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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1126
- Description
- Beaded drawstring pouch with fringe along centre bottom. Floral beadwork on front in green, yellow, red, blue and orange. This bag is a great example of recycling - beaded panels are moccasin tops, back of bag is in four sections.
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- Title
- Beaded Bag
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded drawstring pouch with fringe along centre bottom. Floral beadwork on front in green, yellow, red, blue and orange. This bag is a great example of recycling - beaded panels are moccasin tops, back of bag is in four sections.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- beadwork
- crafts
- Whyte family
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1126
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.1037
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1037
- Description
- Beaded medallion necklace in red and black with beaded fringe at bottom.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded medallion necklace in red and black with beaded fringe at bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- crafts
- beadwork
- Whyte family
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.1037
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War Bonnet Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1191
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; feather; fibre; hair; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1191
- Description
- Headdress with felt hat inside. Beaded headband geometric pattern with rosettes at side in red, white, blue and orange. White swan feathers and brown yearling eagle feathers. Tops of feathers have pieces of rabbit skin and horse hair tassels. Beaded drops with horse hair, ermine skin and domestic c…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin; feather; fibre; hair; glass
- Dimensions
- 46.0 x 66.0 cm
- Description
- Headdress with felt hat inside. Beaded headband geometric pattern with rosettes at side in red, white, blue and orange. White swan feathers and brown yearling eagle feathers. Tops of feathers have pieces of rabbit skin and horse hair tassels. Beaded drops with horse hair, ermine skin and domestic cat strip.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1191
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- Date
- 1970
- Material
- wood; feather; skin; hoof; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3010
- Description
- Flat, triangular stone lashed to a long wooden handle with hide. The handle, from commercial stock, is decorated with small animal and human footprints burnt into the wood. There are feathers attached to the handle with hide. The top of the tomahawk has a bunch of dew claws attached with hide.
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1970
- Material
- wood; feather; skin; hoof; stone
- Dimensions
- 65.5 x 3.5 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Flat, triangular stone lashed to a long wooden handle with hide. The handle, from commercial stock, is decorated with small animal and human footprints burnt into the wood. There are feathers attached to the handle with hide. The top of the tomahawk has a bunch of dew claws attached with hide.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3010
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3002
- Description
- Fully beaded rectangular pouch with a diamond-shpaed opening in the centre front. A piece of mirror, with a bevelled edge, has been placed inside the bag behind the opening. The top of the pouch has a blue and white beaded handle and there is long hide fringe (22.0 cm) attached to the bottom edge…
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- Title
- Mirror Case
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 58.5 x 15.1 cm
- Description
- Fully beaded rectangular pouch with a diamond-shpaed opening in the centre front. A piece of mirror, with a bevelled edge, has been placed inside the bag behind the opening. The top of the pouch has a blue and white beaded handle and there is long hide fringe (22.0 cm) attached to the bottom edge. The mirror case has floral decoration on both sides with orange and red flowers and burgandy and yellow flowers.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- crafts
- beadwork
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3002
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- Date
- 1972
- Material
- antler; sinew; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3007
- Description
- Antler handle with metal blade inserted in right-angled end. The blade is held in place with sinew and fabric. Tag with CRW writing: “John Rolling Mud of Nordegg - scraper made by John Hunter for Georgie Rolling Mud. July 23 1972 Georgie mother of John.”
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- Title
- Scraper
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- antler; sinew; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.7 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Antler handle with metal blade inserted in right-angled end. The blade is held in place with sinew and fabric. Tag with CRW writing: “John Rolling Mud of Nordegg - scraper made by John Hunter for Georgie Rolling Mud. July 23 1972 Georgie mother of John.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3007
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3009
- Description
- Squared bone with an end cut off at a shallow angle to create a sharp edge. The scraping edge notched with narrow parallel cuts. The opposite end of the flesher is a flat joint. Tag with CRW writing: “Belonged to Mrs. Silas (Cassie) Abraham Joes. Grandmother who’s father owned bible.”
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- Title
- Flesher
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 5.0 x 32.0 cm
- Description
- Squared bone with an end cut off at a shallow angle to create a sharp edge. The scraping edge notched with narrow parallel cuts. The opposite end of the flesher is a flat joint. Tag with CRW writing: “Belonged to Mrs. Silas (Cassie) Abraham Joes. Grandmother who’s father owned bible.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3009
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- Date
- 1974
- Material
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3011 a,b
- Description
- Two fleshers made from white tail deer bone, each with one end cut at an angle to create a scraping edge.a) The end of this scraper has narrow parallel cuts creating a toothed blade with some teeth broken off. There is a hole drilled through the end of the handle. Tag: “Verda Abraham June 3 ‘74.…
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- Title
- Flesher
- Date
- 1974
- Material
- bone
- Dimensions
- 4.0 (a); 3.0 (b) x 26.0 (a); 22.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two fleshers made from white tail deer bone, each with one end cut at an angle to create a scraping edge.a) The end of this scraper has narrow parallel cuts creating a toothed blade with some teeth broken off. There is a hole drilled through the end of the handle. Tag: “Verda Abraham June 3 ‘74.”b) Smaller bone scraper with tag with CRW writing: “Verda Abraham June 3 ‘74.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.3011 a,b
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- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- wood; glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1166
- Description
- scene created in a box with a mirror at the back and glass in the remaining three sides. There is a tepee and two figures, a woman seated by a drying frame and a man standing up. The ground is covered in moss.
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- Title
- Diorama
- Date
- 1970 – 1990
- Material
- wood; glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 34.2 x 25.0 x 44.6 cm
- Description
- scene created in a box with a mirror at the back and glass in the remaining three sides. There is a tepee and two figures, a woman seated by a drying frame and a man standing up. The ground is covered in moss.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous, Stoney
- crafts
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1166
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- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; feather
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0004
- Description
- A ceremonial pipe tomahawk which can serve either function. The metal wedge-shaped blade is surmounted by a pipe bowl on a shaft of wood that is covered with leather with four vertical rows of brass tacks. There is a fur lined piece of leather, probably used as hand grip, around the centre. Att…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1875 – 1895
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; feather
- Dimensions
- 162.0 cm
- Description
- A ceremonial pipe tomahawk which can serve either function. The metal wedge-shaped blade is surmounted by a pipe bowl on a shaft of wood that is covered with leather with four vertical rows of brass tacks. There is a fur lined piece of leather, probably used as hand grip, around the centre. Attached to the end of the tomahawk is a beaded band with long fringe at the end. The band has a white beaded background and design of three yellow triangles with red bases and blue corners. Two feathers hang from beaded leather thongs attached to the axehead with a tuft of grey fur.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0004
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