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

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

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

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

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

Forty-four assorted metal spindle whorls and beads. Group a) Ten spindle whorls with rhombus shape. Corroded. Group b) Sixteen spindle whorls with conical sides and a slightly rounded base. Corroded. Group c) Thirteen spindle whorls and beads with rounded bodies. Six beads (one has vertical incised lines). Seven whorls with flattened sides (one has incised band at rim). Corroded. Group d) Five spindle whorls: three have double-conical bodies, one with rounded body and flattened sides and the other one with flat base and conical body. Corroded.

Throwing stick ornament with ellipsoid body, hollow interior and hole on top. Corroded.

Assorted copper ornaments or bracelet elements. a) Thin copper ring with flat surface and shell pendant with irregular form. Corroded and broken. b) Thin copper ring with flat surface and shell pendant with irregular form. Corroded and broken. c) Thin copper ring with flat surface and shell pendant with irregular form. Broken and corroded. d) Two joined thin copper rings. One has flat surface and the other is rounded. Broken and corroded. e) 28 assorted copper bracelet elements with different shapes: six stars with suspension holes in the middle, three long with curved edges and suspension lugs on top, four rounded with suspension lugs on top, three with flat surface, three pointed ends and one suspension lug on top and rounded on the other side, eight are rounded with suspension lugs on top and four are miscellanous bracelet elements. Broken and corroded.

Pair of copper shawl pins (a-b). Each has a slightly curved sharp point at one end and a suspension hole near the round, flat head. Complete; corroded.

Group of five gilded discs (parts a-e) with two suspension holes near rim. Corroded and worn. a) Flat, thin and round body with a central protrusion surrounded by a repousse band of seven profile heads with two tassels. b) Flat, thin and round body with a central protrusion surrounded by a repousse band of five profile heads with two tassels. c) Flat, thin and round body with a central protrusion surrounded by a repousse band of six profile heads with two tassels. Slighlty cracked. d) Flat, thin and round body with a central protrusion surrounded by a repousse band of seven profile heads with two tassels. Feather impression in patina. e) Flat, thin and round body with a central protrusion surrounded by a repousse band of six profile heads with two tassels.