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Food cover or table cloth. Square cloth is dark red, embroidered on one half of the diagonal with flower shapes, vines and leaves in colours of orange, dark pink, black and green. The adjacent edges hold long panels with matching squares of embroidery also in these colours. A thick fringe hangs from the bottom of the panels, each with a small white bead at the end. Underside of object is undecorated.
Model canoe, with single-hull outrigger. Main hull is carved of a single piece of wood with a lip attached by twisted cordage, and stands upright on keel. Wood rigging with fine twisted cordage attaches main boat to outrigger. A woven rectangular sail is suspended between two posts, and can be balanced upright above the main hull. It holds patterns of x shapes in two strips, one vertical and one horizontal. Parts b-c are model paddles.
Miniature beaded moccasins. Made of hide with wide beaded flaps. The beading is mirrored on the two shoes. Along one flap, there is a light blue with repeating white and red diamond designs. On the opposite flaps there is a dark blue with repeating yellow rectangle designs. Dark blue strip of beading down the front of the shoes with triangles of red and yellow, and two rows of beads down the back of blue, repeating with white, green and yellow.
Cotton turban. Garment is thin and very long, made of light, fine fabric that is dyed in diagonal lines of bright pink-purple interspersed with panels of mottled brown, orange and blue lines. An thick embroidered panel of metallic copper thread has been sewn to one end of the garment, with a much thinner panel at the other end.
Cotton turban. Garment is thin and very long, made of light, fine fabric that is dyed in chevron patterning in dark pink, red, yellow, green, orange, white and blue. Chevrons vary between thick and thin widths. An embroidered panel of metallic gold thread sits at one end of the garment. Edges are finished with a tight roll.
Cotton turban. Garment is thin and very long, made of light, fine fabric that is dyed mottled shades of orange and yellow, with thin chevron patterns in green. Clusters of small gold leaf dots run the length of the fabric. An embroidered panel of metallic gold thread sits at one end of the garment.
Double weave basketry hat. Hat is cone-shaped, made in a small tight weave, undecorated but for two slightly protruding encircling lines placed just below peak and above the rim. Hat’s point is made of four wide strips of bark that are then separated into smaller strands and incorporated into the general weave. A smaller inset cone is found high in the interior, serving as a headband. Its rim is lined with a weave of cotton.
Rectangular woven wall hanging with a mirrored diamond pattern. Dyes used are made of natural materials. Background is off-white, with brown checked squares along the edges coloured with walnut shells. At centre of weaving is a small light tan diamond coloured with onion skin, surrounded by a thick diamond of dark brown made of red stemmed dock with logwood strips, then two strips of light rust-brown of goldenrod and chrome or copper, light yellow-green of goldenrod and alum, and light brown coloured with lichen. At back are two canvas pockets sewn along the long edges as hanging mechanisms.
Woman’s full-length, A-line, colourful robe or coat, with long tapered sleeves; open at centre front from neck to hemline, no closures; made of red, yellow, purple, green and blue warp-ikat textile; silk warp, cotton weft; surface glazed with egg white(?). Gathering at the sides just under the sleeves. 16 cm vertical slits at each side at the hem. Front edges and bottom hem trimmed with 2.3 cm blue, pink and off white tablet-woven braid; sleeve hems trimmed with pink, blue, black and off-white 1.5 cm tablet woven braid. Body is lined with black and off-white checked cotton textile; sleeves lined with orange and off-white cotton textile; edges of the body of the garments are faced on the inside with bias strips of multi-coloured ikat textile (silk warp, cotton weft); sleeves faced with bias strips of brightly coloured floral printed cotton textile.
Man’s full-length, A-line, colourful, red, yellow and off-white ikat tunic or gown, with wide, straight sleeves and straight 36 cm slit at the centre front neck opening. A small stand-up collar has been roughly attached at the centre back. Warp ikat textile, with silk warp, cotton weft. Roughly made and irregularly patched together. Left underarm has been patched with a piece of dark purple cotton textile. Unlined. Hem is faced with strips of green and white plaid cotton textile. A blue stripe on the selvage shows through on some seams.