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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3003
- Description
- Shaped stone axe head, flat on one side, lashed to peeled wooden handle with sinew.
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 19.5 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Shaped stone axe head, flat on one side, lashed to peeled wooden handle with sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- tools
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3003
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3004
- Description
- Large shaped stone head attached to hide and fur wrapped wooden handle. Tag with CRW writing “Richard Kaquitts found it diggin grave at Morley,” another tag reads “Stone tomahawk head found by Richard Kaquitts.”
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 22.0 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Large shaped stone head attached to hide and fur wrapped wooden handle. Tag with CRW writing “Richard Kaquitts found it diggin grave at Morley,” another tag reads “Stone tomahawk head found by Richard Kaquitts.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3004
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; skin; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3005
- Description
- Rounded stone attached with short fringe to hide covered wooden handle. There is a hide loop strap attached to the end of the handle. Feathers are attached along the length of the handle and on top of the head. There is a teal blue band around the handle near the head. The head and handle are m…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; skin; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 9.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Rounded stone attached with short fringe to hide covered wooden handle. There is a hide loop strap attached to the end of the handle. Feathers are attached along the length of the handle and on top of the head. There is a teal blue band around the handle near the head. The head and handle are marked with yellow.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- tools
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3005
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- Date
- 1973
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3006 a-c
- Description
- Three shaped stone tomahawk heads.a) Smooth oval stone with an indent around the centre. Tag with CRW’s writing: “4 StoneTomahawk heads found by Nial Dixon 1973 on Old Man River near Leindbrek in Summer 1973” and on reverse, in another hand, “July 13/82 Note: only 2 found in pkg together.”b) Rough…
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- Title
- Fragment
- Date
- 1973
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.7 (a); 7.0 (b); 1.7 (c) x 7.0 (a); 9.0 (b); 9.0 (c) x 11.5 (a); 12.0 (b); 10.0 (c) cm
- Description
- Three shaped stone tomahawk heads.a) Smooth oval stone with an indent around the centre. Tag with CRW’s writing: “4 StoneTomahawk heads found by Nial Dixon 1973 on Old Man River near Leindbrek in Summer 1973” and on reverse, in another hand, “July 13/82 Note: only 2 found in pkg together.”b) Rough egg-shaped stone with indent around the centre.c) Dark, trapezoid-shaped stone that is relatively flat.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- tools
- warfare
- Nial Dixon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3006 a-c
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.3007
- Description
- Small rectangular bone with hide wrapped wire looped through the middle.
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- Title
- Bone
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- bone; skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 4.0 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Small rectangular bone with hide wrapped wire looped through the middle.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- animals
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.3007
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- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- metal; wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.1017
- Description
- Wooden handled knife in a black leather sheath. The knife is one piece of metal forming the blade and the centre of the handle. Two pieces of wood are attached with rivets to form the handle. The blade is short and wide with a straight cutting edge and a serrated back edge. One side of the blad…
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- Title
- Utility Knife
- Date
- 1940 – 1970
- Material
- metal; wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 4.0 x 22.2 cm
- Description
- Wooden handled knife in a black leather sheath. The knife is one piece of metal forming the blade and the centre of the handle. Two pieces of wood are attached with rivets to form the handle. The blade is short and wide with a straight cutting edge and a serrated back edge. One side of the blade is marked “the Brewster STUBBY KNIFE MADE IN GERMANY.” The case is stamped “Made in Germany.”
- Credit
- Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 104.50.1017
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[Gardening implements against building in snow]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51353
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of gardening implements - rakes, plough, shovels, basket - leaning against a woodpile against a building - snow falling
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910-1930]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 22
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 22
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 Photograph: print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of gardening implements - rakes, plough, shovels, basket - leaning against a woodpile against a building - snow falling
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Paper Guillotine
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.0029
- Description
- A heavy paper cutter made from a block of wood with a grid pattern and a wooden ruler with inch measurements up to 12 inches. Large hinged metal handle with blade mounted at one end. Plate on handle reads “THE POPU[L]AR” On the base is a paper label with “INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADJUSTING THE CUTTER”
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- Title
- Paper Guillotine
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 35.0 x 65.0 cm
- Description
- A heavy paper cutter made from a block of wood with a grid pattern and a wooden ruler with inch measurements up to 12 inches. Large hinged metal handle with blade mounted at one end. Plate on handle reads “THE POPU[L]AR” On the base is a paper label with “INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADJUSTING THE CUTTER”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.0029
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0015
- Description
- A small carpenter’s level made from wood with brass side panel. Level tapers to a rounded point at each end. Two cutouts in the brass side to view a glass rod with yellow liquid and a bubble in it. Another rod with liquid at one end in a round cut out in the wood. Stamped in the brass side is “BRIT…
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- Title
- Level
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 3.5 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A small carpenter’s level made from wood with brass side panel. Level tapers to a rounded point at each end. Two cutouts in the brass side to view a glass rod with yellow liquid and a bubble in it. Another rod with liquid at one end in a round cut out in the wood. Stamped in the brass side is “BRITISH MADE” and “[WARRENTED] CORRECT”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- level
- tools
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0015
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0014 a-g
- Description
- Wooden rulers in a variety of sizes from a variety of manufacturers. a) ruler with mathematical measurements including “RUMB” “CHOR” “SINES” “TAN” “S.TAN”. Made by “BELCHER BROS & CO. NEW YORK *” which is printed at bottom right. b) 3.5 cm x 33.0 cm. Slightly raised in centre with slanted sides. Va…
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- Title
- Ruler
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.8 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden rulers in a variety of sizes from a variety of manufacturers. a) ruler with mathematical measurements including “RUMB” “CHOR” “SINES” “TAN” “S.TAN”. Made by “BELCHER BROS & CO. NEW YORK *” which is printed at bottom right. b) 3.5 cm x 33.0 cm. Slightly raised in centre with slanted sides. Various measurement marks in edges. Printed in centre is “U.S.ST’D” “THE HUGHES OWENS CO LTD. MONTREAL”c) 2.3 cm x 30.5 cm. Flat ruler with inch measurements up to 12 printed along one edge. Small piece of black tape on back. “P.W.B” written on back in pen.d, e) 2.9 cm x 31.0 cm. Two rulers with slanted sides and groove in centre. Both stamped with “ACME MADE IN CANADA” at upper left and have inch measurements up to 12 on one edge and cm up to 30 on the other. d) has protractor in centre of back side. f) 2.9 cm x 31.0 cm. Similar to d) but stamped with “STATELINE” at upper left. Back has protractor with radiating lines. “PRW” “BANFF” written in pencil on back. g) 3.0 cm x 16.0 cm. Small ruler with mathematical measurements. printed with “THE COPP CLARK COMPANY LTD” on one side. One edge is curved and pointed in the centre.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- math
- measurements
- tools
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0014 a-g
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