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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0141
- Description
- A long, knitted muffler of khaki coloured yarn. Hand knitted in tube fashion and closed at each end.
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- Title
- Neck Muffler
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- hair
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 106.0 cm
- Description
- A long, knitted muffler of khaki coloured yarn. Hand knitted in tube fashion and closed at each end.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- knitting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0141
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Handkerchief Collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.08.0343%20a-c
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0343 a-c
- Description
- A collection of a set of two handkerchiefs, and a single handkerchief, with a flower motif embroidered in one corner. (a,b) two plain linen squares with narrow rolled hem. (a) has bouquet of blue and orange daisy like flowers with light green leaves embroidered in one corner, (b) has large trumpet…
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- Title
- Handkerchief Collection
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A collection of a set of two handkerchiefs, and a single handkerchief, with a flower motif embroidered in one corner. (a,b) two plain linen squares with narrow rolled hem. (a) has bouquet of blue and orange daisy like flowers with light green leaves embroidered in one corner, (b) has large trumpet like pink flower and smaller blue asters with light green leaves, and almost a cross stitched effect. (c) sheer linen square with machine stitched edge. One corner contains a single large red flower with yellow trumpet like centre, having a very definite cross stitched effect. A delicate garlanded border of pink flowers runs around the edge.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- craft
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0343 a-c
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0347
- Description
- A soft, green and red plaid, wool satchel with loop handles and spherical black wood button to fasten at top. Plaid is white ground with wide horizontal bands of dark blue and green crossed by narrower lines of red. Bag is essentially oval shaped with rigid, hinged frame covered with the plaid mate…
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- Title
- Knitting Bag
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 6.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- A soft, green and red plaid, wool satchel with loop handles and spherical black wood button to fasten at top. Plaid is white ground with wide horizontal bands of dark blue and green crossed by narrower lines of red. Bag is essentially oval shaped with rigid, hinged frame covered with the plaid material at the mouth. Bag is given width by strip of fabric sewn between the two ovoid shapes. Two fabric looped straps at top for carrying and smaller loop on one side fastens over black wooden button on other side. Completely lined with sturdy, white, cotton drill with a double pocket stitched to one side. Yarn and knitting needles inside.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- craft
- knitting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0347
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0405
- Description
- A very slim, metal pocket knife with a split ring through a pin at each end on opposite sides. The two blades fold out by gripping rings as handle and twisting. Metal sides held together by single rivet pin at middle, and the two pins holding the rings at each end. One longer blade, and one shorter…
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- Title
- Pocket Knife
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.9 x 1.3 x 7.6 cm
- Description
- A very slim, metal pocket knife with a split ring through a pin at each end on opposite sides. The two blades fold out by gripping rings as handle and twisting. Metal sides held together by single rivet pin at middle, and the two pins holding the rings at each end. One longer blade, and one shorter engraved at hinge, "Clements", "hard forged", Sheffield made"
- Subject
- households
- camping
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0405
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Projectile Point
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.05.1009
- Date
- 1943
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1009
- Description
- A hand-carved black soapstone arrowhead.
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- Title
- Projectile Point
- Date
- 1943
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 2.50 x 4.70 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved black soapstone arrowhead.
- Subject
- weapons
- tools
- hobbies
- carving
- Bill Peyto
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1009
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- Date
- 1943
- Material
- stone; bone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1010 a,b
- Description
- Two hand-carved projectile points:(a) a white, black and grey with silver flecks, soapstone projectile point 8.0x2.3cm wide;(b) a white, grey and black bone projectile point made of bone.
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- Title
- Point
- Date
- 1943
- Material
- stone; bone
- Description
- Two hand-carved projectile points:(a) a white, black and grey with silver flecks, soapstone projectile point 8.0x2.3cm wide;(b) a white, grey and black bone projectile point made of bone.
- Subject
- weapons
- tools
- hobbies
- carving
- Bill Peyto
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.1010 a,b
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Decorative Axe Head
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.06.1014
- Date
- 1943
- Material
- soapstone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1014
- Description
- A hand-carved, black soapstone axe head that has a shaft and an axe head carved with a simulated thong that makes the two appear bound together. The piece has two holes: one to put a handle into the shaft; one to put a a handle or shaft in to make a chisel or perhaps to add a decorative touch.
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- Title
- Decorative Axe Head
- Date
- 1943
- Material
- soapstone
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 6.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved, black soapstone axe head that has a shaft and an axe head carved with a simulated thong that makes the two appear bound together. The piece has two holes: one to put a handle into the shaft; one to put a a handle or shaft in to make a chisel or perhaps to add a decorative touch.
- Subject
- weapons
- tools
- hobbies
- carving
- Bill Peyto
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1014
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- wood, bamboo
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0009
- Description
- Two hollow different sized bamboo tubes with half of each tube cut away, lengthwise, at the top. The tubes are each suspended, by a crescent shaped hole near the top, on two bamboo sticks and braced between three tall verticals of split bamboo in a row forming a frame around the tubes. The base of…
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- Title
- Anklung
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- wood, bamboo
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 4.2 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- Two hollow different sized bamboo tubes with half of each tube cut away, lengthwise, at the top. The tubes are each suspended, by a crescent shaped hole near the top, on two bamboo sticks and braced between three tall verticals of split bamboo in a row forming a frame around the tubes. The base of the frame is another hollow tube with two square holes at the top where the legs of suspended tubes attach.
- Subject
- households, music
- hobbies
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0009
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0003
- Description
- An ivory-coloured molded plastic guitar tuning key. The key has a long tapering round shaft with an incised ring decoration at the top beneath a flat oval head with depressions on each side for fingers to grasp while turning. There is a very small hole drilled through the key, near the bottom, to…
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- Title
- Guitar Key
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- plastic
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 2.2 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- An ivory-coloured molded plastic guitar tuning key. The key has a long tapering round shaft with an incised ring decoration at the top beneath a flat oval head with depressions on each side for fingers to grasp while turning. There is a very small hole drilled through the key, near the bottom, to thread a guitar string.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.34.0003
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- Date
- 1940 – 1980
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.1003 a,b
- Description
- A pair of binoculars and a carrying case.a) “Bausch & Lomb Zephyr” binoculars with a leather carrying strap.b) Shaped brown leather case with a carrying handle. Inside is a card “Miss Lillian Gest.”
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- Title
- Binoculars
- Date
- 1940 – 1980
- Material
- metal; skin
- Description
- A pair of binoculars and a carrying case.a) “Bausch & Lomb Zephyr” binoculars with a leather carrying strap.b) Shaped brown leather case with a carrying handle. Inside is a card “Miss Lillian Gest.”
- Subject
- Lillian Gest
- hiking
- sports
- birdwatching
- hobbies
- climbing
- Credit
- Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.38.1003 a,b
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