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Small hide pouch. Flat bag is light tan in colour, rounded on base, and decorated on the front with small glass beads and black cellulose ? sequins. Edge is embellished with a scalloped row of sequins that extends into a double handle at top. Bag interior has two lines of black fabric sewn to the front panel. Back of bag is undecorated.
Six paper folders containing samples of various types of paper (parts b-f) enclosed within a larger box-like container (part a). Box-like container (a) is made of a heavy, thick cardboard covered on the outside with cream-coloured, textured paper and on the inside by cream-coloured paper with a metallic silver swirling pattern; the box has four tab-like flaps at the sides that fold over each other to create an enclosure. Parts b-f are paper folders with four overlapping tabs made from off-white cardstock; the name of the type of paper enclosed within each folder is printed in black ink on the cover of each folder, along with the inscription: "Handmade Papers of the World/Forefathers of Paper/The 80th Anniversary of the Foundation/Takeo Co., Ltd./MCMLXXIX." Each paper sample is enclosed in a plastic sleeve. In order from part b through part f, the paper samples are: papyrus from Egypt, parchment from England, bai-lan from Thailand, amatl paper from Mexico, and tapa from Fiji.
Hanging consisting of a narrow, horizontal bead-worked rectangle with nine pentagonal beadwork leaves along the bottom edge. Background of opaque white beads with patterns in translucent green, red, blue and yellow beads. Rectangle has a diamond shaped foliage design alternating with a bird. The hangings alternate with patterns of a peacock and diamonds with a cow and tree; central design is a stylized human figure. Each leaf is bordered on four sides with one row of red beads and has three tassels of four bead loops in varying colours. The rectangle is backed with red textile and has five hanging loops stitched to the top edge. Beadwork attached to backing with overcast and running stitches.
Oval, birch bark basket with squared bottom. Body of basket stitched together at two points with spruce root. Decoration is scraped into bark. Rim reinforced with wood and lashed to body with spruce root, and four pieces of fabric. Two pieces are blue (4 cm and 4.4 cm long) and two are red (4 cm and 4.2 cm long). Fabric is secured by crossed pieces of spruce root on each end. Beneath lashing on rim are remains of pink and purple yarn (?). There are two bands of decoration, about two cm apart, scraped into bark of body. Each band consists of three thin lines. Top lines in both bands have triangles side by side, bases about 1.2 cm - 1.5 cm apart, pointing up. Bottom lines have triangles pointing down. Centre lines have no pattern on them.
Rectangular bottomed container with gently expanding walls to an oval rim. The wooden rim is lashed on with spruce root. Four pieces of green-blue cellulose cloth are also woven into the rim. Purple and pink pieces are beaded into the lashing. To make the walls of the container the bark has been folded and stitched along two sides with spruce root. The walls have horizontal scraped decorative patterns with triangles on four of the lines and two lines separating each band--the triangles have faded. On the bottom of the container are two bands of four lines diagonally crossed.
Subtly shaped blue human face mask tha has hair, with the ends wrapped in tape, inserted into seventeen drilled holes in the upper rim. Painted bent black brows above hollow cut out almond shaped eyes. Orbital ridge melds with diagonal cheek ridges. Red-brown band around each hollow oval shaped nostril. Black moustache above continuous red-brown lip band while the lower lip protrudes. Triangular black goatee below lower lip. Reverse painted red-brown; two metal 'eyes' screwed in at eye level. Cord passed through eyes and tied. Signed on the back side rim 'J. David 82'.
White crinkled crepe weave, hip length, wrap-around vest with front facing around entire front opening. Side slits at bottom hem; machine stitched. Elbow length straight sleeves trimmed with machine stitched synthetic material. Side seams open under arms.
Headdress composed of a woven band, solid red at the centre with white warps visible at very few places along its length. On either end are matching bands of multicoloured design. The multicoloured designs consist of: six-pointed stars, a nine-stepped design, stylized animals and birds, chevrons, frontal figures, triangles, and arrows separated by solid, narrow bands of dark purple, green, dark blue or blue. Finished with bunched pink, magenta and mottled grey tassels of numerous ply (spin relaxed), knotted with one band of yarn.