather with holes near top edge for buckskin thong, very edge has turquoise beads, every 2nd on edge, floral pattern different each side, one side mostly blues, mauve, a little green, yellow, pink, other side mostly white and green tendrils with red and blue flower.
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
Bill Peyto
Credit
Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
Catalogue Number
103.08.1006
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