The felt is black and red. The bead is blue, black, red, and white. The string is white. The thread is red and black.

The description of "ceremonial" may be a misnomer as this beaded on cotton bag has not been verified as having a ceremonial use. Beaded bags were often worn particularly by men for prestige and fashion.

Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund

Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund

A: Two shirts of buckskin hide, quite similar to each other. Decorated with blue and white sequins, along with various anthropomorphic figures and heads on one shirt. B: buckskin leggings 'A1: Shirt with animal (?deer) hooves attached to the fringes of the arms. There are traces of red dye on the shirt. The sleeves have 2 small bands with white and blue beads. There are fringes on the arm openings, the bottom edge and along the sides. There are small holes at the back. A2: Shirt with fringes at the arms and the sides. The shirt is painted in black with anthropomorphic designs at the front and the back. There are some red, white blue beads at the back. The front has a disk motif with white and blue beads. The sleeves have painted white and black stripes painted. There are also ribbons hanging from the shirt. B: The leggings are undecorated. There are short fringes at the sides, top and bottom of the leggings. F. Veys, 14/9/2005'Martin Schultz suggested that the pendents on A1 are puffin beaks.

Frank L. Babbott Fund

Frank L. Babbott Fund