- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0013
- Description
- An elongated tall thin simple figure carved from a single piece of wood which is half light and half dark. The figure has one hand at the waist holding a wooden spear through a hole drilled in its fist. The other hand is clasped at the chest holding the broken remains of another spear. The figur…
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- Title
- Figurine
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 4.5; 4.6 (base) x 5.5; 4.6 (base) cm
- Description
- An elongated tall thin simple figure carved from a single piece of wood which is half light and half dark. The figure has one hand at the waist holding a wooden spear through a hole drilled in its fist. The other hand is clasped at the chest holding the broken remains of another spear. The figure is wearing a short skirt,a tall flat headdress with three incised vertical grid-like bands and has large pierced earlobes and very simply carved facial features. There is a tall wire silver coloured collar that is wrapped around the figurine’s long neck. The figure is standing on a low circular base made of a different type of wood.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- souvenirs
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0013
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- gourd
- Catalogue Number
- 111.01.0001
- Description
- A stemmed gourd with a hole cut from one side (probably for attaching to something else). A design has been scored on the gourd with triangular shaped areas coloured in by charring. A small peg of wood was found inside the gourd (4.0 cm long).
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- Title
- Worked Gourd
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- gourd
- Dimensions
- 9.5 cm
- Description
- A stemmed gourd with a hole cut from one side (probably for attaching to something else). A design has been scored on the gourd with triangular shaped areas coloured in by charring. A small peg of wood was found inside the gourd (4.0 cm long).
- Subject
- housholds
- crafts
- carving
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 111.01.0001
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