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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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Identification Pin
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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.
- 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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