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Traffic, Miniature Sign

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0095
Date
1916 – 1917
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
105.02.0095
Description
Cast bronze miniature of a bell guide post marking E1 Camino Real in California. Long thin post curves out at top to accommodate cast bronze bell reading "1769-1916 El Camino Real" with rectangular sign below, "El Camino Real San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco". Supported by domed base with …
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Title
Traffic, Miniature Sign
Date
1916 – 1917
Material
metal
Dimensions
23.5 x 7.5 x 7.0 cm
Description
Cast bronze miniature of a bell guide post marking E1 Camino Real in California. Long thin post curves out at top to accommodate cast bronze bell reading "1769-1916 El Camino Real" with rectangular sign below, "El Camino Real San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco". Supported by domed base with cobble stone texture, reading around perimeter, "Mission bell guide post marking EI Camino Real, the King's Highway".
Subject
transportation
souvenir
El Camino Real
King's Highway
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0095
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Tumpline Strap, Carrying

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Date
prior to 1930
Material
hair, horse; hair, sheep
Catalogue Number
106.06.0006
Description
A narrow black and white flat woven rope becoming all black at one end and all white at the other. There is a half brown and half white wider piece of woven rope at the centre with a slit between the brown and white colours.
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Title
Tumpline Strap, Carrying
Date
prior to 1930
Material
hair, horse; hair, sheep
Dimensions
237.0 cm
Description
A narrow black and white flat woven rope becoming all black at one end and all white at the other. There is a half brown and half white wider piece of woven rope at the centre with a slit between the brown and white colours.
Subject
Indigenous, Salish
crafts
weaving
basketry
transportation
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0006
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Date
1914 – 1918
Material
metal; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0014 a,b
Description
A pair of very plain silver-nickel spurs with short heel projections and no rowels. A narrow brown leather strap passes under the arch, and a narrow ankle strap threads through slits in a leather 'tongue' and buckles on the side. The spurs are marked: “Super Nickel Silver.”
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Title
Spurs
Date
1914 – 1918
Material
metal; skin
Dimensions
11.0 x 4.0 x 13.0 cm
Description
A pair of very plain silver-nickel spurs with short heel projections and no rowels. A narrow brown leather strap passes under the arch, and a narrow ankle strap threads through slits in a leather 'tongue' and buckles on the side. The spurs are marked: “Super Nickel Silver.”
Subject
transportation
military
Philip Moore
World War I
cowboys
animals, horses
riding
sports
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0014 a,b
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Date
1910 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre; metal; wood
Catalogue Number
106.06.0015
Description
A quirt with a wood handle covered with braided leather and with a braided knot at one end. There is a silver ring on the shaft marked with the monogram “P.B.M.”, hallmarks, and “E.S.A.” There is a wrist strap at theother end which is bound with linen thread.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
1910 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre; metal; wood
Dimensions
64.0 cm
Description
A quirt with a wood handle covered with braided leather and with a braided knot at one end. There is a silver ring on the shaft marked with the monogram “P.B.M.”, hallmarks, and “E.S.A.” There is a wrist strap at theother end which is bound with linen thread.
Subject
transportation
Pearl Moore
cowboys
animals, horses
riding
sports
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0015
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Date
1913 – 1914
Material
skin; metal; stone
Catalogue Number
106.06.0016 a,b
Description
A pair of silver spurs inset with three pieces of turquoise on the outside of the heel brace. Each heel projection holds a ten-pointed star rowel with a piece of turquoise at its centre. Each spur has a leather foot strap and leather ankle strap which buckles. The partially illegible word “_OCKET…
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Title
Spur
Date
1913 – 1914
Material
skin; metal; stone
Dimensions
8.5 x 6.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A pair of silver spurs inset with three pieces of turquoise on the outside of the heel brace. Each heel projection holds a ten-pointed star rowel with a piece of turquoise at its centre. Each spur has a leather foot strap and leather ankle strap which buckles. The partially illegible word “_OCKETT” is stamped into the steel near the buckle.
Subject
transportation
Pearl Moore
Sir Graeme Edgerton Hammond
cowboys
animals, horses
riding
sports
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0016 a,b
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Saddlebag Carrier, Cargo

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Date
1914 – 1918
Material
metal; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.0020
Description
Two leather pouches joined together by a band of leather which tapers and becomes narrow at the centre where it would be draped over a saddle. The pouches have leather flaps, each with three straps of leather threaded through and buckling to the bag. The joining strap has a metal reinforced slit …
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Title
Saddlebag Carrier, Cargo
Date
1914 – 1918
Material
metal; skin
Dimensions
7.5 x 34.5 x 109.5 cm
Description
Two leather pouches joined together by a band of leather which tapers and becomes narrow at the centre where it would be draped over a saddle. The pouches have leather flaps, each with three straps of leather threaded through and buckling to the bag. The joining strap has a metal reinforced slit on either side just above the pouches and a hole through its centre for anchoring. Rings on the back of each pouch attach it to the saddle. The centre strap is marked “F86.”
Subject
transportation
Philip Moore
military
animals, horses
riding
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0020
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Date
1910 – 1920
Material
skin; metal
Catalogue Number
106.06.0022
Description
A bridle with all head straps of braided leather and eight leather tassels. The reins are straps of leather attached with buckles through rings of a 'ring broken snaffle' bit.
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Title
Single Bridle
Date
1910 – 1920
Material
skin; metal
Dimensions
105.0 (longest strap) cm
Description
A bridle with all head straps of braided leather and eight leather tassels. The reins are straps of leather attached with buckles through rings of a 'ring broken snaffle' bit.
Subject
transportation
riding
animals, horses
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0022
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Date
1910 – 1930
Material
skin; metal
Catalogue Number
106.06.0023
Description
Leather flat-braided around a steel shaft (handle) and extending into a short flexible lash with two long leather thongs at the end. There is a ring of fringed leather just below the handle.
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Title
Quirt Whip, Riding
Date
1910 – 1930
Material
skin; metal
Dimensions
86.0 cm
Description
Leather flat-braided around a steel shaft (handle) and extending into a short flexible lash with two long leather thongs at the end. There is a ring of fringed leather just below the handle.
Subject
transportation
animals, horses
riding
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0023
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Date
1910 – 1930
Material
skin; sinew; wood
Catalogue Number
106.06.0024
Description
A whip of braided rawhide with a knot at the end and six separate strands of braid hanging loose. The lash is attached to a straight wooden handle.
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Title
Stock Whip
Date
1910 – 1930
Material
skin; sinew; wood
Dimensions
272.0 cm
Description
A whip of braided rawhide with a knot at the end and six separate strands of braid hanging loose. The lash is attached to a straight wooden handle.
Subject
transportation
camping
animals, horses
animals, mules
Pearl Moore
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0024
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Date
1910 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre
Catalogue Number
106.06.0026
Description
Flat braided leather stock with a braided knob at one end and a braided loop wrist strap. The lash is a short thick bunch of blond fibre (hair?) attached to the handle.
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Title
Quirt Whip, Riding
Date
1910 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre
Dimensions
5.0 x 5.0 x 51.0 cm
Description
Flat braided leather stock with a braided knob at one end and a braided loop wrist strap. The lash is a short thick bunch of blond fibre (hair?) attached to the handle.
Subject
transportation
animals, horses
riding
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0026
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