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- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- metal; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1105
- Description
- Evening bag with shaped metal opening. Metal is silver plated with elaborately embossed design of roses and cherubs. The bag has a cross over snap closure and a silver linked chain carrying handle. The bag is made of black beads witha colourful design on both sides of a peacock sitting on a bran…
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- metal; glass; fibre
- Description
- Evening bag with shaped metal opening. Metal is silver plated with elaborately embossed design of roses and cherubs. The bag has a cross over snap closure and a silver linked chain carrying handle. The bag is made of black beads witha colourful design on both sides of a peacock sitting on a branch. Looped strands of black beads hang from the bottom edge.
- Subject
- Mary Schaffer
- birds
- needlework
- beadwork
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1105
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; wood; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1057
- Description
- Wooden handled, white buckskin with open floral bead design. Machine sewn, white buckskin, commercial handles painted ivory. Completelylined with mauve velvet. Bead design, long tendril of light green runs along both sides and bottom with 5 flowers and 8 leaves, one single flower centered,near top.…
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; wood; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden handled, white buckskin with open floral bead design. Machine sewn, white buckskin, commercial handles painted ivory. Completelylined with mauve velvet. Bead design, long tendril of light green runs along both sides and bottom with 5 flowers and 8 leaves, one single flower centered,near top. All flowers have a yellow centre, decorated one side only.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Deer Lodge
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1057
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal, silver; glass; enamel; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0084
- Description
- A square mesh evening bag, with a silver chain handle, that is completely beaded with rhinestones that form a very subtle triangular pattern. The bag has a square frame at the top opening with black and white enamelled stripes at the centre of the frame.
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal, silver; glass; enamel; fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A square mesh evening bag, with a silver chain handle, that is completely beaded with rhinestones that form a very subtle triangular pattern. The bag has a square frame at the top opening with black and white enamelled stripes at the centre of the frame.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0084
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- Date
- 1835 – 1905
- Material
- fibre, silk; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0086
- Description
- A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent co…
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1835 – 1905
- Material
- fibre, silk; metal
- Dimensions
- 37.5 cm
- Description
- A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent coins dated 1911 and 1917 were found inside this purse.
- Subject
- households
- social customs
- crafts
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0086
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0357 a-d
- Description
- A collection of four small, pouch shaped reticules covered with glass beads in various delicate, floral patterns. (a) blue - band around top and circle at bottom with vertical blue lines forming panels which enclose vases of yellow flowers on a white background. Lined with white satin and a row of …
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of four small, pouch shaped reticules covered with glass beads in various delicate, floral patterns. (a) blue - band around top and circle at bottom with vertical blue lines forming panels which enclose vases of yellow flowers on a white background. Lined with white satin and a row of thread loops around the top inside to hold a double white cord drawstring with a soft crocheted ball at each end, contains bits of confetti. (b )pink, band around top and circle at bottom contain diamond shapes. Pink and blue flower baskets cover rest of purse on white background with diagonal pink stripes. Short, looped bead tassel from bottom, lining of pink, constructed as (a), with pink drawstring tied in bows each end. (c) green , overall pattern of green leaves within diamond shapes on ecru coloured, crocheted net background. Small beaded, looped tassel at bottom. Crocheted loops at top hold green cord double drawstring which is knotted at the ends. Edge of top and circle at bottom of green beads of different shades, lined with green satin. (d) white, very delicately worked large red roses around middle with small band of single roses on stems around bottom. White and green beaded tassel at bottom. 1.8 cm wide edging at top of ecru crochet forms small loops into which are threaded double drawstrings . Lined with grey satin.
- Subject
- households
- beadwork
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0357 a-d
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0358
- Description
- A small, limp, pouch shaped bag of grey, silver and black metallic beads with drawstring at the top. Fabric of the bag is composed of the beads woven together on a loom. Background grey beads with two black winged dragons across the middle on each side enclosed with a black line above and above. Bl…
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- Title
- Beaded Purse
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 10.5 cm
- Description
- A small, limp, pouch shaped bag of grey, silver and black metallic beads with drawstring at the top. Fabric of the bag is composed of the beads woven together on a loom. Background grey beads with two black winged dragons across the middle on each side enclosed with a black line above and above. Black vertical lines rise from the top line and hang from the bottom line with three silver arrows pointing down in the spaces between. Mouth of the bag trimmed with small black beaded loops. Bottom has fringe of long black and grey loops entwined. At top, woven slits hold .6 cm, narrow, black and grey banded, flat straps which act as drawstring.
- Subject
- households
- beadwork
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0358
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