Pearl Moore's Beaded Vest
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From what we understand, beaded vests were not normally worn by Stoney women, and so it is believed that this vest was custom made for Pearl (Brewster) Moore by an artist from the Stoney Nation. This could have been at her request, or perhaps it was a gift.
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What We Know
Description: A completely beaded woman's vest with green fabric edging. The vest has front closure ties. The vest design is of four horizontal rows of stepped triangles in red and blue beads on a white background separated by horizontal bands formed by a series of small squares.
Date made: 1910 – 1930
Material: skin, deer; glass; fibre
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Local Contexts
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Our institution is committed to the development of new modes of collaboration, engagement, and partnership with Indigenous peoples for the care and stewardship of past and future heritage collections.
Collections and items in our institution have incomplete, inaccurate, and/or missing attribution. We are using this Notice to clearly identify this material so that it can be updated, or corrected by communities of origin. Our institution is committed to collaboration and partnerships to address this problem of incorrect or missing attribution.
[untitled]. [c.1930]. Moore family fonds. V439 / PA - 235.
Archives and Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.