Uniform of the Ottawa Snowshoe Club Each snowshoe club had a distinctive uniform. This one, dating from 1903–1959, is from the Ottawa Snowshoe Club. It includes a... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1408
Hayley Wickenheiser’s jersey Team Captain Hayley Wickenheiser wore this hockey jersey when Canada won gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1635
Barbara Ann Scott doll The Reliable Toy Company of Toronto sold Barbara Ann Scott dolls like this one from 1949 to 1955. Canada’s “Queen of the... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1975
Formed planar chaise lounge Although this chaise lounge was fashioned some 40 years ago, it looks as though it could be an avant-garde product of the... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1340
Inuit print Entitled The Enchanted Owl, this Inuit print from Cape Dorset was created in 1960 by Kenojuak Ashevak, stonecut by Iyola... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1647
Tsimshian stone mask This stone mask, made around 1870, comes from a Tsimshian community in Canada’s Northwest Coast. Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1643
Seal and caribou skin boots Ethnologist Diamond Jenness spent several months with a Puivlik family in the southwestern region of Victoria Island, Nunavut. He... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1386
Horse robe This 19th century Dakota/Lakota horse robe was collected on the Upper Missouri River. Its design includes painted calumets,... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1416
Arrow sash This Arrow sash is presumed to have belonged to Jean-Olivier Chénier, a leader of the Patriotes who was killed at the Battle of... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1706
Diamond point armoire Armoires such as this are often called “diamond points” because of the shape of the carved panels. This rustic example has... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1828
The Bear Hunters Inuit artist Pacome Qulaut carved this representation of a traditional bear hunt, in which two hunters and a sled dog attack an... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1664
Queen Victoria’s cameo locket This cameo locket belonged to Her Majesty Queen Victoria and was given to one of her maids-in-waiting, Mrs. Mary Downing... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1422
Magistrate’s robe This robe was supposedly worn by magistrate Hugh Richardson when he presided over the trial of Louis Riel for high treason in... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1605
The “last spike” This silver spike was meant to be hammered in by Governor General Lord Lansdowne during the “last spike” ceremony on November... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3134
Decoy This hollow Canada goose decoy, by Dan Jones, is very rare and among the oldest known Canadian-made goose decoys. It was among... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1860
Iroquoian pipe Pipes had spiritual significance among many First Nations. This Iroquoian pipe has a face incised on the bowl, visible only to... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1748
Bow-drill This bow-drill was buried with an Inuit man who lived in the Canadian Arctic some 800 years ago. The piece is incised with scenes... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 2111
Queen Elizabeth’s “Maple Leaf” dress The “Maple Leaf of Canada dress” was worn by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at a state banquet at Rideau Hall on October 14,... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 3992
Pocket watch In October 1921, the famous schooner Bluenose won the International Fishermen’s Trophy race for the first time. In December,... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1710
Astronomical clock This grandfather-type clock is actually an astronomical clock. It was used by Samuel Johannes Holland, the first surveyor general... Collection Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 1438