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Date
1913 – 1914
Material
hide; plastic; fabric
Catalogue Number
103.03.1139 a,b
Description
A child’s pair of slip on buckskin and fabric moccasins. The lower sections are dark brown hide while the upper is pink velour and the interior is pink fabric. The tops of the moccasins have blue, clear, and white beadwork. The blue and clear beads are arranged in a circular burst design with 4 sma…
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Title
Beaded Moccasins
Date
1913 – 1914
Material
hide; plastic; fabric
Dimensions
5.0 x 6.0 cm
Description
A child’s pair of slip on buckskin and fabric moccasins. The lower sections are dark brown hide while the upper is pink velour and the interior is pink fabric. The tops of the moccasins have blue, clear, and white beadwork. The blue and clear beads are arranged in a circular burst design with 4 smaller designs above and below. The white and clear beads are in groups of 4 and outline the tops of the moccasins.
Subject
Indigenous
footware
moccasins
souvenir
Banff Springs
children
regalia
Credit
Gift of Jessie J Lowe, Ninette, 1991
Catalogue Number
103.03.1139 a,b
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1939
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.651
Description
A handmade, unfinished card with a drawing of a haughtily-dressed man striding to the viewer’s right. He wears a jacket with coattails, checkered pants, and a hat with a turned-up brim. He carries a walking stick and wears glasses.On verso (back of folded card) a pencil sketch of what appears to b…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1917 – 1939
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
12.1 x 9.9 cm
Description
A handmade, unfinished card with a drawing of a haughtily-dressed man striding to the viewer’s right. He wears a jacket with coattails, checkered pants, and a hat with a turned-up brim. He carries a walking stick and wears glasses.On verso (back of folded card) a pencil sketch of what appears to be a guide for the drawing on the front. Lines mirror the general shape of the drawing of the man.Inside the card, and oriented in the opposite direction from the drawing, is the following inscription in cursive:Dear Mark -I received your letter and I am glad to hear you are making those moccasins for me. I am away from Banff at present and I want yo to send [...]
Subject
card
man
coattails
walking stick
moccasins
Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.651
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.883
Description
A man wearing a headdress (only upper and lower arm bands, a loin cloth, and moccasins) stands by a small fire with his arms crossed. There are trees off to the right of the figure, and in the background you the ink lines make out the outline of trees. Above the trees it is a night sky that has a v…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
36.7 x 29.4 cm
Description
A man wearing a headdress (only upper and lower arm bands, a loin cloth, and moccasins) stands by a small fire with his arms crossed. There are trees off to the right of the figure, and in the background you the ink lines make out the outline of trees. Above the trees it is a night sky that has a very large moon taking up most of the skyline.
Subject
person
Indigenous
man
clothing
loin cloth
arm bands
shoes
moccasins
heard dress
ceremonial clothing
fire
smoke
trees
sky
moon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.883
Images
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