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Date
prior to 1970
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
103.01.3013
Description
Five multi-coloured wooden beads, three with circular bands and two with lines along the length.
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Title
Bead
Date
prior to 1970
Material
wood
Dimensions
0.8 x 2.5 cm
Description
Five multi-coloured wooden beads, three with circular bands and two with lines along the length.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3013
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Date
1950 – 1951
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1201
Description
A woman's tan buckskin jacket, fringed and lightly beaded with flower accents. Cut western style with ruffled collar, yoke, inset sleeves, and two ruffled pockets in front. 12.0 cm fringes below front yoke, and down backs of sleeves continuing across yoke in back. Front is closed with seven buttons…
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Title
Beaded Jacket
Date
1950 – 1951
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
47.0 x 68.5 cm
Description
A woman's tan buckskin jacket, fringed and lightly beaded with flower accents. Cut western style with ruffled collar, yoke, inset sleeves, and two ruffled pockets in front. 12.0 cm fringes below front yoke, and down backs of sleeves continuing across yoke in back. Front is closed with seven buttons. Medium sized red, pink, purple, yellow beaded flowers on each front pocket. Front yoke and back beaded with white, yellow, blue, and green flower, leave and stem accents. Machine stitched and top collar lined with tan coloured silk. A small tag labelled with red cursive stiching “Wonnacott” inside the lapel
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
beadwork
Luxton Trading Post
regalia
Credit
Gift of Bill Wonnacott, Victoria, 2016
Catalogue Number
103.05.1201
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
hair, horse; glass; feather; fibre; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3022 a,b
Description
Fur armbands with hanging pelts, feathers, hairlocks and large beaded medallions. Each medallion (6.0 cm diameter) has a scalloped blue beaded border with a multi coloured centre. Each hairlock has a beaded band in white, red and orange where it attaches to the armband. a) Armband (28.0 cm ci…
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Title
Beaded Armband
Date
prior to 1970
Material
hair, horse; glass; feather; fibre; skin
Dimensions
11.0 (a); 12.0 (b) x 105.0 (a); 110.0 (b) cm
Description
Fur armbands with hanging pelts, feathers, hairlocks and large beaded medallions. Each medallion (6.0 cm diameter) has a scalloped blue beaded border with a multi coloured centre. Each hairlock has a beaded band in white, red and orange where it attaches to the armband. a) Armband (28.0 cm circumference) lined with white polkadotted red fabric. This armband has a red squirrel pelt attached.b) Armband (22.0 cm circumference) lined with yellow and white fabric. This armband has a weasel pelt attached.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
ceremonial
crafts
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3022 a,b
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Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.07.3050 a,b
Description
Two armbands with same pattern but reversed (mirror-image). Bottom edge of each band is curved and top edge is straight with thong ties attached to the top two corners. Each band is fully beaded with a white background and two motifs - a blue and yellow eight-pointed star with red chevrons and a …
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Title
Beaded Armbands
Date
prior to 1970
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
9.5 x 22.5 cm
Description
Two armbands with same pattern but reversed (mirror-image). Bottom edge of each band is curved and top edge is straight with thong ties attached to the top two corners. Each band is fully beaded with a white background and two motifs - a blue and yellow eight-pointed star with red chevrons and a yellow and red diamond with black and pink triangles.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.3050 a,b
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Date
1960 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.1126
Description
Beaded drawstring pouch with fringe along centre bottom. Floral beadwork on front in green, yellow, red, blue and orange. This bag is a great example of recycling - beaded panels are moccasin tops, back of bag is in four sections.
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1960 – 1970
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
30.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
Beaded drawstring pouch with fringe along centre bottom. Floral beadwork on front in green, yellow, red, blue and orange. This bag is a great example of recycling - beaded panels are moccasin tops, back of bag is in four sections.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
beadwork
crafts
Whyte family
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
103.08.1126
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Date
1950 – 1960
Material
skin
Catalogue Number
103.08.0020
Description
A hide pouch with a small flap and long fringe around each side and along the bottom. The bag is decorated with green and white beads along the top edge, and a green and white beadwork diamond shape on the front.
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1950 – 1960
Material
skin
Dimensions
14.0 x 20.0 cm
Description
A hide pouch with a small flap and long fringe around each side and along the bottom. The bag is decorated with green and white beads along the top edge, and a green and white beadwork diamond shape on the front.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
souvenirs
tourism
decorative
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0020
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Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; hair; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.0228
Description
A flat triangular purse with lightly beaded flap, beaver fur front, long buckskin shoulder strap, and fringes down sides becoming longer at the bottom point. Flap is beaded with three small blue triangles outlined in red and two small yellow triangles outlined in bright blue, forming a semi circula…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; hair; glass
Dimensions
20.0 x 17.0 cm
Description
A flat triangular purse with lightly beaded flap, beaver fur front, long buckskin shoulder strap, and fringes down sides becoming longer at the bottom point. Flap is beaded with three small blue triangles outlined in red and two small yellow triangles outlined in bright blue, forming a semi circular shape with a vertical line of pearly pink beads outlined in green at its centre. Flap edged with pearly pink and green beads. Edging of red and light brown beads around bottom point of purse. Back body of purse tan buckskin, but fringes, flap, strap and edging band of back are white doeskin. Flap ties closed with white buckskin thongs.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0228
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Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0229
Description
A flat, square, rounded bottom, tan buckskin purse with square, spotted fawn hair panel set into front, side panels of front notch edged and lightly beaded with two light and dark blue geometric, diamond , motifs on each side and one at the bottom centre. Small rounded buckskin flap has four flyin…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; hair; glass; fibre
Dimensions
24.0 x 27.0 cm
Description
A flat, square, rounded bottom, tan buckskin purse with square, spotted fawn hair panel set into front, side panels of front notch edged and lightly beaded with two light and dark blue geometric, diamond , motifs on each side and one at the bottom centre. Small rounded buckskin flap has four flying light and dark blue geometric figures and is edged with dark blue beads. Bottom of purse is fringed. Short carrying strap of buckskin notched along one edge and lined with pink orange satin, inside completely lined with satin. Closes with buckskin covered toggle attached through fawn hide and fastens through hole in small piece of buckskin sewn to underside of flap.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0229
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Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0230
Description
A small cylindrical buckskin purse beaded predominantly orange around sides, with small notched buckskin collar slit and threaded through with a buckskin drawstring. Sides almost completely covered with beading in two panels, one with orange bow tie shape on blue background, the other orange backgr…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1965 – 1975
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
12.0 x 8.0 cm
Description
A small cylindrical buckskin purse beaded predominantly orange around sides, with small notched buckskin collar slit and threaded through with a buckskin drawstring. Sides almost completely covered with beading in two panels, one with orange bow tie shape on blue background, the other orange background with a large stepped diamond of white outlined with blue and a red centre, and another similar red diamond outlined in white with a blue centre. Purse lined with pink and yellow paisley patterned material.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0230
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Date
1960 – 1970
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.0232
Description
A small, flat, square, very lightly beaded buckskin purse with transparent yellow beaded strand carrying strap. Front of purse has feather stitched cross of dark blue beads tipped in red and light blue beads tipped in red. Back has single complex flower blossom of red accented with yellow and outli…
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Title
Beaded Bag
Date
1960 – 1970
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
16.0 x 13.5 cm
Description
A small, flat, square, very lightly beaded buckskin purse with transparent yellow beaded strand carrying strap. Front of purse has feather stitched cross of dark blue beads tipped in red and light blue beads tipped in red. Back has single complex flower blossom of red accented with yellow and outlined in iridescent black, with leaves below in two shades of green. Sides and bottom of purse edged with white beads. Small semi circular flap is notched along curved edge and has hole at middle to fasten over small tiggle of buckskin sewn to purse beneath flap.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0232
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