- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0067
- Description
- A heavily beaded yoke, edged with beaded loop lace, to be worn over the shoulders and hanging in front and back with a point at the middle. Completely covered with blue background beading and simple large stylized four-petalled flower in red with black at inner part of each petal around red centre,…
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- Title
- Beaded Collar
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded yoke, edged with beaded loop lace, to be worn over the shoulders and hanging in front and back with a point at the middle. Completely covered with blue background beading and simple large stylized four-petalled flower in red with black at inner part of each petal around red centre, and four elongated green leaves, one between each petal. Long black stems curving off to each side hold three-pointed blossom of dark green and orange outlined in lighter green with two dark green leaves beneath. Same motif repeated on back but slight colour variations. Entire yoke edged with wide, looped netting of cylindrical beads forming lace like effect with strings of buckskin threaded with beads hanging from the outermost edge. Netting beads of transparent amber, green, turquoise, white, and red.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0067
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- hide, buckskin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.1003
- Description
- bison hide gun case; John Bearspaw's; one piece buffalo hide folded over lengthwise; sewn together with sinew inlong basting stitches; closed at bottom, buckskin fringe; fold over closure has 2 holes near tip; buckskin thong laced through front to coincide with flap; 2 hide loops (6.0 x 2.5) sewn …
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- Title
- Gun Case
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- hide, buckskin
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 90.0 cm
- Description
- bison hide gun case; John Bearspaw's; one piece buffalo hide folded over lengthwise; sewn together with sinew inlong basting stitches; closed at bottom, buckskin fringe; fold over closure has 2 holes near tip; buckskin thong laced through front to coincide with flap; 2 hide loops (6.0 x 2.5) sewn into seam.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- McLean Family
- Credit
- George McLean, Morley, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.1003
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