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Date
1930 – 1935
Material
skin; shell; metal; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.3025
Description
Dress of dark brown hide with short sleeves and a tie at one side of the neck opening. The sleeves of the dress have long fringe (23.5 cm) and some of the fringe pieces have blue beads and metal bells attached. The bottom hem of the dress also has fringe (15.0 cm long) attached. The front and b…
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Title
Beaded Dress
Date
1930 – 1935
Material
skin; shell; metal; glass
Dimensions
87.0 x 96.0 cm
Description
Dress of dark brown hide with short sleeves and a tie at one side of the neck opening. The sleeves of the dress have long fringe (23.5 cm) and some of the fringe pieces have blue beads and metal bells attached. The bottom hem of the dress also has fringe (15.0 cm long) attached. The front and back of the dress are decorated with cowrie shells hanging from beaded thread and three silver buckles with hanging threads. Tag attached: “note in bag - ‘this prob. Stoney w/ borrowed Crow idea’ “ in Joyce Johnson writing (1981-1984) and on reverse “Kathleen old regalia scince (sic) child Oct 1931” in CRW writing.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
regalia
beading
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.3025
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Date
1940 – 1950
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1156 a,b
Description
Skin dress with beaded bodice and sleeves. Beadwork geometric design in red, white, dark blue, light blue and yellow. Skin fringe below bodice and along bottom of dress. Matching beaded belt with skin tabs and ties.
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Title
Beaded Dress
Date
1940 – 1950
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
90.0 x 84.0 cm
Description
Skin dress with beaded bodice and sleeves. Beadwork geometric design in red, white, dark blue, light blue and yellow. Skin fringe below bodice and along bottom of dress. Matching beaded belt with skin tabs and ties.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
beadwork
Whyte family
Mark Poucette
regalia
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
103.05.1156 a,b
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Date
1950 – 1975
Material
skin; glass; shells; metal; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.0077
Description
A tan dress of summer bison hide, heavily beaded and decorated yoke on purple cotton fabric extends beyond shoulders to form short cape sleeve and is heavily fringed along bottom and edges front and back. Wide alternating rows of light blue cylindrical beads and amber cylindrical beads have rows of…
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Title
Beaded Dress
Date
1950 – 1975
Material
skin; glass; shells; metal; fibre
Dimensions
82.0 x 105.0 cm
Description
A tan dress of summer bison hide, heavily beaded and decorated yoke on purple cotton fabric extends beyond shoulders to form short cape sleeve and is heavily fringed along bottom and edges front and back. Wide alternating rows of light blue cylindrical beads and amber cylindrical beads have rows of cowrie shells between, with a row of large round blue beads at the bottom. Fringe at bottom of skirt attached separately and trimmed at the top edge with a single row of blue and yellow beads. Spaced around skirt front are two beaded medallions with thick beaded rope tassels, one black and grey, one pink and white, with a narrow, 4 cm, piece of fringe tassel with cowrie shells, bells, and orangish pink large bead at the end of each, located between the beaded medallions as well as on each side of the skirt and in the middle of the back. Dress is seamed just above waist, yoke lined with canvas.
Subject
Indigenous,Stoney
beadwork
regalia
bison
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0077
Images
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