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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
1900 – 1920
Material
fibre; hair, sheep; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
106.06.0005
Description
Blanket cloth pieced together by hand to form a large rectangle with a dark border with fringe and bells is attached along one edge and halfway up both sides. A crewel-like design of beads is appliqued on the border.
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Title
Saddle Blanket
Date
1900 – 1920
Material
fibre; hair, sheep; glass; metal
Dimensions
90 x 140 cm
Description
Blanket cloth pieced together by hand to form a large rectangle with a dark border with fringe and bells is attached along one edge and halfway up both sides. A crewel-like design of beads is appliqued on the border.
Subject
Indigenous
Plateau
Nez Perce
Cayuse
Spokane
transportation
crafts
beadwork
needlework
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0005
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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