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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0002
- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- antler, elk; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0002
- Description
- A long handle made of a smooth piece of elk antler with a leather thong wrist strap threaded through a pierced hole at one end. A lash made of two narrow leather straps is attached to the other end with a short leather fringe where the lash joins the handle.
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- antler, elk; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 106.0 cm
- Description
- A long handle made of a smooth piece of elk antler with a leather thong wrist strap threaded through a pierced hole at one end. A lash made of two narrow leather straps is attached to the other end with a short leather fringe where the lash joins the handle.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- transportation
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0002
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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0003
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- antler, elk; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0003
- Description
- Long handle made from elk antler with geometric bands incised in groups along the length. A beaded wrist strap with scalloped edges is attached to a thong which is threaded through a hole drilled at the end of the antler. The other end has a lash of two thin leather straps.
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- antler, elk; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 108.0 cm
- Description
- Long handle made from elk antler with geometric bands incised in groups along the length. A beaded wrist strap with scalloped edges is attached to a thong which is threaded through a hole drilled at the end of the antler. The other end has a lash of two thin leather straps.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0003
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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0008
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0008
- Description
- A handle carved from a straight tree branch with a leather wrist strap fastened around one end and through itself. The lash at the opposite end has two ends of a leather strap that are slit and woven through each other's slits with a braided effect. The handle is about 1/3 of the length, the la…
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 3.5 x 86.0 cm
- Description
- A handle carved from a straight tree branch with a leather wrist strap fastened around one end and through itself. The lash at the opposite end has two ends of a leather strap that are slit and woven through each other's slits with a braided effect. The handle is about 1/3 of the length, the lash about 2/3 of the length of the quirt.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0008
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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0009
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0009
- Description
- A club-like wooden handle with a knob at end and leather thongs attached at the other end. The thongs are braided part way and then left loose (lash is slightly longer than handle). There is a leather thong wrist strap attached to the handle just below the knob.
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 112.0 cm
- Description
- A club-like wooden handle with a knob at end and leather thongs attached at the other end. The thongs are braided part way and then left loose (lash is slightly longer than handle). There is a leather thong wrist strap attached to the handle just below the knob.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0009
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Quirt Riding Whip
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0010
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0010
- Description
- A long, straight wooden handle which widens slightly at one end where a narrow leather strap, about the same length as the handle, attaches. There is a leather thong wrist strap attached through a hole near the end of the handle.
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- Title
- Quirt Riding Whip
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 94.0 cm
- Description
- A long, straight wooden handle which widens slightly at one end where a narrow leather strap, about the same length as the handle, attaches. There is a leather thong wrist strap attached through a hole near the end of the handle.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0010
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3004
- Description
- Large shaped stone head attached to hide and fur wrapped wooden handle. Tag with CRW writing “Richard Kaquitts found it diggin grave at Morley,” another tag reads “Stone tomahawk head found by Richard Kaquitts.”
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 22.0 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Large shaped stone head attached to hide and fur wrapped wooden handle. Tag with CRW writing “Richard Kaquitts found it diggin grave at Morley,” another tag reads “Stone tomahawk head found by Richard Kaquitts.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3004
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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
- 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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- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- stone; glass; wood; skin; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1007
- Description
- A hatchet/tomahawk with a hand hewn stone head that has a wooden handle attached by a leather thong with zigzag edges. The leather thong attaches a head with a blade that has six rounded notches. The wooden handle is beaded in the middle with red and blue beads and has a fringe on both ends. The bo…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1990
- Material
- stone; glass; wood; skin; fabric
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- A hatchet/tomahawk with a hand hewn stone head that has a wooden handle attached by a leather thong with zigzag edges. The leather thong attaches a head with a blade that has six rounded notches. The wooden handle is beaded in the middle with red and blue beads and has a fringe on both ends. The bottom of the handle has very little blue and red beads and longer fringes.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1007
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