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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0011
- Description
- Tightly woven rug that is weft faced with a red and black overshot weave forming a geometric pattern. The rug is edged in black.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 84.5 x 143.0 cm
- Description
- Tightly woven rug that is weft faced with a red and black overshot weave forming a geometric pattern. The rug is edged in black.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0011
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0012
- Description
- Tightly woven, possibly hand woven, weft-faced rug. The dominant colours are red and blue worked in a geometric pattern. Each end is finished with brown, red and blue stripes, with the linen warp knotted for fringe. The rug has fringe loss, the pile is worn, the warp is showing, and the edg…
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 105.0 x 195.0 cm
- Description
- Tightly woven, possibly hand woven, weft-faced rug. The dominant colours are red and blue worked in a geometric pattern. Each end is finished with brown, red and blue stripes, with the linen warp knotted for fringe. The rug has fringe loss, the pile is worn, the warp is showing, and the edges are fraying.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- weaving
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0012
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0018
- Description
- Traditional handwoven Navajo style rug in creamy white ground with zig zag, bands moving out from a central star in red, white and black. The rug is sewn to a dark brown backing of a later period.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 137.0 x 180.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional handwoven Navajo style rug in creamy white ground with zig zag, bands moving out from a central star in red, white and black. The rug is sewn to a dark brown backing of a later period.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0018
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; quill
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0005
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt. The belt has a white background and features a design of a series of red diamonds running the length of the belt with a border of red and blue squares.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; quill
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 65.0 cm
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt. The belt has a white background and features a design of a series of red diamonds running the length of the belt with a border of red and blue squares.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0005
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- quill; glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0006
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt that is split at one end. The belt has a white background with red and turquoise triangles along edges. The design features a central band of white outlined in yellow containing blue diamonds outlined in yellow. The split ends of the belt are worked in a red, white and bl…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- quill; glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 78.0 cm
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt that is split at one end. The belt has a white background with red and turquoise triangles along edges. The design features a central band of white outlined in yellow containing blue diamonds outlined in yellow. The split ends of the belt are worked in a red, white and blue chevron pattern. The entire belt is edged with white beads.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0006
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- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; quill; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0007
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt with a white background with a red and purple triangular pattern along the top and bottom edges. There is a band of turquoise, red and pink diamond shapes along the centre of the belt, and a chequerboard pattern at each end of white alternating with yellow, blue, red and tu…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- skin; quill; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 64.0 cm
- Description
- A loom woven quill belt with a white background with a red and purple triangular pattern along the top and bottom edges. There is a band of turquoise, red and pink diamond shapes along the centre of the belt, and a chequerboard pattern at each end of white alternating with yellow, blue, red and turquoise squares. The belt is fastened with thongs, and is trimmed with beads along the outside edges.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0007
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Food Gathering Bag
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.1026%20a-c
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- grass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1026 a-c
- Description
- Finely woven corn husk bags, 3 sizes with different geometric patterns. (a) 20.0x17.0, continuous weave, sewn together at bottom. Fabric sewn onto top edge, buckskin loop for handle. (b) 31.0x24.5, woven and decorated same technique as (a), different design. 2 buckskin loops sewn on back with 3…
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- Title
- Food Gathering Bag
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- grass; skin; fibre
- Description
- Finely woven corn husk bags, 3 sizes with different geometric patterns. (a) 20.0x17.0, continuous weave, sewn together at bottom. Fabric sewn onto top edge, buckskin loop for handle. (b) 31.0x24.5, woven and decorated same technique as (a), different design. 2 buckskin loops sewn on back with 33.0 long handle. (c) 46.0x37.0, woven same technique as a and b but with sisal. Decoration dyed and plain corn husk overlay.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Montana
- households
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1026 a-c
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0009 a-f
- Description
- A set of six, nearly square, white placemats of finely woven linen. Each mat has a square of cut and drawn openwork with a pattern of “X”s and “O”s in the centre that is surrounded by another band of cut and drawn openwork. The placemats have narrow hems.
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- Title
- Place Mat
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- A set of six, nearly square, white placemats of finely woven linen. Each mat has a square of cut and drawn openwork with a pattern of “X”s and “O”s in the centre that is surrounded by another band of cut and drawn openwork. The placemats have narrow hems.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0009 a-f
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Tumpline Strap, Carrying
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.0007
- Date
- prior to 1920
- Material
- hair, horse; hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0007
- Description
- A long rope of black and white round braided hair with red wool tassels at the ends. The middle section is thicker with a diamond shaped pattern in the braiding and a flat brown and white piece at the centre with pink and red zig-zag stitching over top. There are also red tassels where the tumpli…
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- Title
- Tumpline Strap, Carrying
- Date
- prior to 1920
- Material
- hair, horse; hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 55.5 x 47.0 x 232.0 cm
- Description
- A long rope of black and white round braided hair with red wool tassels at the ends. The middle section is thicker with a diamond shaped pattern in the braiding and a flat brown and white piece at the centre with pink and red zig-zag stitching over top. There are also red tassels where the tumpline becomes thicker.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.0007
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Miniature Canoe
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.05.0002
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- wood, cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0002
- Description
- A flat bottomed, basketry canoe woven of split cedar bark on a cedar splint frame. The canoe has an imbricated design in dark brown on both sides.
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- Title
- Miniature Canoe
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- wood, cedar
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 10.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- A flat bottomed, basketry canoe woven of split cedar bark on a cedar splint frame. The canoe has an imbricated design in dark brown on both sides.
- Subject
- Indigenous, Salish
- crafts
- weaving
- toys
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0002
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