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- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Material
- glass; fibre; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1033
- Description
- Beaded Blackfoot dance belt with 5 hanging panels, belt band 15.5 wide at centre tapers to 9.0 at ends, stitched onto cotton covered heavy canvas. Open floral design centered with a red and white club-like flower. 5 hanging panels: centre piece 27.0 long, 2 outside panels squarish with correspondin…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Material
- glass; fibre; hair
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 86.0 cm
- Description
- Beaded Blackfoot dance belt with 5 hanging panels, belt band 15.5 wide at centre tapers to 9.0 at ends, stitched onto cotton covered heavy canvas. Open floral design centered with a red and white club-like flower. 5 hanging panels: centre piece 27.0 long, 2 outside panels squarish with corresponding blue tassels, 2 each side (2 missing each side) Other 2 panels of a different design and colours - were arm bands, belt bandends are cotton ca 8.5 long with 2 cotton ties each side, edge beading lightblue.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1033
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Beaded Breastplate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0020
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
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- Title
- Beaded Breastplate
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- bone; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 120.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A long woman's breastplate made up of five rows of vertical hair pipes joined by strips of beads. There is a fringe of beads at the top and another fringe of hair pipes at the bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- decorative
- ceremonial
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0020
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0013
- Description
- A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the s…
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 51.5 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- A very short, completely beaded, tabard with beaded strips sewn to each shoulder forming cap sleeves. Each side of the jacket is beaded with a white background containing four large red and blue square figures with V-shaped “staircase” in the middle, on either side of central vertical bar of the same red adn blues. A series of small read and blue stepped triangles from a band a the top and bottom of the bodice. The beads are worked on canvas which is rolled at the neck to form edging, and edged with red fabric at the bottom. Short bead strips are sewn to each shoulder, and each has a design of two large white diamond shapes around a blue diamond and a yellow ochre diamond, with a horizontally divided background in the blue and yellow ochre colour. The diamond shapes are outlined with black and red glass beads. Short buckskin thongs tie the tabard together at the corners under the arms.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Plains
- Cree
- ceremonial
- children
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0013
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Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0006 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft soled moccasins, shaped to the foot, with a soft inner cuff and a seam around the sole. An ankle flap is beaded around edges and has a thong for tying. The uppers are completely beaded with a light blue background and a design of dark blue, red, and yellow.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- skin; fibre, cotton; glass
- Dimensions
- 26.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft soled moccasins, shaped to the foot, with a soft inner cuff and a seam around the sole. An ankle flap is beaded around edges and has a thong for tying. The uppers are completely beaded with a light blue background and a design of dark blue, red, and yellow.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0006 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0009 a,b
- Description
- A carved pipe stem and bowl.a) A long, red-brown tubular pipe stem with rings carved at each end and at the middle. There are wooden dowels at the joint and as the mouthpiece.b) A red-brown carved pipe bowl with a straight tubular base and a shorter tubular bowl at a right angle to the base.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- prior to 1900
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood
- Dimensions
- 19.5 (a); 11.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A carved pipe stem and bowl.a) A long, red-brown tubular pipe stem with rings carved at each end and at the middle. There are wooden dowels at the joint and as the mouthpiece.b) A red-brown carved pipe bowl with a straight tubular base and a shorter tubular bowl at a right angle to the base.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- smoking
- trade
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0009 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; quill; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0006
- Description
- A long deerskin pouch with a rounded top and long fringe along the bottom edge. A thong threaded through slits near the top closes the bag. The bag has quill binding trim. The bottom third of the bag is completely beaded with a white background and a large three stemmed flower and leaves in gree…
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- Title
- Calumet Bag
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Material
- skin; quill; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- A long deerskin pouch with a rounded top and long fringe along the bottom edge. A thong threaded through slits near the top closes the bag. The bag has quill binding trim. The bottom third of the bag is completely beaded with a white background and a large three stemmed flower and leaves in greens, blue, pink, red and yellow.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0006
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- Date
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0007
- Description
- A long pouch of deerskin with a four pointed opening which folds over to form a pointed flap where a tying thong is attached. The edge of the opening is beaded. There is long leather fringe along the bottom bottom edge that has bugle beads strung close to the music. The bottom third of the bag is…
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- Title
- Calumet Bag
- Date
- 1880 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; grass
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- A long pouch of deerskin with a four pointed opening which folds over to form a pointed flap where a tying thong is attached. The edge of the opening is beaded. There is long leather fringe along the bottom bottom edge that has bugle beads strung close to the music. The bottom third of the bag is completely beaded with a white background and two red and blue diamond shapes.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Kootenay
- beadwork
- smoking
- ceremonial
- Ktunaxa
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0007
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- Date
- 1910 – 1935
- Material
- skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0004
- Description
- A round drum of rawhide stretched over a wooden hoop frame. Leather strips are laced through holes at the edge of the skin and pulled tightly across the back to form six spokes of leather which are woven around with another thong at the centre to tighten them even more. A thong loop wrist strap i…
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- Title
- Drum
- Date
- 1910 – 1935
- Material
- skin; wood
- Dimensions
- 6.5 cm
- Description
- A round drum of rawhide stretched over a wooden hoop frame. Leather strips are laced through holes at the edge of the skin and pulled tightly across the back to form six spokes of leather which are woven around with another thong at the centre to tighten them even more. A thong loop wrist strap is tied around one spoke. There is slight residue of red paint on the hide’s surface. The letters “EEB BNN” are written in pencil on the back of the drum.
- Subject
- music
- ceremonial
- Indigenous, Stoney
- crafts
- painting
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0004
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- Date
- 1918 – 1993
- Material
- fibre; paper; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1119
- Description
- Small leather covered hymn book with a long continuous strap that passes through small loops to make a carrying handle. The book is inscribed “To my dear little daughter on the day of her confirmation April 21st/18 Mother.” The spine of the book is embossed “Common Prayer Hymn Book” in gold.
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- Title
- Hymnal
- Date
- 1918 – 1993
- Material
- fibre; paper; skin
- Description
- Small leather covered hymn book with a long continuous strap that passes through small loops to make a carrying handle. The book is inscribed “To my dear little daughter on the day of her confirmation April 21st/18 Mother.” The spine of the book is embossed “Common Prayer Hymn Book” in gold.
- Credit
- Gift of Betty Duncan, Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1119
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- hair; fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0081 a,b
- Description
- A roach headdress made from porcupine guard hairs sewn around the edge of a support made from braided strips of fabric stitched together in an elongated shape much in the same manner as a braided rug. The long porcupine hairs are of natural colour and fan open when the braided mat is attached to th…
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- Title
- Roach Headdress
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- hair; fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A roach headdress made from porcupine guard hairs sewn around the edge of a support made from braided strips of fabric stitched together in an elongated shape much in the same manner as a braided rug. The long porcupine hairs are of natural colour and fan open when the braided mat is attached to the curvature of the head. A short length of cord has been stitched to the underside of the braided mat, with short lengths of heavy thread sewn at intervals along the edges. Stored with large carved b) club of wood inside to hold the form of the hairs smooth, and wrapped with a length of cord.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0081 a,b
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