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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
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. Th…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. The reverse of the tag has CRW's writing: "Purse for belt belonged to Edwin Dixons mother - Belt he wore & is worn out Mina Lefthand - blind since he was 7."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
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Roach Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.3033
- Date
- 1971
- Material
- hair; fibre; wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3033
- Description
- Roach with natural brown and dyed red stiff hair tied together. Centre of roach is short woven and tied hair. Stored on wooden form, attached with screw.
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- Title
- Roach Headdress
- Date
- 1971
- Material
- hair; fibre; wood; metal
- Description
- Roach with natural brown and dyed red stiff hair tied together. Centre of roach is short woven and tied hair. Stored on wooden form, attached with screw.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3033
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- Date
- 1971
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.3001
- Description
- Rectangular white stone with dark green, blue and white inclusion. Accompanied by a piece of paper with CRW writing: “Mina Lefthand rock from Squaw Valley west of Nanton - willow creek is weat of Clairesholm & can get to Squaw Valley that way. Has more rock. April 12 1971.”
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- Title
- Rock
- Date
- 1971
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 6.0 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Rectangular white stone with dark green, blue and white inclusion. Accompanied by a piece of paper with CRW writing: “Mina Lefthand rock from Squaw Valley west of Nanton - willow creek is weat of Clairesholm & can get to Squaw Valley that way. Has more rock. April 12 1971.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.3001
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- Date
- 1972
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3041
- Description
- Red ribbon with double rosette and four hanging ribbons. Rosette centre has gold-coloured botton at centre with “CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA GREATEST OUTDOOR SHOW ON EARTH EXHIBITION AND STAMPEDE” with a map of the Western Hemisphere and Calgary’s location named and marked with a star. Two short rib…
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- Title
- Prize Ribbon
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- Red ribbon with double rosette and four hanging ribbons. Rosette centre has gold-coloured botton at centre with “CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA GREATEST OUTDOOR SHOW ON EARTH EXHIBITION AND STAMPEDE” with a map of the Western Hemisphere and Calgary’s location named and marked with a star. Two short ribbons hang, one on top of the other, infront of two longer ribbons. Short ribbons are printed with gold lettering “1972” and “Clagary Exhibition and Stampede -*- FIRST.” The back of the rosette has a metal hanger and a blue and white round sticker marked “Made in Canada by Loder” and “LODER ADVERTISING SERVICE LTD. EDMONTON.” There are blank spaces on the sticker after “DATE,” “CLASS,” “WON BY,” and “JUDGE.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3041
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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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Horse Figure, Toy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.05.0021
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0021
- Description
- A roughly carved wooden horse standing atop a very rough and weathered piece of wood which has been sawed off at one end. Horse is angular and flat on the sides with slight carving at the edges to give form, with the head and tail completely carved around.
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- Title
- Horse Figure, Toy
- Date
- 1972
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 7.0 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A roughly carved wooden horse standing atop a very rough and weathered piece of wood which has been sawed off at one end. Horse is angular and flat on the sides with slight carving at the edges to give form, with the head and tail completely carved around.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0021
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- Date
- 1973
- Material
- wood; rubber; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3022
- Description
- Wooden cane with crook handle at top. Section near bottom of cane is wrapped with black rubber and black tape. Tag attached with CRW’s writing ”belonged to Old David Simeon Jack Labelle brought it Nov 13 1973.”
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- Title
- Cane
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- wood; rubber; fibre
- Dimensions
- 83.0 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden cane with crook handle at top. Section near bottom of cane is wrapped with black rubber and black tape. Tag attached with CRW’s writing ”belonged to Old David Simeon Jack Labelle brought it Nov 13 1973.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3022
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Roach Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.3037
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- hair; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3037
- Description
- Stiff hair dyed yellow with beige yarn (wool?) rows sewn together in concentric circles at front, and parallel rows along length. Roach attached to loom beaded headband with elastic and heavy white thread. Headband is yellow with blue chevrons and diamonds. Two groups of two hanging yellow and b…
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- Title
- Roach Headdress
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- hair; fibre; glass
- Description
- Stiff hair dyed yellow with beige yarn (wool?) rows sewn together in concentric circles at front, and parallel rows along length. Roach attached to loom beaded headband with elastic and heavy white thread. Headband is yellow with blue chevrons and diamonds. Two groups of two hanging yellow and blue loops in centre (one over each eye when worn), with short beaded yellow feather streamer attached at outside. Tag with CRW’s writing: “Bought from Viola Sept. 7, 1973” and on tag reverse “Stoney” written in pencil.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- ceremoial
- regalia
- beadwork
- Viola
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3037
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- Date
- 1973
- Material
- fibre; plastic; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3027 a-g
- Description
- Seven piece machine sewn regalia set made of dark purple-blue faux suede lined with light blue fabric. Each piece has white commercial fringe and some element of a stylized pink, white and yellow floral motif.a) Vest (43.0 x 46.0 cm) with no front fasteners.b,c) Leg cuffs (47.0 x 34.0 cm) with two…
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- Title
- Dance Regalia
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- fibre; plastic; glass
- Description
- Seven piece machine sewn regalia set made of dark purple-blue faux suede lined with light blue fabric. Each piece has white commercial fringe and some element of a stylized pink, white and yellow floral motif.a) Vest (43.0 x 46.0 cm) with no front fasteners.b,c) Leg cuffs (47.0 x 34.0 cm) with two rows of fringe along the bottom edge and hidden snap closures.d,e) Arm cuffs (27.0 x 15.0 cm) with hidden snap closures.f) Large apron (79.0 x 75.0 cm) with centred long hanging section at front. There are four hide ties, one at each corner.g) Small apron (48.0 x 29.0 cm) with long hide ties. Tag attached: “Aug. 10. 1973 Gerald Kaquitts is putting Dancing Costume toward’s he’s bill. what ever it cost’s and would like to borrow enough money for a down payment for a truck. I have brought it over.” with the signature “F. Kaquitts.”
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- regalia
- beadwork
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3027 a-g
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