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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
Images
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