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Date
1890 – 1920
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.04.1045 a-d
Description
Four baby bonnets: two plain, one embroidered, and one net.
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Title
Baby Bonnet
Date
1890 – 1920
Material
fibre
Description
Four baby bonnets: two plain, one embroidered, and one net.
Subject
Mary Schaffer
children
crafts
embroidery
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.04.1045 a-d
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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
1890 – 1950
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
106.06.0001
Description
Beaded saddle made from pieces of leather, roughly in the shape of a cross, with notched edges and a cinch at one side. The top and bottom arms of the cross hold two padded pillows, each covered with beads of blue and white (patterns on front pillows different from that on back ones), with beaded …
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Title
Beaded Saddle
Date
1890 – 1950
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
93.0 x 49.0 cm
Description
Beaded saddle made from pieces of leather, roughly in the shape of a cross, with notched edges and a cinch at one side. The top and bottom arms of the cross hold two padded pillows, each covered with beads of blue and white (patterns on front pillows different from that on back ones), with beaded rectangular flaps and two rounded tabs hanging from each pillow. The each tab has a long string of beads with a tassel hanging at the end.
Subject
Indigenous
Plains Ojibwa
Cree
crafts
beadwork
ceremonial
transportation
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0001
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Date
1890 – 1920
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.0059
Description
A dress yoke that is completely beaded with blue, red and white beads in an adaptation from a Plains First Nations geometric design. The slit neck is bound with soft leather, and there is leather fringe at the ends of the sleeve sections. There is wrapped fringe along the bottom edges at the fron…
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Title
Beaded Yoke
Date
1890 – 1920
Material
skin; glass; fibre
Dimensions
52.0 x 100.0 (overall) cm
Description
A dress yoke that is completely beaded with blue, red and white beads in an adaptation from a Plains First Nations geometric design. The slit neck is bound with soft leather, and there is leather fringe at the ends of the sleeve sections. There is wrapped fringe along the bottom edges at the front and back. The beading is done on canvas in a lazy stitch.
Subject
First Nations
Plains
Plateau
decorative
crafts
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0059
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Date
1890 – 1930
Material
horn
Catalogue Number
104.20.0220
Description
A shallow bowl, roughly traingular in shape, made from a piece of horn. The bowl is thicker at the bottom than on the sides and the edge is notched. The bowl is translucent and yellowish in colour with linear grain showing. The base of the bowl is marked “XAS ENN”.
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Title
Bowl
Date
1890 – 1930
Material
horn
Dimensions
6.0 x 11.7 x 17.0 cm
Description
A shallow bowl, roughly traingular in shape, made from a piece of horn. The bowl is thicker at the bottom than on the sides and the edge is notched. The bowl is translucent and yellowish in colour with linear grain showing. The base of the bowl is marked “XAS ENN”.
Subject
Indigenous
Plains
decorative
crafts
animals
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0220
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Date
1890 – 1939
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
110.01.1051
Description
Handmade box with a hinged lid. The box has cotton tape hinges, is plain grey on the inside, and is covered with floral paper on the outside.
Title
Box
Date
1890 – 1939
Material
paper
Description
Handmade box with a hinged lid. The box has cotton tape hinges, is plain grey on the inside, and is covered with floral paper on the outside.
Subject
crafts
sewing
storage
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
110.01.1051
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Date
1980 – 1980
Material
wood; skin; glass
Catalogue Number
103.08.1128
Description
Hollow wooden cylinder with beaded leather caps at both ends and beaded leather strap. Beads are red, white, blue, green and orange.
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Title
Carrying Case
Date
1980 – 1980
Material
wood; skin; glass
Dimensions
4.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
Hollow wooden cylinder with beaded leather caps at both ends and beaded leather strap. Beads are red, white, blue, green and orange.
Subject
Africa
crafts
beadwork
Jon Whyte
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
103.08.1128
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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
wood; stone; skin
Catalogue Number
104.06.0003
Description
A war club made from a rounded oval stone attached to a vermillion-stained leather-covered wooden handle with a leather strap. The club has a leather fringe hanging from a strap at the head. There is a leather thong wrapped just below the head and this thong is attached to the head through a dril…
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Title
Club
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
wood; stone; skin
Dimensions
53.0 cm
Description
A war club made from a rounded oval stone attached to a vermillion-stained leather-covered wooden handle with a leather strap. The club has a leather fringe hanging from a strap at the head. There is a leather thong wrapped just below the head and this thong is attached to the head through a drilled hole in the stone. The stone head has incised rings at one end and a carved arrow at other.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
tourism
souvenirs
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.06.0003
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Date
1890 – 1939
Material
fibre, cotton
Catalogue Number
103.07.1047 a,b
Description
Two embroidered collars.a) Fine net collar with three rows of embroidery around the outside edge. The collar is wide at the back and tapers to rounded ends for tying at the front.b) Fine cotton collar with a stand-up neck band. The collar is embroidered around the bottom edge and around the edge…
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Title
Collar
Date
1890 – 1939
Material
fibre, cotton
Description
Two embroidered collars.a) Fine net collar with three rows of embroidery around the outside edge. The collar is wide at the back and tapers to rounded ends for tying at the front.b) Fine cotton collar with a stand-up neck band. The collar is embroidered around the bottom edge and around the edge of the neck band.
Subject
households
clothing
Mary Schaffer
crafts
embroidery
needlework
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.07.1047 a,b
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Date
1986 – 1987
Material
antler; metal
Catalogue Number
108.01.1015
Description
Handmade elk antler cribbage board. Compartment at one end to store pegs (missing) fastened with metal screw.
Title
Cribbage Board
Date
1986 – 1987
Material
antler; metal
Dimensions
22.0 x 33.0 cm
Description
Handmade elk antler cribbage board. Compartment at one end to store pegs (missing) fastened with metal screw.
Subject
games
cribbage
Charlie Hunter
animals, elk
crafts
Credit
Gift of Robert N. Smith, Canmore, 2001
Catalogue Number
108.01.1015
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