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Date
1920 – 1950
Material
skin; hair; hoof; feathers
Catalogue Number
103.05.1046
Description
bison hide, child's capelet with hooves. T-shaped, one piece buffalo hide, back tapers slightly from ca 20.0 bottom to 34.0 under armholes, 2 triangular armholes ca 8.0 x 10.0, hide flares out to 2 arms which cover shoulders, 2 buckskin thongs 25.0 sewn onto front to which 3 feathers are tied. Buff…
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Title
Capelet
Date
1920 – 1950
Material
skin; hair; hoof; feathers
Dimensions
98.0 x 98.0 cm
Description
bison hide, child's capelet with hooves. T-shaped, one piece buffalo hide, back tapers slightly from ca 20.0 bottom to 34.0 under armholes, 2 triangular armholes ca 8.0 x 10.0, hide flares out to 2 arms which cover shoulders, 2 buckskin thongs 25.0 sewn onto front to which 3 feathers are tied. Buffalo hooves (2 toes) are tied to bottom of hide with buckskin thong.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
children
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
103.05.1046
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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
103.05.0002
Description
A deerskin bunting (moss bag) that is fringed along the front closure and just below the top edge. There is green and blue beadwork on the front panel and just above upper fringe. The bag is lined with commercially patterned cotton fabric.
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Title
Mossbag
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
skin; fibre; glass
Dimensions
23.0 x 53.0 cm
Description
A deerskin bunting (moss bag) that is fringed along the front closure and just below the top edge. There is green and blue beadwork on the front panel and just above upper fringe. The bag is lined with commercially patterned cotton fabric.
Subject
households
Indigenous
Stoney
Assiniboine
children
regalia
beadwork
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0002
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Date
prior to 1940
Material
skin; sinew; wood
Catalogue Number
106.06.0031
Description
A child's primitive saddle made from rawhide tightly stretched across a wooden frame with pointed arches at front and back covered with rawhide. Horsehide flaps under the frame extend slightly down each side. The wooden stirrups are covered with horsehide, and hang from the saddle frame by looped…
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Title
Saddle
Date
prior to 1940
Material
skin; sinew; wood
Dimensions
51.0 (pommel to stirrup) x 23.0 x 40.0 cm
Description
A child's primitive saddle made from rawhide tightly stretched across a wooden frame with pointed arches at front and back covered with rawhide. Horsehide flaps under the frame extend slightly down each side. The wooden stirrups are covered with horsehide, and hang from the saddle frame by looped strips of leather. A cinch is attached to the frame by a series of leather strips with a bellyband of rawhide. The saddle is decorated with red paint along the back arch and at the ends.
Subject
Indigenous
transportation
riding
children
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0031
Images
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