Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Plain mat of parallel light brown tule reeds. Black wool and red twine woven into side bindings. Double layer of weaving. Woven strips attached to both ends with braided trim.

Thin wooden slat or board with long, oval shaped hole cut through near the upper edge forming a handle. There are stylized bird's head at each end of the handle. The lower edge is slightly beveled. There are three incised figures on one of the sides. One figure is a bird, one possibly a whale, the other is undistinguishable. The surface of the wood is dark brown, from age and dirt, and the underlying wood is a yellow-brown.

Grey-brown rooster shape with applied and incised details of four circles along rim of tail feathers, vertical grooved lines for wings, a comb, and two eyes.

Black velvet trousers machine sewn with cotton lining, plaid suspenders, blue and black sequins down sides of legs and along the bottoms.

Long-sleeved, velvet shirt with interior lined with cotton. Buttons machine sewn down the centre of the front. Miniature wooden paddles (some notched and some painted red), sequins on rickrack, and beads adorn the shirt.

Pair of wool leggings with geometric patterns. Leggings are knitted with elasticized tops. Designs appear in horizontal rows. Red and blue wool was used.