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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.45.0010
Description
A comb of a flat piece of hardwood with hand carved, parallel, long, 10 cm. tines, and an "arrowhead" decoration at the end of the shaft. The comb is quite comfortable to hold when it is held flat.
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Title
Weaving Comb
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
wood
Dimensions
0.8 x 5.0 x 25.8 cm
Description
A comb of a flat piece of hardwood with hand carved, parallel, long, 10 cm. tines, and an "arrowhead" decoration at the end of the shaft. The comb is quite comfortable to hold when it is held flat.
Subject
Whyte home
Indigenous
craft
weaving
travel
souvenir
accessories
carpet
creation, passtime
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.45.0010
Images
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Date
1940 – 1955
Material
metal; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
104.47.0016
Description
A small, delicate gold wristwatch with black cord band. Gold casing frames square dial with high, rounded, thick crystal. Stem at right side pulls to set time, gold numerals in circle inside small dots at edge which mark the minutes, straight gold hands. Finial at top and bottom of case form brack…
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Title
Wristwatch Watch
Date
1940 – 1955
Material
metal; glass; fibre
Dimensions
0.9 x 1.2 x 2.9 cm
Description
A small, delicate gold wristwatch with black cord band. Gold casing frames square dial with high, rounded, thick crystal. Stem at right side pulls to set time, gold numerals in circle inside small dots at edge which mark the minutes, straight gold hands. Finial at top and bottom of case form bracket which holds heavy black cord watchband. Cord is doubled through bracket and held together with small gold clip. Ends are clamped with gold accordion folding clasp which snaps closed and has small lever at one end with small sliding bar for finer adjustment to size. Marks: on dial, "Elgin De Luxe" on back of case, "Elgin, hallmark, 10 K gold filled. On back of clasp, "G.F. Sterling base , hallmark," and patent number.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
timepiece
accessories
fashion
jewlery
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.47.0016
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content.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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