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Date
1922
Catalogue Number
103.01.1043 a,b
Description
(a) square 2.5x2.5cm copper with curved corners, charm/fetish issued by the National Parks Branch, Department of the Interior. There is a hole drilled in one corner at the top so it can hang as a pendant. A bison head has been stamped onto the metal and raised letters “ORENDA” on one side, au vers…
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Title
Charm; Fetish
Date
1922
Dimensions
2.50sq. cm
Description
(a) square 2.5x2.5cm copper with curved corners, charm/fetish issued by the National Parks Branch, Department of the Interior. There is a hole drilled in one corner at the top so it can hang as a pendant. A bison head has been stamped onto the metal and raised letters “ORENDA” on one side, au verso, in raised letter “BUFFALO MEDICINE CANADA’S NATIONAL PARKS SAVE THE FORESTS”. (b) a paper pouch folded to close, brown and beige to simulate leather; has Indigenous-style designs in red and blue (note: looks like Navajo design). There is a remnant of a piece of sticky tape where the charm was once attached to the paper pouch.
Subject
charm
fetish
National Parks
Credit
Gift of Jim Sime, Golden, 2012
Catalogue Number
103.01.1043 a,b
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Date
1922 – 1931
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.1023 a,b
Description
National Parks pins for guide and chauffeur. (a) Rectangular 3.9x2.5 "National Parks of Canada Guide 115 1931, cut off corners, heavy safety pin type clasp. (b) Round 3.5 dia. "Canadian National Parks 1922 Chauffeur 100", heavy safety pin type clasp.
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Title
Identification Pin
Date
1922 – 1931
Material
metal
Description
National Parks pins for guide and chauffeur. (a) Rectangular 3.9x2.5 "National Parks of Canada Guide 115 1931, cut off corners, heavy safety pin type clasp. (b) Round 3.5 dia. "Canadian National Parks 1922 Chauffeur 100", heavy safety pin type clasp.
Subject
National Parks of Canada
Banff
tourism
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
103.09.1023 a,b
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Date
1928 – 1931
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.1171 a-c
Description
Two metal guides’ pins or badges: a)”NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA ALPINE GUIDE. 4. 1928”; gold in colour; b) “NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA ALPINE GUIDE. 3. 1931”, dark copper brown in colour. In black jewellery box c) with label underneath: “LEON EGUIAZU. San Sebastian Hernani. 15. Espagne . . . “
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Title
Pin
Date
1928 – 1931
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.5 x 3.5 cm
Description
Two metal guides’ pins or badges: a)”NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA ALPINE GUIDE. 4. 1928”; gold in colour; b) “NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA ALPINE GUIDE. 3. 1931”, dark copper brown in colour. In black jewellery box c) with label underneath: “LEON EGUIAZU. San Sebastian Hernani. 15. Espagne . . . “
Subject
sports
climbing
packers and guides
Swiss guides
Ernest Feuz
Canadian Pacific Railway
National Parks of Canada
Credit
Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
Catalogue Number
103.09.1171 a-c
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