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A light brown hide rectangular bag with a fringe along the bottom and a curved jagged edged along the top which has a design of perforated holes in two rows. The sides are edged with cream-coloured and brown print fabric. One side has a dyed quill geometric design in green, yellow, white, blue, purple, and pink. The other side has a very faded quill design of light pink-purple and light blue flowers with green and orange leaves on an off-white background.
Dark brown molded leather hat with wide brim. Two curved dark brown strips of bamboo are suspended underneath the hat.
U-shaped light-brown coloured skin pouch with green coloured braided strap and purple coloured side tassels. On the front flap is a central orange, brown, pink and green floral and leaf embroidered design and below, on the front part of the pouch is a central yellow, red, pink, blue and green floral and leaf embroidered design. Off-white coloured stitching lines the outer edges of the pouch flap and body. Inside the pouch is a brown coloured square piece of paper with the following black coloured hand-printed inscription in bold: SMOKED DEER SKIN TOBACCO POUCH SLAVI INDIANS FORT PROVIDENCE.
Elongated, horned animal mask (mountain goat?) with protruding tongue. Mask is brown, wooden, and ringed with fur.
Larger mountain goat of deer hide and wood; antlers are attached to top of head. The hide covers the mask around lower jaw and top of forehead; ears, eye area, and nose are bare. Holes go through mask at eyes; two holes for stringing are at bottom of sides and have fibre cord strung through them. Nose and outline of eyes are painted black.
Pair of man’s funeral shoes made of fine white leather. The sides are low, but there is an upward extension at the heel, which has a centre seam covered with five vertical cotton strings. Section covering toes is very short; the main body of each shoe is open. There is narrow piping finishing the vertical seam at the front of the toe section, and wider piping around the upper edge of the shoes. The soles are made of layers of natural brown leather slightly thicker at the toe and heel ends, and have numerous iron cleats at the front and heel. The soles are attached to the body of the shoes with a row of stitching around the edge of the soles, and there is a row of heavy, even stitches around the edge of the white leather. The shoes are lined with white leather, and have insoles of woven grey wool fabric.
Pair of black cotton boots with quilted silk lining. Short opening at back. Leather loops on front threaded through two holes and knotted on inside. Piping on front, back and sides. Lower edges of boots trimmed with leather. Soles sewed on. Part (a) has five studs on sole and two pieces of masking tape with writing, attached to lining. Part (b) has four studs on sole.
Small red dress with beadwork. The dress has a v-neck, short sleeves and flared skirt. There are rectangular beadwork panels on the upper front, back and sleeves. The panels have a triangle motif in yellow and black on white ground. The inside is unlined.
Small cradle or baby carrier made from both raw and tanned deer hide, stretched over a wooden pine frame, red willow bottom strips, covered with red plaid flannel. Rocker bottom. Flannel carrying straps at either end. Raised framework around the head.
Women wear the half circle design, which represents the moon. The 4 red and blue farbic motifs represent the glands of a deer.