TANGIBLE VISIONS. WARDWELL, ALLEN, 1996 FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988

Pair of white silk wrist cuffs backed with white cotton. Cuffs are coverd with blue sequins, gold sequins, and clear tube-shaped beads depicting a large, open winged bird on each cuff. Three metal snap closures. Black and blue characters written and printed on the reverse. Remnants of white bird down at edge of one cuff.

Slightly curved, pearl-coloured silk with loosely scalloped edges backed by white cotton. Silk is covered with scrolling lines of blue sequins arranged into clouds and birds, with red sequins for eyes and single gold sequins evenly spaced in the sky. Clear tube-shaped beads outline the birds and fill in the beaks.

Elongated, rectangular, white silk belt backed with white cotton. Belt is covered with blue sequins, gold sequins, and clear tube-shaped beads arranged in representations of birds. Four large tabs of fabric hang from the belt, two from the bottom and two from the top directly over the lower tabs; tabs feature sequin bird imagery matching that of the main belt. Belt is secured with two metal eye and hook fasteners. Strips of bird skin with white fluffy down line the ends of the belt.

The shaft is carved with dark vertically linear designs on a natural background above the cane joints. The base of the shaft, near the pointed end, has fragments of a woven sleeve. The point is dark wood elaborately carved and multi-barbed. There is a sleeve of bird skin and feathers wrapped around the middle of the point dividing the elaborately carved portion of the point from the multi-barbed tip.