Gift of PDX CONTEMPORARY ART and the Artist.

Museum Purchase: Robert Hale Ellis Jr. Fund for the Blanche Eloise Day Ellis and Robert Hale Ellis Memorial Collection.

Black, velvet, satin lined cap. Cap is covered with blue, yellow, pink and white floral beading. A circular piece sits atop the cap with three long loops of blue-grey beads attached to it, creating a tassel-like effect.

Brown wooden spoon with a straight, rounded handle--a small, protruding ridge that encircles the handle is carved near its end.

Brown wooden ladle with a decorative, vertical handle carved in the shape of a bird; ladle's bowl and bird handle are shallowly carved with geometric and linear patterning.

Soft, brown leather loafer-shaped moccasins with purple velvet trim and vamp (velvet on vamp has faded to brown). Outline of velvet trim and vamp are beaded with clear and white beads; vamp features an ornate design in white, clear, blue and translucent green and red beads.

White skin moccasins with vamps and cuffs made of black cloth trimmed with red. Cuffs have a zigzagging pattern around the bottom, comprised of three beaded lines in yellow, purple and white interlaced with straight beaded lines of blue. Vamps feature a central floral design in white, blue, purple and yellow.