Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund.

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

An oil dish beautifully carved of alder to represent either a seal of a sea lion. The eyes and joint of the tail flippers are inlaid with pearl, and operculum is used in the nostrils, teeth, front flipper joints, and around the edge of the dish. It is also decorated with small white trade beads. Three of Mr. Rasmussen's informants thought the figure represented a sea lion. One of them also believed the dish to be a mortar, in which case its greasiness would indicate that it was used for mashing salmon eggs and berries. Exact place of origin unknown.

Gift of Mrs. Ferdinand C. Smith and Mr. L. Hawley Hoffman.

Belt with primarily white beaded scroll design patterned on red wool Stroud cloth.The beaded areas are backed with blue stroud cloth. Very similar belts are also made by the Choctaw region as well and there may be some overlap between the two in style for these belts.

Gift of Margaret S. Bedell