Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Gift of Ernest Erickson

A. Augustus Healy Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Gift of Kay Hodnett Nunez

Gift of George D. Pratt

Bow, made of a heavy dark wood, is relatively wide at centre, narrowing toward each end where it culminates in carved pegs. A braided rope of cotton spans the length of the bow and is knotted around each peg. The centre portion of the bow is fully wrapped with thin cotton fibre. Designs have been drawn on both sides of the fibre in black ink.

Loin cloth made of strung seeds. Unbleached cotton fibres make a grid for the oblong grey and brown tururri seeds to be tightly strung onto, in vertical rows. Woven fibre borders hold the grid together, and a short, thick fringe of the same material hangs from the bottom. Long twisted ties dangle from the corners of the cloth, and small red and brown feathers are attached to the short sides by red and white beaded strands.

Square head scarf (part of a girl’s costume with 3052/18-24). Scarf is bright red with a floral print of red, pink and blue flowers, green foliage, and structural embellishment in gold, white and green. Two adjacent edges of the scarf are edged with red wool tied into a wide, decorative net from which hang long tassels.