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Rectangular wall hanging in plain weave with design in discontinuous weft. The weft is lightly spun and the warp is machine spun. The design consists of four horizontal abstract swallows with outstretched wings represented by chevron shapes with yellow tops and dark brown bottoms, and the swallow design is on an off-white ground. The wall hanging has an interlooped finish on one of the longer sides with overhand loops on the opposite side. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.
Rectangular basket of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base and lid construction. Partially imbricated and beaded. Two wires reinforce overcast rim, and leather strap hinges are sewn on. Copper handles are screwed into the sides. Alternating rows of imbrication and beading are arranged in a band of alternating cherry bark and cat-tail squares and a beaded section in cat-tail. Lid has similar design. The red bands are crabapple. Colours: black, tan.
Tan basket with two coiled handles. Simple interlocking coiled work (some bifurcated stitches at sides). Parallel slat base construction with foot one slat wide. Overcast rim with a looped area to attach handles (cross stitches under loop). Partial imbrication. Isolated figures on the sides and the ends. Sides have a central diamond figure in red/white/black/white/red (centre) with four bilaterally symmetric geometric figures in red and white. Ends have one central figure composed of six chevrons in red with some white filler.
Coiled cedar root basket decorated with discrete vertical stripes of checkerboard pattern alternating in black-dyed bark / white cat-tail and red bark / white cat-tail. Pattern continues three-quarters of the way down the basket with a red/white horizontal line as a border. The rim is decorated with beading in cat-tail grass. Parallel splint base construction and partial imbrication.
Tan basket made with interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring base construction, double-strand braided loop-work border, and imbrication. Total imbrication. Design consists of four horizontal rows of "half-pyramid" forms that alternate in rows in red and in black cherry bark, all against a bullrush background with two rows of red imbrication.
Small rectangular, flared, coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat foundation. Imbricated rim inn canary grass with intervals of dark cherry bark stitches. Beaded from rim almost to base in canary grass, with wide vertical row of chevrons, alternating between dark cherry bark and canary grass, one on each side.
Rectangular cedar root basket consisting of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); parallel slat foundation; total imbrication. Rawhide handles overcast with cedar root and beaded. Convex lid. The coiled work consists of nine rows of elongated (two slat) stitches; beaded basket; fully imbricated. Two rows of stepped pattern in crabapple and black cherry bark. Along the top are shapes in black and along bottom are the same shapes in red. The lid is convex and flanged, and decorated with partial beading. Alternating crabapple/black cherry creating six wide rows going width of lid. Hinges are rawhide. Rawhide tips on lid connect with loops on basket. Colour: tan.
Stone bowl or vessel. Sculpture of a human head and neck, with a small basin-like bowl carved at the back of the head. The face has a mask-like appearance with a pronounced chin and a well-defined edge along the sides and top. Circular eyes, prominent brows and nose, and small slit-shaped mouth. Pitted surface.
Semi-cylindrical shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with attached lid. Parallel slat base and lid construction. Fully imbricated with canary grass with black cherry bark designs of two crosses on the back, a diamond shape in front, and a vertical row on either side in red cherry bark. Lid edge continues imbrication on basket. Top of lid has parallel rows beaded in canary grass, metal button on rim, and string hinges.
Basketry baby carrier, or cradle, with simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches) and parallel slat base construction with reinforced stitches at base. Overcast rim is decorated with imbrication. Other surfaces are beaded. Top row is imbricated mostly in cat-tail grass bordered with black cherry bark in a recurring pattern. Sides have a beaded design of vertical bands of diamonds in alternating black and red with spaces between filled with checker work beading on the top half in cat-tail grass and in a single cat-tail grass diamond in the bottom half. Foot end has a variation of the same pattern on the sides (vertical diamond band), but has a hole in the middle.