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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
skin; quill; glass; hair, horse
Catalogue Number
109.02.0005
Description
A long narrow bag with fringe along the bottom edge and a drawstring closing and flap at the top. The bag is completely beaded with a white background and figures of two horses (one white, one dark) with four crosses beaded at the top. The top of the fringe is wrapped with quills, predominently r…
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Title
Calumet Bag
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
skin; quill; glass; hair, horse
Dimensions
18.0 x 95.0 cm
Description
A long narrow bag with fringe along the bottom edge and a drawstring closing and flap at the top. The bag is completely beaded with a white background and figures of two horses (one white, one dark) with four crosses beaded at the top. The top of the fringe is wrapped with quills, predominently red with white and dark zig-zag pattern. The flap is beaded at the end with three hair tassels.
Subject
Indigenous, Sioux
beadwork
quillwork
animals, horses
smoking
Pat Brewster
Philip Moore
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.0005
Images
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Date
1900 – 1920
Material
ceramic, porcelain
Catalogue Number
104.20.0143
Description
A small cylindrical Wedgewood Jasperware cream jug with a twisted handle. The pitcher is white inside and deep blue outside with a relief design of a white grapevine in a band just below the rim. The pitcher is also decorated with white relief robed figures holding staffs at the bottom of the pit…
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Title
Cream Pitcher
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
ceramic, porcelain
Dimensions
11.5 cm
Description
A small cylindrical Wedgewood Jasperware cream jug with a twisted handle. The pitcher is white inside and deep blue outside with a relief design of a white grapevine in a band just below the rim. The pitcher is also decorated with white relief robed figures holding staffs at the bottom of the pitcher. The pitcher is marked “Wedgewood, England 36”.
Subject
households
social customs
Pat Brewster
events
wedding
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0143
Images
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