Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

Tightly woven basketry button. Front weaving has a light green circle at the centre with alternating beige and red border (one row). This is contained within a dark blue circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating light white-brown and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating red and beige triangles are on the outer border of the button and green on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a grey outer border for two rows.

The dark purple is red, green, and orange. The raffia is natural and gray.

Tightly woven round basketry button. Button is light brown in colour with dark red border and dark brown thunderbird motif with dark brown circle in centre.

WHALER'S HAT Nuu-chah-nulth/Ahousat The whaling cultures of the Northwest, Coast Makah, Quinault, Quileute, and Nuu-chah-nulth, decorate their knob-topped hats with whaling scenes. Look for whales, canoes, whalers, and harpoons. Made by Jessie Webster, about 1968; Gift of John Putnam, 1997; No. 1997-60/1