Beaded Panel

MOA: University of British Columbia

3239/14 a-b

Pair of beaded panels. Across a black wool background is a floral design in glass beads, showing orange and yellow flowers and green leaves on white branches. Panels are backed in undyed canvas. Part ‘a’ is the larger of the two, with a wide, scalloped red strip of felt at top.

  • Narrative

    Sandra Dent's grandfather (Gervase Edward Gale) was a missionary and principal of St. Paul's School at Cardston, Alberta, on the Blood Reserve, c. 1904-1910. Her grandmother, Hattie May is said to have collected the Blood (Kainai) objects in MOA accessions 3194 and 3239.


  • Type of Item panel
  • Culture Kainai
  • Material wool fibre, cotton fibre, glass
  • Measurements height 15.5 cm, width 31.0 cm (part a) height 11.0 cm, width 30.5 cm (part b)

  • Previous Owner Hattie May Gale, Sandra Dent
  • Received from Sandra Dent

  • Made in Alberta
  • Collected in Cardston

  • Creation Date before 1910
  • Collection Date between 1904 and 1910
  • Ownership Date before 1968, before May 2, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on May 2, 2017

  • Item Classes beadwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3239/0014 a-b