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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.
- 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
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3012
- Description
- Turned wood (looks like a baluster) with a shaped wooden bowl attached near the end opposite the mouthpiece. The pipe is nailed together. Tag with CRW writing: “From Big Horn probably Laurier Hunter” on one side, and “Old Wildman fr. Big Horn” on the reverse.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 3.5 x 67.0 cm
- Description
- Turned wood (looks like a baluster) with a shaped wooden bowl attached near the end opposite the mouthpiece. The pipe is nailed together. Tag with CRW writing: “From Big Horn probably Laurier Hunter” on one side, and “Old Wildman fr. Big Horn” on the reverse.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3012
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- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0009 a,b
- Description
- A carved pipe stem and bowl.a) A long, red-brown tubular pipe stem with rings carved at each end and at the middle. There are wooden dowels at the joint and as the mouthpiece.b) A red-brown carved pipe bowl with a straight tubular base and a shorter tubular bowl at a right angle to the base.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Dimensions
- 19.5 (a); 11.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A carved pipe stem and bowl.a) A long, red-brown tubular pipe stem with rings carved at each end and at the middle. There are wooden dowels at the joint and as the mouthpiece.b) A red-brown carved pipe bowl with a straight tubular base and a shorter tubular bowl at a right angle to the base.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- smoking
- trade
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0009 a,b
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- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0010 a,b
- Description
- A wooden pipe stem and carven pipestone bowl.a) A pipe stem of a long sightly curved hollowed willow (?) branch with light coloured wood at the mouthpiece becoming dark at the other end. b) The small red-brown bowl is of very simple design, at a right angle to the stem, and is slightly flaring to t…
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- 1870 – 1900
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.5 (bowl) x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden pipe stem and carven pipestone bowl.a) A pipe stem of a long sightly curved hollowed willow (?) branch with light coloured wood at the mouthpiece becoming dark at the other end. b) The small red-brown bowl is of very simple design, at a right angle to the stem, and is slightly flaring to the opening. The bowl is incised with simple animal and geometric shapes.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- women
- smoking
- ceremonial
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0010 a,b
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- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0012 a,b
- Description
- A wooden pipe stem with a pipestone bowl.a) A straight rather short pipe stem carved of wood and hollowed like a straw. The stem has two coloured rings painted around it.b) A simple right-angled bowl carved from red-brown pipestone. There is a ring carved where the stem joins.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.5 (bowl) x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden pipe stem with a pipestone bowl.a) A straight rather short pipe stem carved of wood and hollowed like a straw. The stem has two coloured rings painted around it.b) A simple right-angled bowl carved from red-brown pipestone. There is a ring carved where the stem joins.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- ceremonial
- carving
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0012 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1870
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood; quill; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0014 a,b
- Description
- A quill-wrapped wooden pipe stem with a carved pipestone bowl.a) A long pipe stem made from a hollowed piece of wood wrapped with multi-coloured quills. b) A red-brown right angle pipe bowl carved from pipestone.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- prior to 1870
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood; quill; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.5 (bowl) x 54.0 cm
- Description
- A quill-wrapped wooden pipe stem with a carved pipestone bowl.a) A long pipe stem made from a hollowed piece of wood wrapped with multi-coloured quills. b) A red-brown right angle pipe bowl carved from pipestone.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- Plains Cree
- Woodland Ojibwa
- Plains Ojibwa
- crafts
- carving
- quillwork
- smoking
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0014 a,b
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