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Bear claw headdress. Thick leather strip, stitched at the ends with 13 long, curved bear claws sewn on with sinew at their proximal ends. Distal ends are blunted and a small hole has been bored through each tip for cotton string to pass through, connecting the claws to each other in a circle. Several claws have come unattached to the string, and several are missing.
Cedar headdress. Thick ring constructed of fine strands of tightly wrapped cedar, sewn in place by red woolen threads. The back portion of the ring is thinner, with a grey tone, while the sides and front are wider and more reddish-brown. At the front is a large, decorative, protruding half-ball of cedar, with the ends trimmed to create a sunburst effect around the ball. There is a similar, but smaller, ball on each side.
Pair of leggings constructed mainly of cotton; dark blue on the outside, with bright cotton and wool fabric decorations cut out and sewed onto the face. Designs are zigzags, colour blocks, rectangles, and ‘s’ shapes in red, yellow, purple, tan and green. A short, thick hide fringe surrounds the decorations and the bottom hem. The interiors are fully lined with tan and brown patterned cotton. Three leather ties are attached to each side of each legging, for attaching to dancer's legs.
Pair of wool leggings. Each legging is constructed mainly of red felt, the bottom portion of black felt with lines of synthetic fabric in a triangular design hand-stitched on top in tan, pink and blue. A strip of similar triangles in blue and tan runs up the side of the leggings on top of the red felt. Tan piping lines the top and bottom edges and seams.
Dance apron with a deer hoof fringe all along the bottom edge. The garment is made of a rectangle of red wool, with a large dip at the bottom centre hem. The front is decorated with thin horizontal lines of fabric sewn to the wool that follow the dip. The top line is black velvet, followed by lines of purple surrounded by blue triangles as well as lines of tan cotton and blue cotton. The back is lined with cotton in tan and checked tan and red. From the apron’s bottom hem hangs a long rawhide fringe with deer hooves attached to each hide strip by thread, tied through a hole bored in the hoof. Many of the hooves have been modified to have a decorative serrated edge. Two small, conical metal bells hang from a fringe on the left side.
A) A plaster cast model of a wooden comb from the Victoria Museum, B.C. The comb has a face carved onto it with a hooked nose, possibly an eagle. The cast has been stained brown. B) A plaster cast of a bear head side view with a small figure on its head.The head is on what appears to be a broken stick. Light brown colour.; Good
Rectangular wooden tray with short side walls, attached to its base by screws. Walls are straight on the outside and sloped on the interior toward the tray base. The interior base of the tray is decorated with a central incised image of a whale inside a circle, with minimal decoration in blue, black and red. To each side of the circle are similar smaller whales, four in total. The interior side walls of the tray have stylized images of painted whale eyes and fins. Rounded handles are attached to each end wall with screws. On the bottom of the tray is written in red ink, “Carved by Charles Gladstone Skidegate Mission BC 1949”
Printed note card with an image on the front, in black ink, of a sitting half man-half fish creature in profile, facing viewer's right on ivory coloured paper. The card is blank inside. The artist logo, also in black ink, is on the back of the card, in the bottom right corner.
Printed note card with an image on the front, in black ink, of a sitting half man-half fish creature in profile, facing viewer's right on ivory coloured paper. The card is blank inside. The artist logo, also in black ink, is on the back of the card, in the bottom right corner.
Printed note card with an image on the front, in black ink, of a crouching bird in profile, facing viewer's right on ivory coloured paper. The card is blank inside. The artist logo, also in black ink, is on the back of the card, in the bottom right corner.