Band Item Number: 2930/12 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Long narrow beaded band with fringe at either end. There is a pattern of pink triangles with green and white centres on a white background from end to end. Fringe is also white, pink and green. Has matching earrings (see 2930/13 a-b).

Narrative

This object is believed to have been either gifted to, or collected by, Joan (Witney) Moore (MDCM) while she was working at the Charles D. Camsell Hospital in Edmonton. In 1946 the Charles Camsell tuberculosis hospital opened in Edmonton, run by the Department of Indian and Eskimo Affairs. Between 1945 and 1967, the hospital operated an occupational therapy program for aboriginal patients.