Big Bear, Dice Shaker
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| Title: | Big Bear, Dice Shaker |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Subject: | Dice Shaker, Big Bear, First Nations, 1885, Resistance |
| Description: | This is a photograph of a carved dice shaker that was taken from Big Bear’s camp following the Battle of Loon Lake at the conclusion of the 1885 Resistance (June 1885). According to Shaun Davies, it likely predates the 1885 Resistance by 50 years. He brought to our attention what the artifact really is in December 2025.
This artifact is part of the A.C. D. Pigott Collection, which was donated to the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 1991 by the Pappas family of Vancouver, British Columbia. The collection includes: Louis Riel’s English-French dictionary, Lieutenant Colonel Pigott’s 1885 Resistance battlefield manuscript, and a number of artifacts taken off the battlefield including: an inscribed watch, a pipe, a bullet maker and a buffalo powder horn (both from the Métis trenches), a carved wooden container taken from Big Bear’s camp, a First Nations decorative bracelet and horsehair braiding, which may have been traded for food by the Boulton’s Scouts. |
| Publisher: | Gabriel Dumont Institute |
| Date: | 1880s; 1830s |
| Type: | Image |
| Format: | image/jpeg |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Copyright: | May 30, 2003; Revised December 2, 2005 |
| Coverage: | Saskatchewan |
| GDI Media Location: | GDI DVD 7 |
| GDI Media Filename: | box_binder_009.jpg |
Related Categories
Resistance Pigott Artifact Collection A.C.D. Pigott Collection Artifact Collection Pigott Artefact Collection