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Date
1900 – 1930
Material
fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
103.07.0090
Description
A wide heavily beaded belt or bead strip, of heavy canvas with burgundy cotton backing. The beaded design is of conventional flowers in an overall symmetrical form mirroring from the centre of the belt, an orange yellow flower with green leaves, followed by, in sequence, a three petalled deep red a…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1900 – 1930
Material
fibre; glass
Dimensions
7.3 x 91.6 cm
Description
A wide heavily beaded belt or bead strip, of heavy canvas with burgundy cotton backing. The beaded design is of conventional flowers in an overall symmetrical form mirroring from the centre of the belt, an orange yellow flower with green leaves, followed by, in sequence, a three petalled deep red and blue flower, two leaves, a white and pale blue flower, three yellow and green tulip shaped flowers, a deep red and vermillion flower and a long stalked branching flower with three buds of vermillion, yellow, and grey beads. The ground is a deep blue bordered on both sides by a narrow green band.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Silas Abraham
Norman Abraham
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0090
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Date
1910 – 1920
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.07.3023 a,b
Description
Plain gloves with beaded gauntlets. White background with different designs front (floral) and back (diamond geometric), and small circles around top edge. Fringes along gauntlet edges. Gauntlets lined with floral fabric. Yellow tag found in (b), the left glove, “Silas or Norman Abraham 1910 - …
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Title
Gauntlet Gloves
Date
1910 – 1920
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
39.0 cm
Description
Plain gloves with beaded gauntlets. White background with different designs front (floral) and back (diamond geometric), and small circles around top edge. Fringes along gauntlet edges. Gauntlets lined with floral fabric. Yellow tag found in (b), the left glove, “Silas or Norman Abraham 1910 - 1920 ca.”
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
beadwork
regalia
Norman Abraham
Silas Abraham
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.3023 a,b
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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