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Date
prior to 1973
Material
skin; metal
Catalogue Number
105.03.0009 a,b
Description
Two heavy leather straps with round jingle bells attached.a) A long heavy leather strap with a metal ring at one end and a latch hook at the other. Spherical sleigh bells with crosses cut through the top are riveted along the length at 5 cm intervals. b) Leather strap similar to (a), but shorter, …
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Title
Sleigh Bell
Date
prior to 1973
Material
skin; metal
Dimensions
3.8 (a); 28.5 (b) x 3.5 (a); 3.8 (b) x 220.0 (a); 28.5 (b) cm
Description
Two heavy leather straps with round jingle bells attached.a) A long heavy leather strap with a metal ring at one end and a latch hook at the other. Spherical sleigh bells with crosses cut through the top are riveted along the length at 5 cm intervals. b) Leather strap similar to (a), but shorter, and with six smaller bells riveted at 4 cm intervals.
Subject
households
transportation
animals, horses
music
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.03.0009 a,b
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Date
1950 – 1960
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.3021
Description
Two beaded strips, worked on canvas, joined together with a beaded rectangle. All beaded pieces have the same motif - a red, yellow and blue geometric pattern on a white ground. The bottom edge of all beaded pieces have long (22.0 cm) hide fringe attached. There are thong ties attached to the to…
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Title
Beaded Martingale
Date
1950 – 1960
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Dimensions
43.0 x 103.5 cm
Description
Two beaded strips, worked on canvas, joined together with a beaded rectangle. All beaded pieces have the same motif - a red, yellow and blue geometric pattern on a white ground. The bottom edge of all beaded pieces have long (22.0 cm) hide fringe attached. There are thong ties attached to the top of each bead strip.
Subject
Indigenous
animals, horses
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3021
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.3023 a,b
Description
A contemporary martingale and browband with similar beadwork typical Stoney beadwork, tanned hide, white tail deer buffer between canvas and horse.a) Martingale with two beadstrips joined with a beaded rectangle. The beadstrips each have one rounded end and one tapered end with leather strips and …
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Title
Beaded Martingale
Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Dimensions
43.5 (a); 16.0 (b) x 74.0 (a); 39.0 (b) cm
Description
A contemporary martingale and browband with similar beadwork typical Stoney beadwork, tanned hide, white tail deer buffer between canvas and horse.a) Martingale with two beadstrips joined with a beaded rectangle. The beadstrips each have one rounded end and one tapered end with leather strips and thong tied together. Each strip is decorated with groups of red triangles, black and clear triangles, and two pink and red geometric shapes on a white ground. The beaded rectangle is white with four black and orange stepped diamonds with green centres around a black and orange stepped “X”, with two sides filled in with blue. b) Headband for a horse with a medallion hanging at the centre. The band has a similar pattern to the martingale strips. The medallion is white with paired blue triangles and single green squares around a four-point orange star (flower?) with a blue and white centre. The back of the band has strips of leather and loops to attach to the headstall of a harness.
Subject
Indigenous
animals, horses
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3023 a,b
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.3024
Description
Two long, sligthly tapered beaded strips joined by a leather strip at one end. The opposite ends have white commercial leather fringe, and one side has decorative stones (rhinestones?) attached. Each strip has a red geometric repeated motif, resembling a stylized human figure with arms upraised,…
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Title
Beaded Caparison
Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; plastic; skin
Dimensions
14.0 x 127.0 cm
Description
Two long, sligthly tapered beaded strips joined by a leather strip at one end. The opposite ends have white commercial leather fringe, and one side has decorative stones (rhinestones?) attached. Each strip has a red geometric repeated motif, resembling a stylized human figure with arms upraised, on a white ground.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
animals, horses
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3024
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.3029 a-d
Description
Four bead strips decorated with the same motif. Each piece has yellow diamonds and green arrows on a red ground.a,b) Two strips with tapered ends and a yellow triangle on each end of the decorative motif. One of these bands would be a browband and the other would be a noseband.c,d) Two strips tha…
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Title
Beaded Caparison
Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Dimensions
6.0 (a,b); 7.5 (c,d) x 39.0 (a,b); 56.0 (c,d) cm
Description
Four bead strips decorated with the same motif. Each piece has yellow diamonds and green arrows on a red ground.a,b) Two strips with tapered ends and a yellow triangle on each end of the decorative motif. One of these bands would be a browband and the other would be a noseband.c,d) Two strips that each have one rounded end and a tapered end with thong ties. The decorative motif is repeated three times on each strip. One strip, (d), has two more ties near the tapered end and “3” written in ink on the back.
Subject
Indigenous
animals, horses
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3029 a-d
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; wood
Catalogue Number
106.06.3034
Description
Tapered round wooden handle with holes drilled through at each end and an illegible stamp at the thick end. The narrow end has a leather thong strap tied through the hole, and the thick end has a commercial leather strip threaded through the hole, woven through itself, and tapering to two points.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; wood
Dimensions
3.7 x 60.0 cm
Description
Tapered round wooden handle with holes drilled through at each end and an illegible stamp at the thick end. The narrow end has a leather thong strap tied through the hole, and the thick end has a commercial leather strip threaded through the hole, woven through itself, and tapering to two points.
Subject
Indigenous
animals, horses
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3034
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
antler; skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.3035
Description
Antler handle with cut, serrated bottom edge and holes drilled at each end. One end has a dark commercial leather strap handle. The opposite end has a light coloured commercial leather strip that is tied through the hole and pointed at the free ends.
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Title
Quirt Riding Whip
Date
prior to 1970
Material
antler; skin
Dimensions
5.0 x 108.0 cm
Description
Antler handle with cut, serrated bottom edge and holes drilled at each end. One end has a dark commercial leather strap handle. The opposite end has a light coloured commercial leather strip that is tied through the hole and pointed at the free ends.
Subject
Indigenous
animals, horses
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3035
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin
Catalogue Number
106.06.3036
Description
Two long strips of hide joined by black dyed, braided hide. There is a hide cross-piece fed through a slit in each long strip.
Title
Bridle
Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin
Dimensions
3.0 x 240.0 cm
Description
Two long strips of hide joined by black dyed, braided hide. There is a hide cross-piece fed through a slit in each long strip.
Subject
Indigenous
animals, horses
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3036
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
106.06.3037 a,b
Description
Two large beaded medallions with fringe along the bottom edge and a hide strip attached to the back at the top. Each beaded orange circle, worked on canvas, is decorated with blue, white and red chevrons forming a eight-pointed star at the centre.
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Title
Beaded Caparison
Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
20.5 x 37.5 cm
Description
Two large beaded medallions with fringe along the bottom edge and a hide strip attached to the back at the top. Each beaded orange circle, worked on canvas, is decorated with blue, white and red chevrons forming a eight-pointed star at the centre.
Subject
Indigenous
decorative
crafts
beadwork
animals, horses
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3037 a,b
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; feather; hoof
Catalogue Number
106.06.3039
Description
A caparison set made from the joined hide from the foreleg, with dewclaws attached, of deer (?). The pieces are tied together with thong and decorated with dewclaws, feathers and a bird foot (eagle talon?). A coiled and tied length of bridle rope is included with this set.
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Title
Caparison
Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; feather; hoof
Description
A caparison set made from the joined hide from the foreleg, with dewclaws attached, of deer (?). The pieces are tied together with thong and decorated with dewclaws, feathers and a bird foot (eagle talon?). A coiled and tied length of bridle rope is included with this set.
Subject
Indigenous
animals, horses
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.3039
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