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Light yellow-brown stripped cedar root that is coiled and bundled in the centre to form a figure eight.
Tray constructed of cedar root coilwork with a circular watch-spring coil structure. Imbricated design on the inside of the bottom and outside edge depicting butterfly figures on the inner surface and outer edge with alternating triangular elements at the outer edge of the inside base, all in black and red cherry bark.
Circular cedar tray with no handles. Imbricated wild cherry bark design. Round, watch-spring coiling. Three petal floral design, one small flower in centre with larger one to outside extending to edges of tray.
Cylindrical basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b); lid has a small, knob-like handle in the centre. Bottom twined; body and lid are wrapped twined; reinforced cedar hoop rim. Cedar warp with outer weft in grass (xerophyllum tenax). Bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Designs on body of basket include thin bands of continuous rings of assorted colours and representations of people in canoes and ducks. The lid is decorated with ducks and rings of assorted colours. Exterior is faded; inside colours include; turquoise, brown, black, red, yellow and orange.
Large, carved, wooden, raven hamatsa mask with a long beak and an ovoid shaped ridge for a nose. The beak is hinged with pieces of rubber nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and circular cutout nostrils. At the back of the mouth are two s-shapes. Around the nose is a red ovoid and U-forms. The eyes are white, outlined in black on a white, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak along with a fibre head ring. The top, side and bottom edges of the mask are lined with braided cedar. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. The underside of the mouth is painted black with a small white design. The mask is painted black, red, and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.
Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with watch-spring coiled bottom. Three bands of i-shaped motifs are imbricated around outside of basket body, alternating black with red centre and red with black centre.
Part (a) Urn shaped coiled cedar basket (bifurcated stitches) with flanged lid, part (b) with handles. Watch-spring base construction. Lid has single loop rim on outer edge and double raised handle at center. Four imbricated vertical bands with mirror image triangles and center line. Bands alternate between yellow cherry bark outline with dark cherry bark centers, and dark cherry bark outlines and cat-tail grass (?) centers. Tip of motif is continued on lid.
Cylindrical, coiled basket (part a) with a lid (part b). Slat bottom for the sides and the lid. Imbricated and beaded designs in wild cherry bark. Basket body (part a) has four sets of imbricated step designs and lower edge of the lid (part b) also has a step design around the circumference. Top and lower edge of the lid (part b) have a beaded stripe pattern and upper edge of the basket (part a) has a single beaded band. Raised bottleneck mouth. Some pencil scribblings.
Coiled burden basket with bifurcated stitches on a bundle foundation. Basket is narrow at base, gradually widening to top opening. Alternating imbricated pattern of grass ? and cherry bark. Interior is stained. One side has a notch cut away from the top edge (central). There are three pieces of cotton cord tied through the basket at one end, and on either side near the same end.
Rectangular wooden loom. Centre section has thirty-seven slats, each with a hole at mid-section. Three slats are wrapped with paper. Slatted section is nailed at top and bottom into a three-piece holding frame. Long string, looped and knotted from either end with a loop tied at centre. Short string loops around frame and through slats in centre.