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Decorative Vase
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0301
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0301
- Description
- Broad mouthed vase resembling drinking glass. Base is circular, ridged and painted in gold. Gold bands at top of base and at glass rim. Two each moose and deer burgundy coloured oval decorations on sides, body of vase bulbous near base then slightly narrows and flares out to broad rim.
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- Title
- Decorative Vase
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Broad mouthed vase resembling drinking glass. Base is circular, ridged and painted in gold. Gold bands at top of base and at glass rim. Two each moose and deer burgundy coloured oval decorations on sides, body of vase bulbous near base then slightly narrows and flares out to broad rim.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- deer
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0301
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1275 a-o
- Description
- fifteen metal pins. (a) “MOUNT ROBSON PARK 75 YEARS” blue and white with a bighorn sheep (b) “FIELD BC” blue and silver trilobite (c) “CATELLI Karen Percy” red, blue and white ribbon with two gold medals (d) “Karen Percy CATELLI” gold and blue (e) “CMH HELI-HIKING BOBBIE BURNS” image with helicopte…
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- Title
- Pin Collection
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Description
- fifteen metal pins. (a) “MOUNT ROBSON PARK 75 YEARS” blue and white with a bighorn sheep (b) “FIELD BC” blue and silver trilobite (c) “CATELLI Karen Percy” red, blue and white ribbon with two gold medals (d) “Karen Percy CATELLI” gold and blue (e) “CMH HELI-HIKING BOBBIE BURNS” image with helicopter, mountain and sun in green, blue and yellow (f) “1885 1985 Parks Canada” blue and gold with a moose in a triangle (g) “BANFF FESTIVAL OF MOUNTAIN FILMS” blue, white and gold film reel (h) gold cut out of mountain with “BREWSTER” written below with navy blue background (i) blue and white shield pin with gold lettering (j) “YOHO NATIONAL PARK” with blue and white images of train, trilobite and mountains (k) “100 1885 - 1985 Chateau Lake Louise” gold square spin with relief image of chateau (l) “1885 - 1985 BANFF CANADA” anthropomorphized big horn sheep, Parks Canada symbol on gold square (m) “CANADIAN PARK SERVICE 1885 BANFF NATIONAL PARK” red, blue and gold circular pin with beaver and crown (n) “BANFF National Park 1885 - 1995” brown, green and gold tree trunk with deer (o) navy and gold Whyte Museum square pinnacle pin on “WITH OUR COMPLIMENTS” card
- Subject
- commemorative pin
- Mount Robson
- trilobite
- Field
- BC
- Catelli
- Karen Percy
- CMH
- Heli-Hiking
- Bobbie
- Burns
- Banff National Park
- 100
- centennial
- Mountian Films
- film festival
- 1885 - 1985
- Yoho
- Yoho National Park
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Banff
- Canadian Parks
- Parks Canada
- Brewster
- Pinnacle
- big horn sheep
- deer
- helicopter
- moose
- film reel
- train
- Whyte Museum
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1275 a-o
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Dirk; Scabbard Sword
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.05.0061%20a-c
- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal; wood; fibre; enamel; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0061 a-c
- Description
- Japanese samurai sword with blue silk cord wrapped handle and black enamelled scabbard: (a) sword, long, slightly curved, steel blade joined to hilt with wide copper band. Wooden handle wrapped with blue silk cord with pebbly white sharkskin showing through diamond-shaped openings in wrapping. Meta…
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- Title
- Dirk; Scabbard Sword
- Date
- 1800 – 1880
- Material
- metal; wood; fibre; enamel; skin
- Dimensions
- 6.7 x 6.0 x 54.5 cm
- Description
- Japanese samurai sword with blue silk cord wrapped handle and black enamelled scabbard: (a) sword, long, slightly curved, steel blade joined to hilt with wide copper band. Wooden handle wrapped with blue silk cord with pebbly white sharkskin showing through diamond-shaped openings in wrapping. Metal cap at end of handle with relief of squatting figure reading scroll. Small cast figures of two deer caught beneath cord on either side of handle. Metal band at base of handle with relief of gilded figure in reed boat. Rectangular sword guard with cast relief of chrysanthemums and butterfly with holes cut through each side to accommodate small dirk handle. (b) dirk, steel bladed with copper handle with relief casting of brass dragon on one side. (c) scabbard, slightly curved wood covered with black enamel containing green flecks, blunt end, top of scabbard has slot on one side leading to pocket in scabbard to accommodate small dirk. Opposite side from slot has semi-circular horn ? lug threaded with a length of black silk cord. Note: small band at top of dirk pocket missing, enamel cracked and peeling in many places, especially near top, semi-circular lug loose.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0061 a-c
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0301 a-d
- Description
- Very coarse stoneware with transparent glaze and white slip decoration. 2 deer on inside bowl and calligraphy on exterior, roughly trimmed foot.
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- Title
- Bowl Set
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 7.4 cm
- Description
- Very coarse stoneware with transparent glaze and white slip decoration. 2 deer on inside bowl and calligraphy on exterior, roughly trimmed foot.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0301 a-d
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Spoon; Demitasse Set
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- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0404 a-f
- Description
- A boxed set of six small demitasse spoons, anodized gold coloured with enamelled blue and white handles and Norwegian scenes in the bowls of the spoons. Gold colour forms a frame around the white handle with a cross hatch effect, and a small blue patch at the base. Neck of handle is gold, and gold …
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- Title
- Spoon; Demitasse Set
- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 0.9 x 2.0 x 9.7 cm
- Description
- A boxed set of six small demitasse spoons, anodized gold coloured with enamelled blue and white handles and Norwegian scenes in the bowls of the spoons. Gold colour forms a frame around the white handle with a cross hatch effect, and a small blue patch at the base. Neck of handle is gold, and gold frames the scenes in the bowls of spoons, which are white and blue with a rosy sunset in each. (a) Viking ship sailing in front of two mountain peaks. (b) as (a) but single mountain peak. (c) ball of sun setting over ocean beside black cliff. (d) as (c). (e) reindeer pulling sleigh in front of two mountain peaks. (f) as (e) but single mountain peak.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- deer
- Viking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0404 a-f
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- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a han…
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- bone; skin
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
- Description
- A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a hanging thong threaded through a drilled hole at the knee. The bone is tightly wrapped with strips of rawhide (or sinew?) one third of its length to hold the two pieces together where the bone was split.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- animals
- elk
- deer
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0002
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0004 a,b
- Description
- Two very soft cured white deer hides. a) One hide has many small holes and three larger round holes along the spine. Two small rips have been mended carefully with sinew.b) The other hide has two large holes (3.0 cm and 5.5 cm) at the tail end along the spine. A few slits have been carefully mend…
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- Title
- Tanned Hide
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- skin, deer
- Dimensions
- 127.0 (a); 100.0 (b) x 136.0 (a); 134.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two very soft cured white deer hides. a) One hide has many small holes and three larger round holes along the spine. Two small rips have been mended carefully with sinew.b) The other hide has two large holes (3.0 cm and 5.5 cm) at the tail end along the spine. A few slits have been carefully mended with sinew.
- Subject
- households
- animals
- deer
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0004 a,b
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Household Thermometer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.30.1002
- Date
- c. 1950
- Material
- glass; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1002
- Description
- A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.
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- Title
- Household Thermometer
- Date
- c. 1950
- Material
- glass; metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 20.7 x 25.7 cm
- Description
- A picture of Bow Lake with a tepee in right foreground and a deer left foreground has a Fahrenheit thermometer inserted right bottom corner. Gold metal frame with glass.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- Bow Lake
- animal
- deer
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1002
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Engraving Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.43.1003
- Date
- 1956
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.1003
- Description
- A plate of copper engraved with drawing of a deer standing in snow to one side of snow covered log house in background. Picture framed by bare branches of trees and bushes. Message below in mirror writing reads "Julia and Julius wish you joy and may one of your trails in use lead this way". Meta…
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- Title
- Engraving Plate
- Date
- 1956
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 12.8 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- A plate of copper engraved with drawing of a deer standing in snow to one side of snow covered log house in background. Picture framed by bare branches of trees and bushes. Message below in mirror writing reads "Julia and Julius wish you joy and may one of your trails in use lead this way". Metal of plate has developed dull patina and is etched with fingerprints.
- Subject
- animal
- deer
- Charlie Beil
- landscape
- artists
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.1003
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- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- metal, steel; foot, deer
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0002
- Description
- A folding pocket knife with the handle made from the hoof and leg (skin and hair attached) of a very small deer with a metal 'shoe' nailed to the bottom. The leg has been split to accommodate a long blade on one side and a corkscrew on the other. A T-shaped metal crosspiece with a hinged lever lo…
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- Title
- Utility Knife
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- metal, steel; foot, deer
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 3.6 (closed) x 27.4 (open); 15.0 (closed) cm
- Description
- A folding pocket knife with the handle made from the hoof and leg (skin and hair attached) of a very small deer with a metal 'shoe' nailed to the bottom. The leg has been split to accommodate a long blade on one side and a corkscrew on the other. A T-shaped metal crosspiece with a hinged lever locks the blade open and is released by pressing. The base of the blade is marked with “Henry Boker & Co.”, “Improved Cutlery”, and a stamp of deer antlers.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.0002
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