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Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a large central manta ray with two smaller mantas on either side. All of the mantas have white eyes, are detailed with black rectangular-like shapes; they are green outlined in orange with yellow, pink, purple, green, blue and white detailing. The ground is black with black, orange, green, blue and purple stripes. One side is edged with a thick orange fabric border while the opposite side has black. The panel has a red fabric backing. Two edges are raw.
Multi-media installation. The doll (a) consists of a wooden artist’s maquette body with brain-tanned deer hide head (no facial features), hand coverings, and dress (with fringes at sleeves and decorated with English and Cree text written in pink gel-pen ink), pink and yellow cut-glass seed beads sewn onto dress and moccasin boots, horse hair braids with white satin ribbon, ncecklace of porcupine quill, brass bead and sinew, clam shell earrings, and a belt with large brass buttons. The doll sits in a chair (part b) constructed of deer hide, wood, and sinew, and face a small LCD screen, which fastens to a wooden base (part c), and plays a video loop, with video and audio footage created by the artist.
Dark red robe that is worn with a belt (Edz3797 b). It has a rounded neck, slender cuffed sleeves and side opening with metal snap fasteners. There are long slits in the sides and back. The border around the neck, side opening and cuffs has large, partial flowers in black and white on a turquoise ground. The wide border above the bottom hem has three bands on a turquoise ground; one with a large floral motif in black and white and two of a meander motif in white. The inside lining is white cotton.
Corpus Christi headdress consisting of a grass string bound wood frame over which is stretched a screen made of canvas sacking and a sheet of gold foil. Sewn onto the foil are several shells, strands of beads (glass, plastic and possibly gemstone), earrings, pins, bone hair clips, metal tokens, and coins. A large shell is attached at the top of the headdress.
Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a large central manta ray with two smaller mantas on either side. All of the mantas have white eyes, are detailed with black rectangular-like shapes; they are green outlined in orange with yellow, pink, purple, green, blue and white detailing. The ground is black with black, orange, green, blue and purple stripes. One side is edged with a thick orange fabric border while the opposite side has black. The panel has a red fabric backing. Two edges are raw.
Drawstring bag. Woven basketry bottom, with a red, green, yellow, and white coloured cloth top attached, lined with purple fabric. Attached to the outside of the bag by a purple drawstring are two tubular bamboo containers. One is meant to hold a small whisk (529/12 e) and the other a small collapsible spoon (529/12 f).
Barrel-shaped brown drum (a) with wide woven strap has stretched white goat skin held in place over each end with wood hoops. White rope laced between the two skins in a zigzag has attached metal rings from which hang bundled, twisted or braided strands of yellow, blue, red, black, green and pink fibre with tassels and pompoms at the ends. Two drumsticks, one a polished piece of wood with curved handle and padded red leather top (b), the other a simple painted stick with black tape near one end (c), are stuck between the lacing.
Belt made of a band of beads strung together and sewn onto a rawhide backing. A connected repeating pattern in alternating red and blue on a white background is bordered with green. One end of the skin wraps around the centre of a small silver metal buckle, the other end narrows slightly and is rounded at tip.
An apron that is part of a wedding outfit (with 2589/1 a,b,c,e-f,g,h,i-j). The apron has a red fringe part way around it, as well as two blue-grey ties. It is embroidered with red, pink, yellow, off-white and purple-blue flowers on a black background.
A black silk vest that is part of a wedding outfit (with 2589/1 a,b,d,e-f,g,h,i-j). It has grey-blue trimming decorated with elaborate metal trim, circles, and buttons.