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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1004 a-e
- Description
- A red-brown calumet in five pieces.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Description
- A red-brown calumet in five pieces.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1004 a-e
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1020 a-d
- Description
- Three metal cannisters with lids. Three tins have yellow labels and “VOGUE CIGARETTE TOBACCO MILD” in blue with a woman in orange. Fourth tin has a red and white label with a woman in Scottish dress and “MacDonald’s BRITISH CONSULS.”
- Title
- Tin
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Three metal cannisters with lids. Three tins have yellow labels and “VOGUE CIGARETTE TOBACCO MILD” in blue with a woman in orange. Fourth tin has a red and white label with a woman in Scottish dress and “MacDonald’s BRITISH CONSULS.”
- Subject
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Ron Langevin, Banff, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1020 a-d
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1025 a,b
- Description
- Two empty “CAMEL TURKISH & DOMESTIC BLEND CIGARETTES” cigarette packages. Each package front has a camel standing infront of pyramids and palm trees. Each package back has writing above a Middle-Eastern streetscape.
- Title
- Cigarette Box
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper
- Description
- Two empty “CAMEL TURKISH & DOMESTIC BLEND CIGARETTES” cigarette packages. Each package front has a camel standing infront of pyramids and palm trees. Each package back has writing above a Middle-Eastern streetscape.
- Subject
- smoking
- Camel
- Dave “Jackie” White
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1025 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3012
- Description
- Turned wood (looks like a baluster) with a shaped wooden bowl attached near the end opposite the mouthpiece. The pipe is nailed together. Tag with CRW writing: “From Big Horn probably Laurier Hunter” on one side, and “Old Wildman fr. Big Horn” on the reverse.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 3.5 x 67.0 cm
- Description
- Turned wood (looks like a baluster) with a shaped wooden bowl attached near the end opposite the mouthpiece. The pipe is nailed together. Tag with CRW writing: “From Big Horn probably Laurier Hunter” on one side, and “Old Wildman fr. Big Horn” on the reverse.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3012
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3022
- Description
- Light hide machine sewn bag with drawstring at top and fringe attached to bottom edge. Both sides of the bag have a beaded patch (15.0 x 20.0 cm) with red, white and yellow triangles and a diamond on a blue background with dark blue triangles along the edges.
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- Title
- Calumet Bag
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 57.0 cm
- Description
- Light hide machine sewn bag with drawstring at top and fringe attached to bottom edge. Both sides of the bag have a beaded patch (15.0 x 20.0 cm) with red, white and yellow triangles and a diamond on a blue background with dark blue triangles along the edges.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- ceremonial
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3022
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Calumet Fragment
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3046
- Description
- Red-brown calumet bowl in the shape of a horse with the hole through the top of the horse’s head. Obvious repair across horse’s hind-quarters and the front legs are broken. The end where this section attaches to the stem is jagged and has putty or glue attached.See narrative
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- Title
- Calumet Fragment
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 7.1 x 2.2 x 18.2 cm
- Description
- Red-brown calumet bowl in the shape of a horse with the hole through the top of the horse’s head. Obvious repair across horse’s hind-quarters and the front legs are broken. The end where this section attaches to the stem is jagged and has putty or glue attached.See narrative
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- religious
- smoking
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3046
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3060
- Description
- Wooden pipe stem decorated with pyrography and wrapped with a section of bead-wrapped hide (yellow, black, red and white) with fringe at each end. The simple grey stone bowl is attached to the stem. Tag attached: “$20.00”.
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- Title
- Calumet
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- glass; skin; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 2.6 x 52.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden pipe stem decorated with pyrography and wrapped with a section of bead-wrapped hide (yellow, black, red and white) with fringe at each end. The simple grey stone bowl is attached to the stem. Tag attached: “$20.00”.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- religious
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.3060
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- Date
- prior to 1913
- Material
- leather; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0558
- Description
- A small rectangular pouch with flap that closes with two snap buttons. Pouch is made of brown leather with scaly appearance.
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- Title
- Tobacco Pouch
- Date
- prior to 1913
- Material
- leather; metal
- Dimensions
- 8.7 x 14.1 cm
- Description
- A small rectangular pouch with flap that closes with two snap buttons. Pouch is made of brown leather with scaly appearance.
- Subject
- smoking accessories
- Conrad Kain
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0558
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; fibre;
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0563
- Description
- A small, red square lighter with silver finishings. One side of the body features a silver badge, a rectangle with two protruding oval at either end. The top of the lighter features a mechanism where one would press down on a long metal arm that lifts a cap off of the burner, made of fibre. On the …
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- Title
- Lighter
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; fibre;
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 1.4 x 4.1 cm
- Description
- A small, red square lighter with silver finishings. One side of the body features a silver badge, a rectangle with two protruding oval at either end. The top of the lighter features a mechanism where one would press down on a long metal arm that lifts a cap off of the burner, made of fibre. On the same side of the lighter with the badge on the lighting mechanism is a stamp of “PRESTO”. On the bottom of the lighter there are two circles with a straight line indent. Stamped on the bottom is text that reads “PRESTO” “FILL HERE” “PATENTED CANADA 454322 OTHERS PEND MONTREAL CANADA”.
- Subject
- lighter
- smoking
- personal
- pocket lighter
- Credit
- Gift of Harold McBride Mortimer, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0563
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric; paper; tobacco
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1004
- Description
- A small cotton pouch with tobacco in it. The pouch has a yellow drawstring. A paper label on the front reads “GENUINE DURHAM (TRADE MARK) SMOKING TOBACCO W.T. BLACKWOOD & CO (Blackwell’s Durham Tobacco Co.) THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO SUCCESSOR MFD. RICHMOND VIRGINIA. A line illustration of a cow is in…
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- Title
- Tobacco Pouch
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fabric; paper; tobacco
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- A small cotton pouch with tobacco in it. The pouch has a yellow drawstring. A paper label on the front reads “GENUINE DURHAM (TRADE MARK) SMOKING TOBACCO W.T. BLACKWOOD & CO (Blackwell’s Durham Tobacco Co.) THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO SUCCESSOR MFD. RICHMOND VIRGINIA. A line illustration of a cow is in the centre of the label. An orange package of rolling papers is attached to the back by a red strip.
- Credit
- Gift of Peter Whyte, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1004
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