- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0009
- Description
- A blackjack made of flat strips of leather braided around a small round steel knob at the handle and larger, longer knob at the tip. There are folded strips of leather braided around the blackjack’s flexible shaft made of a coiled metal spring. There is a wrist strap of leather attached to a flat…
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- Title
- Blackjack
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 20.0 cm
- Description
- A blackjack made of flat strips of leather braided around a small round steel knob at the handle and larger, longer knob at the tip. There are folded strips of leather braided around the blackjack’s flexible shaft made of a coiled metal spring. There is a wrist strap of leather attached to a flat-braided ring which slides up and down the shaft. There are some illegible pencil markings inside the wrist strap “W--X--”.
- Subject
- weapons
- law enforcement
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.0009
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Cutlass Scabbard
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal, brass; metal, iron
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0014
- Description
- A curved wooden scabbard that is inlaid with brass and red paint. The scabbard has a s-shaped metal cross piece at the hilt
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- Title
- Cutlass Scabbard
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal, brass; metal, iron
- Dimensions
- 4.0 (tapering to 1.5) x 48.0 (on curve) cm
- Description
- A curved wooden scabbard that is inlaid with brass and red paint. The scabbard has a s-shaped metal cross piece at the hilt
- Subject
- weapons
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0014
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0018
- Description
- A flat, straight, leather scabbard that is reinforced at the tip with an additional leather sleeve and reinforced with a band of leather at the top. There is a metal ring around the mouth.
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- Title
- Scabbard
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 91.0 cm
- Description
- A flat, straight, leather scabbard that is reinforced at the tip with an additional leather sleeve and reinforced with a band of leather at the top. There is a metal ring around the mouth.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0018
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- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- wood; laquer; metal, brass; metal, steel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0015 a,b
- Description
- A burgundy and black lacquered wooden scabbard (a) with an embossed metal piece wrapping around the tip and part way up the back. There is a decorative piece of metal near the top and bottom on both sides. A small brass knife (b) is inserted in a slot on the side of the sheath near the top. The k…
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- Title
- Sword Scabbard
- Date
- 1850 – 1890
- Material
- wood; laquer; metal, brass; metal, steel
- Dimensions
- 4.5 (a); 1.5 (b) x 41.0 (a); 21.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A burgundy and black lacquered wooden scabbard (a) with an embossed metal piece wrapping around the tip and part way up the back. There is a decorative piece of metal near the top and bottom on both sides. A small brass knife (b) is inserted in a slot on the side of the sheath near the top. The knife is marked with east-Asian characters on the steel blade.
- Subject
- weapons
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0015 a,b
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