Medium size box drum; skin stretched over a wooden frame. Green ribbon band nailed on outer edge, the ribbon extended as a loop on one corner. Multicoloured fabric decorations are on all four corners.

Large box drum; skin stretched over a wooden frame. Orange ribbon band nailed on outer edge, the ribbon extended as a loop on one corner. Multicoloured fabric decorations are on all four corners.

Pink jacket with clear bead work in floral designs. There are tassels at bottom edge and two small pockets on the front. The cuffs are heavily beaded, as is the front along the opening and the back in the nape area.

Dark brown textile with three pink stripes along the top and bottom edges. The middle stripe is thicker than its flanking stripes and fades to light pink near the centre. There is pink stitching along the edges.

Small woven ceremonial mantle, made of wool. One third of the shawl is black with no decoration on either side. The remaining two thirds are covered in small detailed embroidery, mainly in white, showing birds, sheep, llama, winged horses, and people in both plain and ceremonial dress. Areas of embroidered motifs are interspersed, as are areas of embroidered colours and white lines. The shawl is bordered on three sides by a thin edging of purple, green and white squares.

Long narrow woven sash-like garland. There are a number of traditional weaving designs including “shinguk chot” or goat horn design, “munguzyeek chot” or fly design, “birra kumba chot” or male goat’s crossed horns and “watch chot” or the hourglass drum. The main colour used in the weaving is a yellow-green. The fringe is separated out into 14 sections with 12 of those section made up of the gathering of several threads which are then wrapped with gold and silver thread. The two innermost sections are wrapped with green and red thread.

Long, narrow, woven sash or garland. The length of the garland is white, with multi-coloured and white fringe at each end, which is grouped in sections and wrapped with multi-coloured thread.

Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund

Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund