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Date
1915 – 1935
Material
bone?; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.0015
Description
A relief carving on the surface of a hollow tube-shaped piece of bone(?). The carving is of a female figure with a large pierced fanned headdress and wings at her hips kneeling on the back of a large bird with sharp talons, beak, and large textured wings at either side. The carving is deeply inci…
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Title
Figurine
Date
1915 – 1935
Material
bone?; wood
Dimensions
20.7 x 4.0; 8.9 (base) x 4.5; 8.9 (base) cm
Description
A relief carving on the surface of a hollow tube-shaped piece of bone(?). The carving is of a female figure with a large pierced fanned headdress and wings at her hips kneeling on the back of a large bird with sharp talons, beak, and large textured wings at either side. The carving is deeply incised and pierced through to the hollow centre in places. The carving is attached to a stepped wooden base by fitting it over a shaped piece at the top and with one nail at the front and one nail at the back.
Subject
households
decorative
souvenirs
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0015
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Date
1915 – 1933
Material
ivory
Catalogue Number
107.02.0014 a,b
Description
A carved ivory figurine of a bearded, balding Japanese man wearing a knee-length textured kimono with a scarf tied about his waist and neck. The man is holding a gnarled stick over one shoulder with soft bag tied to it. A gnarled cane in his other hand is also held on to by a bald child in a long…
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Title
Group Figurine
Date
1915 – 1933
Material
ivory
Dimensions
11.5; 1.2 (base) x 4.2; 6.3 (base) x 4.3; 10.5 (base) cm
Description
A carved ivory figurine of a bearded, balding Japanese man wearing a knee-length textured kimono with a scarf tied about his waist and neck. The man is holding a gnarled stick over one shoulder with soft bag tied to it. A gnarled cane in his other hand is also held on to by a bald child in a long robe with a basket near its feet. The base, a completely separate low oval brown wooden stand (b), that the figurine rests on is carved with as much careful detail as the whole.
Subject
households
decorative
souvenirs
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0014 a,b
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Date
1910 – 1930
Material
feet, deer
Catalogue Number
102.04.0167 a-f
Description
Three gun racks. Each rack is made of a pair of deer hooves bent up at right angles at the fetlock. The hide and flesh has been removed from the bone near the knee joint, and the exposed bone is fitted into a hole drilled in the wall. Two hooves are placed on a level at a distance far enough apart…
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Title
Gun Rack
Date
1910 – 1930
Material
feet, deer
Dimensions
12.5 x 3.2 x 16.0 cm
Description
Three gun racks. Each rack is made of a pair of deer hooves bent up at right angles at the fetlock. The hide and flesh has been removed from the bone near the knee joint, and the exposed bone is fitted into a hole drilled in the wall. Two hooves are placed on a level at a distance far enough apart (approximately 75 cm) to hold a gun, or bow, between them.
Subject
households
decorative
hunting
sports
animals
souvenirs
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0167 a-f
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Date
1915 – 1950
Material
metal; enamel
Catalogue Number
103.01.0042
Description
A triangular shaped pendant with the hanging loop at the top broken off. The front of the pendant has a gold coloured skull and crossbones applied to the surface of a black triangle at the centre with twelve red dots spaced evenly in the gold coloured border band. The back of the pendant has a go…
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Title
Pendant
Date
1915 – 1950
Material
metal; enamel
Dimensions
0.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Description
A triangular shaped pendant with the hanging loop at the top broken off. The front of the pendant has a gold coloured skull and crossbones applied to the surface of a black triangle at the centre with twelve red dots spaced evenly in the gold coloured border band. The back of the pendant has a gold crown, with a red Latin cross through it, applied to the surface in relief. The back is also marked with “G.F.” a trademark.
Subject
decorative
Philip Moore
souvenirs
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0042
Images
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