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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- wood; hair; feathers; antler
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0014
- Description
- A rod carved from burled piece of wood with a band of light brown fur at top and an antler prong set crosswise in a notch across the top tied securely with sinew. Antler piece painted with a black and a red band at the end. Large globular burl at top has features of two circular faces charred into …
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- Title
- Club
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- wood; hair; feathers; antler
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 14.5 x 60.6 cm
- Description
- A rod carved from burled piece of wood with a band of light brown fur at top and an antler prong set crosswise in a notch across the top tied securely with sinew. Antler piece painted with a black and a red band at the end. Large globular burl at top has features of two circular faces charred into wood and another face profile of person painted red. Burl on one side in the middle has carved profile of horse's head painted red with features accented by charring. Two smaller burls near bottom are carved into animal face painted red and mouse painted yellow, with features accented by charring. Four black and red bands are around stick below top burl and another band of charred dots is around stick below middle burl. Group of three feathers tied just above middle burl with sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- lore
- religious
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0014
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- Date
- prior to 1986
- Material
- skin; hair; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1020
- Description
- Soft sculpted doll. Face is stuffed and stitched nylon with two black beads for eyes and two white beads for teeth. Hair is completely covered with rabbit hair. Body is very simply made of buckskin, fringes cut along back of jacket, chaps and fingers. Buckskin thong 9.0 cm loops from top of hea…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- prior to 1986
- Material
- skin; hair; glass
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Soft sculpted doll. Face is stuffed and stitched nylon with two black beads for eyes and two white beads for teeth. Hair is completely covered with rabbit hair. Body is very simply made of buckskin, fringes cut along back of jacket, chaps and fingers. Buckskin thong 9.0 cm loops from top of head. Tag attached to doll: "Grace Daniels Stoney, 15.95"
- Subject
- Indigenous
- souvenir
- Grace Daniels
- Credit
- Purchased from Banff Indian Trading Post, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.1020
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Miniature; Model Teepee
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact101.01.1002
- Date
- prior to 1925
- Material
- skin, deer; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 101.01.1002
- Description
- White deerskin sewn together in two places, stretched over wooden tent pegs which are tied onto wooden hoop with deerskin. Two smoke flaps with long poles attached. Front of tepee closed with 6 wooden sticks. Painted decoration: top border of black with yellow dots two thirds up from bottom, below …
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- Title
- Miniature; Model Teepee
- Date
- prior to 1925
- Material
- skin, deer; wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 58.0 cm
- Description
- White deerskin sewn together in two places, stretched over wooden tent pegs which are tied onto wooden hoop with deerskin. Two smoke flaps with long poles attached. Front of tepee closed with 6 wooden sticks. Painted decoration: top border of black with yellow dots two thirds up from bottom, below that are various scenes. To the right of tent opening are two hunters under a half sun. Next is a shield and spear and then a woman with a tomahawk. To the left of the opening is a hunter on horseback facing a bison under a half sun. A blue border around bottom and tent opening.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- souvenir
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 101.01.1002
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; bone; feather; glass; skin; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0045
- Description
- Short spear with long white bone point tied to painted wooden handle with sinew. Handle carved with rough buffalo head near point painted black and yellow, with man's head at middle painted black hair with yellow cheeks and mouth. Bottom part painted green with red design, and green and yellow bulb…
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- Title
- Spear
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood; bone; feather; glass; skin; sinew
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 3.0 x 69.5 cm
- Description
- Short spear with long white bone point tied to painted wooden handle with sinew. Handle carved with rough buffalo head near point painted black and yellow, with man's head at middle painted black hair with yellow cheeks and mouth. Bottom part painted green with red design, and green and yellow bulbous form at end. Sections between carving and paint wrapped with bands of buckskin covered with brightly coloured beadwork. Three groups of feathers hang from ends of shaft and middle.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0045
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