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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0037
- Description
- A square, white, handwoven cotton bag with an overshot pattern of red along the top and in vertical bands from the top to part way down the bag. The bag has a twisted black and red cord handle.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- A square, white, handwoven cotton bag with an overshot pattern of red along the top and in vertical bands from the top to part way down the bag. The bag has a twisted black and red cord handle.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0037
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0045
- Description
- A square draw string bag of natural woven linen with a white twisted cord drawstring. The bag is decorated with a panel of crocheted netting with squirrel shapes formed by threading red string through the netting.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A square draw string bag of natural woven linen with a white twisted cord drawstring. The bag is decorated with a panel of crocheted netting with squirrel shapes formed by threading red string through the netting.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0045
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0046
- Description
- A pouch-shaped crocheted cord bag with a long woven handle. The bag is decorated with a pattern of white diamonds connected with white horizontal bands surrounded by smaller black and red triangles on each side. The circular bottom of the bag is natural coloured with a red ring.
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- Title
- Bag
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- A pouch-shaped crocheted cord bag with a long woven handle. The bag is decorated with a pattern of white diamonds connected with white horizontal bands surrounded by smaller black and red triangles on each side. The circular bottom of the bag is natural coloured with a red ring.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0046
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Beaded Headband
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.04.0043
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0043
- Description
- A black elasticized headband, only the back half being elasticized. The pattern half of the headband seems to be a simple warp of hemp in tabby array, the cross lattices being wound in bright mercerized cotton at each line, the resulting pattern looking very like beadwork, the pattern being squared…
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- Title
- Beaded Headband
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; rubber
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A black elasticized headband, only the back half being elasticized. The pattern half of the headband seems to be a simple warp of hemp in tabby array, the cross lattices being wound in bright mercerized cotton at each line, the resulting pattern looking very like beadwork, the pattern being squared off, consisting of red chevrons with white crowns radiating from the centre yellow-gold butterfly.
- Subject
- households
- weaving
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0043
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- grass?
- Catalogue Number
- 110.02.0005
- Description
- A round basket woven of natural grass with a flat bottom and straight slightly flared sides. The bowl is made with coil construction and is very sturdy.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- grass?
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 12.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A round basket woven of natural grass with a flat bottom and straight slightly flared sides. The bowl is made with coil construction and is very sturdy.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- basketry
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.02.0005
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0349
- Description
- Small rectangular, beige doily with fringed ties at two ends but sides plain woven edge, open basket weave.
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- Title
- Doily
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.3 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- Small rectangular, beige doily with fringed ties at two ends but sides plain woven edge, open basket weave.
- Subject
- households
- Mary Andrews
- weaving
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0349
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0098
- Description
- Off white hand woven jacket with blue & green trim and two pockets. Jacket in diagonal twill weave, constructed from two straight 23 cm. wide panels for front and back with no shoulder seams. Sleeves are tapered at bottom, through were made from a 23 cm. wide panel and sewn with a straight seam ont…
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- Title
- Jacket
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- hair
- Dimensions
- 62.0 x 77.5 cm
- Description
- Off white hand woven jacket with blue & green trim and two pockets. Jacket in diagonal twill weave, constructed from two straight 23 cm. wide panels for front and back with no shoulder seams. Sleeves are tapered at bottom, through were made from a 23 cm. wide panel and sewn with a straight seam onto sides. Trim, probably woven on a belt loom, is 5 cm. wide, sewn onto sleeve bottom, pocket edges and around front opening and collar. Three 5 cm. panels have been sewn together for center back.
- Subject
- households
- weaving
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0098
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Miniature Basket Collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0100%20a-y
- Date
- 1930 – 1979
- Material
- wood; fibre; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0100 a-y
- Description
- A collection of twenty five miniature baskets. 8 baskets with wide flat ribs and wicker like weave. (a) 5.5 x 7.4 x 4.5, handled flower basket shape. (b) 7. x 6.5, plain round handled basket. (c) 3.5 x 4. as (b) but finer weave.. (e) 1.5 x 1.5 as (d) but smaller. (e) 1.5 x 1.5 as (d) but small…
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- Title
- Miniature Basket Collection
- Date
- 1930 – 1979
- Material
- wood; fibre; hair
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 7.4 cm
- Description
- A collection of twenty five miniature baskets. 8 baskets with wide flat ribs and wicker like weave. (a) 5.5 x 7.4 x 4.5, handled flower basket shape. (b) 7. x 6.5, plain round handled basket. (c) 3.5 x 4. as (b) but finer weave.. (e) 1.5 x 1.5 as (d) but smaller. (e) 1.5 x 1.5 as (d) but smaller still. (f) 2.5 x 2.5 - as (d) but very shallow. (g) 1. x 4. small shallow bowl with flaring sides. (h ) 1.5 x 2. tiny deep flaring sides with narrow base 1 basket with flat ribs and very fine wicker-type weaving. (i) 6. x 7. purple and green bands woven around gently flaring sides. Natural coloured ribs split at rim and loosely braided in wide band around rim, twisted handle. 3 baskets of dyed weft simply woven over flat ribs. (j) 7. x 2. jar shape with purple, natural and green band, braided rim, and tall loop handle. (k) 2. x 2.5 tiny straight sided with alternating purple and natural coloured ribs forming vertical stripes and notched rim. (l) 3. 5 x 2. x 2. small square basket with handle and purple ribs with weft dyed red on outside. 2 twined baskets (m) 3. x 2.5 tiny round basket with handle, closely twined natural coloured weft green dyed curled points at rim, square base. (n) 3.5 x 7. small finely worked open basket with twill design formed on sides of natural and reddish weft, rim wrapped in natural colour with delicate zig-zag pattern around. 3 coiled baskets. (o) 4.5 x 6.5 straight sided open basket with each stitch wrapping two coils, design of red triangles ,four, with red band at top and bottom on natural coloured background. (p) 7. x 3. tall cylindrical basket with tall loop handle, wide band of coils at centre have been worked in more open weaving by knotting around each stitch between the coils. (q) 4.5 x 5. shallow flared bowl with handle with coils stitched together and wrapped, looped rim. 2 twined baskets with imbricated design. (r) 9.5 x 5. simply twined bucket with tall loop handle, natural colour with red and purple parallelograms worked in two bands and green band at rim, braided handle. (s) 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 very tiny oblong basket with braided string handle, Makah "bird-cage" stitch,natural colour with finely worked U.S. flag and "V" on one side, (red & blue . 3 very delicate baskets with hair like ribs and horsehair ? weft. (t) 1.5 x 4.5 straight sided open basket with translucent hair weft and two thin red bands, ribs form loops at rim each wrapped with a coil of hair like black fibre. (u) 2.5 x 3.5 small flared basket with small base and twisted handle, translucent hair weft alternating with red bands. (v) 2. x 2.5 as (u) but brown bands. 3 odd baskets. (w) 5.5 x 6.5 East-Asian type basket with extra exterior ribs added forming square base, diagonal weft at bottom over flat ribs with band of closely woven wicker type weft at top and wooden rings supporting round opening at top. (x) 5. x 5. shallow round bottomed basket with sturdy handle, rib structure radiates fan like from the bottoms of the handle to form the basket with the weft running from side to side across, rather than around, sturdy hoop at rim fastened at right angles to hoop forming handle.(y) 9.5 x 7.5 x 4. tall oblong basket with loop handle on either side , openwork sides bound together with three rows of twined stitching, band at base and top thickly closely twined.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- craft
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0100 a-y
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Place Mat Place Mat Set
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.20.0713%20a-h
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0713 a-h
- Description
- Eight hand woven beige linen placemats with two fringed, tied edges. Alternating raised rectangular design in weaving. One placemat fabric labelled "Hand Woven by Mary G. Andrews".
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- Title
- Place Mat Place Mat Set
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- Eight hand woven beige linen placemats with two fringed, tied edges. Alternating raised rectangular design in weaving. One placemat fabric labelled "Hand Woven by Mary G. Andrews".
- Subject
- households
- craft
- weaving
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0713 a-h
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- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0716 a-h
- Description
- 8 cross woven, natural beige coloured palm grass placemats with imbricated four corner floral decoration. Placemat edges reinforced with darker beige fibre, stains and usage apparent.
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- Title
- Placemat Set
- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- 8 cross woven, natural beige coloured palm grass placemats with imbricated four corner floral decoration. Placemat edges reinforced with darker beige fibre, stains and usage apparent.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- craft
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0716 a-h
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