Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TAIL

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1950

Materials

FUR, JUTE(?)

No. Pieces

2

Description

1. LARGE TAIL: 38CM (L) X 20CM (W). TAIL HAS LONG BLACK FUR WHICH IS FAIRLY COARSE. IS SLIGHTLY WIDER AT TOP WITH A NATURAL FIBER (JUTE?) TWO STRANDED TWISTED ROPE THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND VISIBLE AT ONE END. THIS END HAS MATTED AND WORN FUR WHICH APPEARS FUZZED AND STICKS OUT IN MANY DIRECTIONS. IS TAIL OF A FARILY LARGE PRAIRIE ANIMAL. 2. SMALL TAIL: 23CM (L) X 7CM (W). TAIL IS SMALLER THAN #1 BUT APPEARS SIMILAR. LONG BLACK FUR, SLIGHTLY NARROWER AT END. HAS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A NATURAL FIBER ROPE THROUGH MIDDLE AT ONE END IS VISIBLE WITH FUR AND THREAD WRAPPED AROUND IT. FUR AT THIS END IS SLIGHTLY WORN.

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

SEE FILE P19950049001-GA FOR FAMILY HISTORY. ESTELLA OWNED FURS, AND LEVI TRAPPED SO MAY HAVE BEEN RESULT OF HIS TRAPS. TAIL #2 MAY BE MISSING PIECE FROM P19950049009-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING PARTS OF SEVERAL ITEMS DONATED BY CLAIRE DAHLQUIST. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. LEVI MACDONALD PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 88 ON OCTOBER 6, 1977. HE WAS BORN IN WEST TILBURY TOWNSHIP, ESSEX COUNTY, ON ON JULY 30, 1889, THE SON OF HIRAM AND ALICE (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) MACDONALD. IN 1914, LEVI MARRIED ESTELLA AGNES CHALMERS. IN 1918, THEY LIVED IN BURDETT AND THEN IN TABER IN 1921. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY, “HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE ALBERTA FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE, THE MOOSE LODGE, THE CANADIAN LEGION, AND THE ELKS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. ESTELLA AGNES MACDONALD (NEE CHALMERS) WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ONTARIO. ESTELLA PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 ON MAY 11, 1981. LEA HIRAM MACDONALD WAS BORN IN LOWBANKS, ON ON MARCH 11, 1928 AND GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM IN TABER. HE MARRIED BEVERLY AYERS IN GREAT FALLS, MT ON MARCH 10, 1958. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 79 ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2007. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING FIFTEEN ARTIFACTS DONATED BY CLAIRE DAHLQUIST. ATTEMPTS MADE TO CONTACT THE DONOR TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ARTIFACTS AND THEIR USE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

Catalogue Number

P19950049013

Acquisition Date

1995-09

Collection

Museum

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