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- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- metal; metal, brass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0026 a,b
- Description
- Two cleaning rods:a) A long, narrow gauge rope with a loop spliced at the end and two slits spliced below with a tube of fine mesh worked into the lower slit in a tube around each side. There is a solid brass tube (7.7 cm.) at other end.b) A cleaning rod, similar in stlye to (a), but without the w…
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- Title
- Cleaning Rod
- Date
- 1914 – 1945
- Material
- metal; metal, brass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 0.6 x 0.9 x 125.5 cm
- Description
- Two cleaning rods:a) A long, narrow gauge rope with a loop spliced at the end and two slits spliced below with a tube of fine mesh worked into the lower slit in a tube around each side. There is a solid brass tube (7.7 cm.) at other end.b) A cleaning rod, similar in stlye to (a), but without the wire mesh.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0026 a,b
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Decorative Axe Head
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- Date
- 1943
- Material
- soapstone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1014
- Description
- A hand-carved, black soapstone axe head that has a shaft and an axe head carved with a simulated thong that makes the two appear bound together. The piece has two holes: one to put a handle into the shaft; one to put a a handle or shaft in to make a chisel or perhaps to add a decorative touch.
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- Title
- Decorative Axe Head
- Date
- 1943
- Material
- soapstone
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 6.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved, black soapstone axe head that has a shaft and an axe head carved with a simulated thong that makes the two appear bound together. The piece has two holes: one to put a handle into the shaft; one to put a a handle or shaft in to make a chisel or perhaps to add a decorative touch.
- Subject
- weapons
- tools
- hobbies
- carving
- Bill Peyto
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1014
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- metal, brass; metal, copper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0019 a,b
- Description
- A round brass container (a) that holds thirty-five copper percussion caps (b) that are shaped like small cylinders. Both the lid and bottom of the container are stamped with an eagle and the words “D.J. Goldmarks Patent American Safety Percussion Caps, Waranted Waterproof.....”.
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- Title
- Percussion Cap
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- metal, brass; metal, copper
- Dimensions
- 1.2 (a) cm
- Description
- A round brass container (a) that holds thirty-five copper percussion caps (b) that are shaped like small cylinders. Both the lid and bottom of the container are stamped with an eagle and the words “D.J. Goldmarks Patent American Safety Percussion Caps, Waranted Waterproof.....”.
- Subject
- weapons
- ammunition
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0019 a,b
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