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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
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal, steel; ivory
Catalogue Number
104.20.0073 a-c
Description
A three piece carving set consisting of a knife (a), a meat fork (b), and a sharpening steel (c). Each piece has an ivory handle shaped with a slight curl to the right at the end. a) The carving knife has a long narrow blade. b) The fork has two long sharp tines and four curved pieces of wire stic…
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Title
Carving Set
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal, steel; ivory
Dimensions
36.5 (a); 28.5 (b); 41.0 (c) cm
Description
A three piece carving set consisting of a knife (a), a meat fork (b), and a sharpening steel (c). Each piece has an ivory handle shaped with a slight curl to the right at the end. a) The carving knife has a long narrow blade. b) The fork has two long sharp tines and four curved pieces of wire sticking out in a star shape around the base of the handle.c) The sharpening steel has a long round steel blade with four curved pieces of wire sticking out in a star shape at the base of the handle.
Subject
households
social customs
animals
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0073 a-c
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Date
1875 – 1920
Material
bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
Catalogue Number
104.24.0001
Description
A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cot…
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Title
Hide Scraper
Date
1875 – 1920
Material
bone, elk; fibre; metal, steel
Dimensions
24.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 cm
Description
A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cotton fabric to secure the blade. A shiny metal hook is attached at the top along with a short loop of thong for hanging.
Subject
households
Indigenous
Stoney
crafts
carving
animals
elk
Norman Luxton
F.O. “Pat” Brewster
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.24.0001
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Date
1875 – 1920
Material
bone; skin
Catalogue Number
104.24.0002
Description
A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a han…
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Title
Hide Scraper
Date
1875 – 1920
Material
bone; skin
Dimensions
38.0 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
Description
A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a hanging thong threaded through a drilled hole at the knee. The bone is tightly wrapped with strips of rawhide (or sinew?) one third of its length to hold the two pieces together where the bone was split.
Subject
households
Indigenous
Stoney
animals
elk
deer
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.24.0002
Images
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