- Other Name
- ENGLISH TYPE GUN FLINT
- Date Range From
- 1750
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19738044000
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ENGLISH TYPE GUN FLINT
- Date Range From
- 1750
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.9
- Length
- 3.3
- Width
- 3.0
- Description
- LARGE SPALL OFF STRIKING EDGE. BUFF COLOURED.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- Catalogue Number
- P19738044000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-07
- Collection
- Museum
Images
TOOL, FLESHING
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1847
- Date Range From
- 1750
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- BONE, BUCKSKIN
- Catalogue Number
- P19738499000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1750
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- BONE, BUCKSKIN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 4.2
- Length
- 34.0
- Width
- 9.8
- Description
- BUCKSKIN STRAP. KNIFE MARKS ON ONE END. RED-BROWN COLOURATION. SCRAPING EDGE IS WORN.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ETHNOGRAPHIC
- History
- PLAINS INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738499000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-01
- Collection
- Museum
- Date Range From
- 1800
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- QUARTZITE, WOOD, RAWHIDE
- Catalogue Number
- P19641142000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1800
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- QUARTZITE, WOOD, RAWHIDE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 61
- Length
- 10.2
- Width
- 9.0
- Description
- GREY QUARTZITE. RECENT WOODEN HANDLE WITH RAWHIDE AND BUCKSKIN BINDINGS ATTACHED.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS INDIGENOUS CULTURE. TOOL IS PRE-HISTORIC, HANDLE CONTEMPORARY. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON ASKED TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PHIL EDMUNDSON AND PAUL RUSZNAK, ABOUT THE FIRST NATIONS ARTIFACTS THAT THE GROUP DONATED TO THE GALT MUSEUM IN 1964, 1969, AND 1973. NEITHER RECALLED HOW THE JAYCEES CAME INTO OWNERSHIP OF THE ARTIFACTS, AS THEIR ACQUISITION PREDATED BOTH EDMUNDSON AND RUSZNAK’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHAMBER. RESEARCH CONDUCTED INTO LETHBRIDGE’S GURNEY MUSEUM FOUND A CONNECTION BETWEEN ITS PROPRIETOR, WALTER GURNEY, AND THE JAYCEES, WHO ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE FROM THE APRIL 16, 1946 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ADVOCATED ON GURNEY’S BEHALF FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE FORMER BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING WHERE THE MUSEUM WAS HOUSED. AN ARTICLE FROM THE JULY 13, 1948 ISSUE OF THE HERALD DESCRIBES SOME OF THE FIRST NATIONS ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM: “TOMAHAWKS, ARROW HEADS, PEACE PIPES, BEAD AND LEATHER WORK, CLOTHING AND WOODCRAFT”. UPON THE CLOSURE OF THE MUSEUM AND SALE OF GURNEY’S COLLECTION TO BELMORE SCHULTZ OF THE ALTAMONT MUSEUM IN COUTTS, MENTION WAS MADE IN A HERALD ARTICLE FROM MAY 16, 1961 OF “HISTORICAL INDIAN RELICS THAT BELONG TO THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN THE CITY AND WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN PROPER DISPLAY FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE”. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ARTIFACTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE JAYCEES BY GURNEY DURING THE DISSOLUTION OF HIS MUSEUM, BUT NO FURTHER CONFIRMATION WAS FOUND. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE GURNEY MUSEUM AND ITS COLLECTION, SEE RECORD P19890044001.
- UPDATE 16 AUGUST 2017: ON 25 JULY 2017, MUSEUM CURATOR AIMEE BENOIT FOUND EVIDENCE TO CONNECT THE INDIGENOUS COLLECTION DONATED BY THE LETHBRIDGE JAYCEES (AKA. JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) WITH FORMER LETHBRIDGE RESIDENTS THE LATE FRED BOTSFORD AND HIS LATE DAUGHTER DOROTHY CLARK. NOTES MADE BY AIMEE ON THE DISCOVERY AS WELL AS RELEVANT CLIPPINGS FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD CAN BE FOUND ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE OF P19641140000.
- Catalogue Number
- P19641142000
- Acquisition Date
- 1964-07
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- 1850
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- QUARTZITE, RAWHIDE, WOOD, CLOTH
- Catalogue Number
- P19641143000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- 1850
- Materials
- QUARTZITE, RAWHIDE, WOOD, CLOTH
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.7
- Length
- 33
- Width
- 11.5
- Description
- WORKING SURFACE OF MAUL IS COVERED WITH RED OCHRE STAINS. CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- PLAINS INDIGENOUS CULTURE *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON ASKED TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PHIL EDMUNDSON AND PAUL RUSZNAK, ABOUT THE FIRST NATIONS ARTIFACTS THAT THE GROUP DONATED TO THE GALT MUSEUM IN 1964, 1969, AND 1973. NEITHER RECALLED HOW THE JAYCEES CAME INTO OWNERSHIP OF THE ARTIFACTS, AS THEIR ACQUISITION PREDATED BOTH EDMUNDSON AND RUSZNAK’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHAMBER. RESEARCH CONDUCTED INTO LETHBRIDGE’S GURNEY MUSEUM FOUND A CONNECTION BETWEEN ITS PROPRIETOR, WALTER GURNEY, AND THE JAYCEES, WHO ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE FROM THE APRIL 16, 1946 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ADVOCATED ON GURNEY’S BEHALF FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE FORMER BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING WHERE THE MUSEUM WAS HOUSED. AN ARTICLE FROM THE JULY 13, 1948 ISSUE OF THE HERALD DESCRIBES SOME OF THE FIRST NATIONS ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM: “TOMAHAWKS, ARROW HEADS, PEACE PIPES, BEAD AND LEATHER WORK, CLOTHING AND WOODCRAFT”. UPON THE CLOSURE OF THE MUSEUM AND SALE OF GURNEY’S COLLECTION TO BELMORE SCHULTZ OF THE ALTAMONT MUSEUM IN COUTTS, MENTION WAS MADE IN A HERALD ARTICLE FROM MAY 16, 1961 OF “HISTORICAL INDIAN RELICS THAT BELONG TO THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN THE CITY AND WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN PROPER DISPLAY FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE”. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ARTIFACTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE JAYCEES BY GURNEY DURING THE DISSOLUTION OF HIS MUSEUM, BUT NO FURTHER CONFIRMATION WAS FOUND. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE GURNEY MUSEUM AND ITS COLLECTION, SEE RECORD P19890044001.
- UPDATE 16 AUGUST 2017: ON 25 JULY 2017, MUSEUM CURATOR AIMEE BENOIT FOUND EVIDENCE TO CONNECT THE INDIGENOUS COLLECTION DONATED BY THE LETHBRIDGE JAYCEES (AKA. JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) WITH FORMER LETHBRIDGE RESIDENTS THE LATE FRED BOTSFORD AND HIS LATE DAUGHTER DOROTHY CLARK. NOTES MADE BY AIMEE ON THE DISCOVERY AS WELL AS RELEVANT CLIPPINGS FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD CAN BE FOUND ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE OF P19641140000.
- Catalogue Number
- P19641143000
- Acquisition Date
- 1964-07
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, BUCKSKIN
- Catalogue Number
- P19738049000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- WOOD, STONE, BUCKSKIN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 43.2
- Width
- 6.9
- Description
- WOODEN HANDLE, ROUND STONE HEAD, BUCKSKIN. HAWK FEATHER. FEATHER DECORATION ON HEAD. IDENTIFIED AS WAR CLUB.CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-BLUDGEON
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- PLAINS INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738049000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-07
- Collection
- Museum
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1937
- Other Name
- AGATE BASIN SPEARPOINT
- Date Range From
- 10500
- Date Range To
- 9900BP
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19739205000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AGATE BASIN SPEARPOINT
- Date Range From
- 10500
- Date Range To
- 9900BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.5
- Length
- 5.5
- Width
- 1.6
- Description
- MOTTLED BROWN-GREY CHALCEDONY. OFFSET STRAIGHT BASE; FAIRLY POINTED TIP. ONE LATERAL EDGE CONVEX; ONE IS STRAIGHT. CONVEX CROSS SECTION. BIFACIAL FLAKING. 'LANCEOLATE' OR LEAF-SHAPED POINT.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS CULTURE. IN 2009, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PLAINS ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT FALLON MAHAR SURVEYED THE GALT'S POINT AND STONE TOOL COLLECTION AND, USING A TEMPLATE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH PROF. BUBEL AND REFERENCE BOOK "ALBERTA IN STONE", PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE GALT'S COLLECTION. CONCEQUENTLY, THIS RECORD WAS REVISED TO NO LONGER DEFINE THE ARTIFACT'S 'OTHER NAME' AS ASYMETRICAL BIFACE, BUT AS A AGATE BASIN SPEARPOINT. FINALLY, SHE FELT THE PREVIOUS 1850-1900 DATE WAS INCORRECT, PROVIDED A NEW "EARLY PERIOD" DATE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19739205000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-09
- Collection
- Museum
Images
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1941
- Other Name
- IRON TRADE POINT
- Date Range From
- 1750
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- IRON
- Catalogue Number
- P19683281000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- IRON TRADE POINT
- Date Range From
- 1750
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- IRON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 31.4
- Width
- 6.3
- Description
- SOFT IRON, HAMMERED & CUT. T-BAR SHANK. HEAVILY CORRODED, SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- HISTORIC FUR TRADE ITEM, FOUND BY DONOR IN FARROW CREEK, SOUTH OF PINCHER CREEK, AB. 22 OCTOBER 2021 UPDATE: THE LABEL TEXT QUOTED BELOW WAS DEVELOPED WITH KAINAI ELDERS FOR A SUB-THEME WITHIN THE EXHIBIT ‘MADE IN’, TITLED ‘NIITSITAPISSKSAHKOYI’ AND INSTALLED WITHIN THE GALT IN 2021. ELDERS WHO PROVIDED MUSEUM CURATOR AIMEE BENOIT WITH DIRECTION ON SUBTHEME’S CONTENT INCLUDED: AAGOHH GISS STSISTIIGIIAAKII (MANY OFFERINGS WOMAN, GRETA MANY BEARS), GUUYII STAA BAAMUUGHKAA (WALKING ON TOP, RAYMOND MANY BEARS), NIINAA PIIKSII (CHIEF BIRD, MIKE BRUISED HEAD), MO’TOKAANII’PO (WALKING WITH A SCALP, HARRISON RED CROW) AND MIINIIPOKA (SACRED BERRY CHILD, PETER WEASEL MOCCASIN). THE GALT APPRECIATED THE GENEROSITY OF THE ELDERS WHO SHARED THEIR KNOWLEDGE FOR THIS EXHIBIT PROJECT. “IRON TRADE POINT: ‘THESE ARE THE TRUE TRADE ITEMS HERE, BEFORE THEY WERE MADE INTO ANYTHING FASHIONABLE OR FITTED WITH HANDLES. A LOT OF ITEMS WERE TRADED TO THE BLACKFOOT PEOPLE, WHERE THEIR INTENT WAS FOR SOMETHING ELSE; BUT THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE FOUND ANOTHER USE—TO DECORATE, OR WHATEVER. BRASS UPHOLSTERY TACKS WERE USED TO DECORATE HANDLES ON WHIPS OR SPEARS. HAWK BELLS OR FALCON BELLS WERE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER TO DECORATE DRESSES, ON THE BODICE; SOME OF THEM WOULD HAVE HAD BELLS OR THIMBLES. THEY WERE ALSO USED TO DECORATE OR ADORN SACRED ITEMS.’ – MO’TOKAANII’PO”
- Catalogue Number
- P19683281000
- Acquisition Date
- 1968-06
- Collection
- Museum
Images
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1946
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHERT
- Catalogue Number
- P19738016000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Materials
- CHERT
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.9
- Length
- 7.5
- Width
- 2.6
- Description
- MOTTLED PINK CHERT. SPALL REMOVED FROM ONE LATERAL EDGE OF BLADE, CONTRACTING STEM.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS. IN 2009, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PLAINS ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT FALLON MAHAR SURVEYED THE GALT'S POINT AND STONE TOOL COLLECTION AND, USING A TEMPLATE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH PROF. BUBEL AND REFERENCE BOOK "ALBERTA IN STONE", PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE GALT'S COLLECTION. MAHAR PROPOSED THE POINT WAS "UNIDENTIFIABLE" AND QUESTIONED THE 1200 - 1750 DATE, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A NEW DATE IN ITS PLACE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738016000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-03
- Collection
- Museum
Images
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1947
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHERT
- Catalogue Number
- P19738018000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Materials
- CHERT
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.1
- Length
- 5.1
- Width
- 3.3
- Description
- WHITE CHERT. BROKEN STEM.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS. IN 2009, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PLAINS ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT FALLON MAHAR SURVEYED THE GALT'S POINT AND STONE TOOL COLLECTION AND, USING A TEMPLATE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH PROF. BUBEL AND REFERENCE BOOK "ALBERTA IN STONE", PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE GALT'S COLLECTION. MAHAR PROPOSED THE POINT WAS "UNIDENTIFIABLE".
- Catalogue Number
- P19738018000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-03
- Collection
- Museum
Images
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1950
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHERT
- Catalogue Number
- P19738022000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1200
- Date Range To
- 1750
- Materials
- CHERT
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 7.5
- Length
- 4.8
- Width
- 2.5
- Description
- PINK CHERT. BROKEN TIP. BROKEN STEM.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS, SCOTTSBLUFF. IN 2009, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PLAINS ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT FALLON MAHAR SURVEYED THE GALT'S POINT AND STONE TOOL COLLECTION AND, USING A TEMPLATE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH PROF. BUBEL AND REFERENCE BOOK "ALBERTA IN STONE", PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE GALT'S COLLECTION. MAHAR PROPOSED THE POINT WAS "UNIDENTIFIABLE" AND QUESTIONED THE RECORDED DATE, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A DATE TO REPLACE IT WITH.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738022000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-03
- Collection
- Museum
Images
