A heavily beaded yoke, edged with beaded loop lace, to be worn over the shoulders and hanging in front and back with a point at the middle. Completely covered with blue background beading and simple large stylized four-petalled flower in red with black at inner part of each petal around red centre,…
A heavily beaded yoke, edged with beaded loop lace, to be worn over the shoulders and hanging in front and back with a point at the middle. Completely covered with blue background beading and simple large stylized four-petalled flower in red with black at inner part of each petal around red centre, and four elongated green leaves, one between each petal. Long black stems curving off to each side hold three-pointed blossom of dark green and orange outlined in lighter green with two dark green leaves beneath. Same motif repeated on back but slight colour variations. Entire yoke edged with wide, looped netting of cylindrical beads forming lace like effect with strings of buckskin threaded with beads hanging from the outermost edge. Netting beads of transparent amber, green, turquoise, white, and red.
A pair of completely beaded leggings with a deerskin flap. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The beadwork is of a yellow background with pink, red and blue triangular design.
A pair of completely beaded leggings with a deerskin flap. These leggings tie around the legs with thongs. The beadwork is of a yellow background with pink, red and blue triangular design.
Natural skin leggings fringed along the length of one side. A beaded strip along the outside length of each legging has a white background with a coloured design. There are ermine tails fastened into the fringe. The fringe is approximately 10 cm long.
Natural skin leggings fringed along the length of one side. A beaded strip along the outside length of each legging has a white background with a coloured design. There are ermine tails fastened into the fringe. The fringe is approximately 10 cm long.
A pair of beaded leggings worn on the leg from the knee to the ankle. The leggings tie on at the back of the leg with thongs. The leggings have a design of three vertical stripes and two diamond shapes of yellow, red, green and blue on a white background.
A pair of beaded leggings worn on the leg from the knee to the ankle. The leggings tie on at the back of the leg with thongs. The leggings have a design of three vertical stripes and two diamond shapes of yellow, red, green and blue on a white background.
Men’s traditional moccasins made of of white tail deer. Completely beaded, pale blue/red/yellow tepee, Rocky Mountain style cut of one piece, pale blue background, red and yellow tepee design on toe, red and yellow bow design along each side of foot, sole edge trimmed in stepped red and dark blue m…
Men’s traditional moccasins made of of white tail deer. Completely beaded, pale blue/red/yellow tepee, Rocky Mountain style cut of one piece, pale blue background, red and yellow tepee design on toe, red and yellow bow design along each side of foot, sole edge trimmed in stepped red and dark blue motifs, large soft ankle flap, small, rectangular tongue, long buckskin laces, soles patched at heel and ball of foot.
A pair of soft moccasins with a fringe along the back of the heel. There is a casing at the ankle for a thong used to tie the moccasins on the foot. These moccasins are completely beaded on the uppers with the exception of an area of the ankle. The design is on a blue background except for the in…
A pair of soft moccasins with a fringe along the back of the heel. There is a casing at the ankle for a thong used to tie the moccasins on the foot. These moccasins are completely beaded on the uppers with the exception of an area of the ankle. The design is on a blue background except for the instep which is white with a stepped triangle which has a cross at its tip. The colours of beads are: blue, white, red, dark blue, and black.
A man's deerskin shirt with fringe at the ends of the sleeves. The shirt has strips of beadwork at the shoulders that extend down both the front and back of the garment with a fringe of ermine tails along the length of the outside edge. The background of the beadwork is white with an x-shaped pa…
A man's deerskin shirt with fringe at the ends of the sleeves. The shirt has strips of beadwork at the shoulders that extend down both the front and back of the garment with a fringe of ermine tails along the length of the outside edge. The background of the beadwork is white with an x-shaped pattern of blue, yellow and red. There is a medallion of beadwork in the centre of both the front and back of the shirt, with an ermine tail hanging from the centre of each medallion.
Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatch…
Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatching decorates stock near breech and hand grip beneath. Steel breech and hammers ornately etched with floral design and 'W. Richards'. Carved wooden (plastic?) medallion screwed to small truncated projection on underside of stock. Marks: “16” carved into each side of buttstock; “W. Richards” engraved on each side in front of hammers; “2707” and “__0T0B” stamped into metal between barrels on undersideNote: trigger guard broken off; buttstock loose and held to breech with black electrician's tape; gouges on underside of buttstock and on underside of forestock.
Royal blue background, Union Jack in top left corner 72.5x56.0, lower right 69.0x59.0 circular emblem. Top is a crown, laurel leaf with bow at bottom surrounds a shield shape with 10 panels. Left side: red cross on white background, 3 leaf clover, white on green, 2 thistles, fish, 1 thistle. Rig…
Royal blue background, Union Jack in top left corner 72.5x56.0, lower right 69.0x59.0 circular emblem. Top is a crown, laurel leaf with bow at bottom surrounds a shield shape with 10 panels. Left side: red cross on white background, 3 leaf clover, white on green, 2 thistles, fish, 1 thistle. Right side: 2 blue stylized sheafs of grain, lion, 3 leaf clover, green on white, sailing ship. Flag appears to be hand screened with some hand in-painting. Rope cord through sewn hem.
Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar s…
Tall woven basket flaring slightly from flat base. Diagonal herringbone pattern made by imbrication of lighter strips over the brown cedar bark with three, nearly black, zig zag lines spaced evenly around. Rim finished with a series of double black squares on light background and a braid of cedar strips. Six rawhide loops at top pass through weaving of basket and are tied on inside with another rawhide loop near the bottom on one side of basket. Small rawhide thong tied in loop through rim on one side. Interior of basket undecorated. Rim broken in five places, one rawhide loop broken.
A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
A hatchet with a hand-hewn wooden handle attached by metal wedges through a hand worked steel head with a curved blade which flares and flattens from its neck. The letters “PS” are stamped on the blade.
HBC flag, red wool ground with white letters of HBC on lower left corner and Union Jack on top left. Linen casing on left side with a cord inserted and two leather thongs on top of flag.
HBC flag, red wool ground with white letters of HBC on lower left corner and Union Jack on top left. Linen casing on left side with a cord inserted and two leather thongs on top of flag.
A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cot…
A hide scraper made from the leg bone of an elk, and carved to form a long handle which fits the hand well. There is a short right angle carved at the bottom and split horizontally to hold a rounded steel blade that is sharpened at the edge. The bone is notched and tied firmly with a strip of cotton fabric to secure the blade. A shiny metal hook is attached at the top along with a short loop of thong for hanging.
A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a han…
A hide scraper made from the leg bone of a deer or elk, from just below the knee, and carved into a squared shape. The scraper is hollowed and one half of its length is cut away leaving a flattened sharpened serrated end. The animal’s hide is still on the knee joint at the top and there is a hanging thong threaded through a drilled hole at the knee. The bone is tightly wrapped with strips of rawhide (or sinew?) one third of its length to hold the two pieces together where the bone was split.
A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather thong for hanging the sheath from a belt. Both sides of the case are completely beaded with a light blue background and four pyramidal shapes in dark blue, white, red, green and orange. There is a band of tin cones, with coloured feathers at the…
A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather thong for hanging the sheath from a belt. Both sides of the case are completely beaded with a light blue background and four pyramidal shapes in dark blue, white, red, green and orange. There is a band of tin cones, with coloured feathers at the end of each cone, that hangs around the middle of the sheath. A strip of blue and green beadwork, that is wrapped with sections of bison hide, hangs from the bottom point of the sheath.
A grey rock rounded at one end and flat at bottom with groove carved around near rounded end and indentations on opposite sides below groove, groove and indentations are probably finger holds .
A grey rock rounded at one end and flat at bottom with groove carved around near rounded end and indentations on opposite sides below groove, groove and indentations are probably finger holds .