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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; quill
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0005
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt. The belt has a white background and features a design of a series of red diamonds running the length of the belt with a border of red and blue squares.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; quill
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 65.0 cm
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt. The belt has a white background and features a design of a series of red diamonds running the length of the belt with a border of red and blue squares.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0005
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- quill; glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0006
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt that is split at one end. The belt has a white background with red and turquoise triangles along edges. The design features a central band of white outlined in yellow containing blue diamonds outlined in yellow. The split ends of the belt are worked in a red, white and bl…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- quill; glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 78.0 cm
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt that is split at one end. The belt has a white background with red and turquoise triangles along edges. The design features a central band of white outlined in yellow containing blue diamonds outlined in yellow. The split ends of the belt are worked in a red, white and blue chevron pattern. The entire belt is edged with white beads.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0006
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; quill; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0007
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt with a white background with a red and purple triangular pattern along the top and bottom edges. There is a band of turquoise, red and pink diamond shapes along the centre of the belt, and a chequerboard pattern at each end of white alternating with yellow, blue, red and tu…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; quill; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 64.0 cm
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt with a white background with a red and purple triangular pattern along the top and bottom edges. There is a band of turquoise, red and pink diamond shapes along the centre of the belt, and a chequerboard pattern at each end of white alternating with yellow, blue, red and turquoise squares. The belt is fastened with thongs, and is trimmed with beads along the outside edges.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0007
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; quill ; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1024
- Description
- Fringed buckskin shirt with porcupine quills, collarless, rounded beige buttons, (12) green and pink floral quill gorget, same on back attached at neck, quill strips, yellow background, opposed long purple spear shapes, above and below wavy lines, turquoise, purple, red, yellow, with long buckskin …
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- Title
- Beaded Shirt
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- skin; quill ; fibre
- Dimensions
- 52.5 x 81.8 cm
- Description
- Fringed buckskin shirt with porcupine quills, collarless, rounded beige buttons, (12) green and pink floral quill gorget, same on back attached at neck, quill strips, yellow background, opposed long purple spear shapes, above and below wavy lines, turquoise, purple, red, yellow, with long buckskin fringes on edges, strips on sleeves and from breast across shoulder to lower back, sleeves cuffed with notched edge.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- clothing
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1024
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- Date
- prior to 1870
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood; quill; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0014 a,b
- Description
- A quill-wrapped wooden pipe stem with a carved pipestone bowl.a) A long pipe stem made from a hollowed piece of wood wrapped with multi-coloured quills. b) A red-brown right angle pipe bowl carved from pipestone.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- prior to 1870
- Material
- stone, catlinite; wood; quill; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.5 (bowl) x 54.0 cm
- Description
- A quill-wrapped wooden pipe stem with a carved pipestone bowl.a) A long pipe stem made from a hollowed piece of wood wrapped with multi-coloured quills. b) A red-brown right angle pipe bowl carved from pipestone.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Stoney
- Plains Cree
- Woodland Ojibwa
- Plains Ojibwa
- crafts
- carving
- quillwork
- smoking
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.0014 a,b
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Quill Blanket Strip
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- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- quill; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1026 a-e
- Description
- Five strips of various lengths, three with fringes. Geometric design on green background, orange, red, pink, blue diamond and triangular design on shades and tints of green. (a) band 84.5x7.5, fringes ca. 73.5x26.5 (b) band 85.0x7.3, fringes ca. 73.0x24.5 (c) band 40.0x7.0 fringes ca. 46.0x30.5…
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- Title
- Quill Blanket Strip
- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- quill; skin
- Dimensions
- 84.5 cm
- Description
- Five strips of various lengths, three with fringes. Geometric design on green background, orange, red, pink, blue diamond and triangular design on shades and tints of green. (a) band 84.5x7.5, fringes ca. 73.5x26.5 (b) band 85.0x7.3, fringes ca. 73.0x24.5 (c) band 40.0x7.0 fringes ca. 46.0x30.5 (d) band 48.0x6.8 and (e) band 49.0x6.8.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- quillwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1026 a-e
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; plastic; quill; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3004
- Description
- Small beaver with plastic bead eyes and toothpick teeth. The body is covered wtih fur. Pieces of hide create the nose, ears and feet, and covers the bottom of the beaver. The beaver’s tail has woven quills on the top.
- Title
- Sculpture
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre; plastic; quill; skin
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 7.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Small beaver with plastic bead eyes and toothpick teeth. The body is covered wtih fur. Pieces of hide create the nose, ears and feet, and covers the bottom of the beaver. The beaver’s tail has woven quills on the top.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- animals, beaver
- crafts
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.3004
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- Date
- 1960 – 1965
- Material
- bark; grass; quill; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0176
- Description
- Birchbark disc with braided sweetgrass sewn to it in three spiralled circles, then a twelve-pointed star fanning out from outermost grass circle to a further triple-spiralled ring of sweetgrass. Disc is decorated simply with parallel strokes in three lines of quills. “3.00” written in ballpoint on …
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- Title
- Table Mat
- Date
- 1960 – 1965
- Material
- bark; grass; quill; fibre
- Dimensions
- 14.5 cm
- Description
- Birchbark disc with braided sweetgrass sewn to it in three spiralled circles, then a twelve-pointed star fanning out from outermost grass circle to a further triple-spiralled ring of sweetgrass. Disc is decorated simply with parallel strokes in three lines of quills. “3.00” written in ballpoint on underside.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Indigenous
- crafts
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0176
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0174
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0174
- Description
- Lidded woodland birchbark box sewn together with thread, grass braided used for decoration at seams, floral motif on lid, approx. 15% quill loss.
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 8.7 cm
- Description
- Lidded woodland birchbark box sewn together with thread, grass braided used for decoration at seams, floral motif on lid, approx. 15% quill loss.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0174
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0175
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0175
- Description
- Simple, well made, birchbark box with flush fitting lid. Decorated with quills in orange, green, and white geometric pattern on the lid.
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- bark; quill; grass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- Simple, well made, birchbark box with flush fitting lid. Decorated with quills in orange, green, and white geometric pattern on the lid.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0175
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