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Long, rectangular, brocade textile of cream fabric and indigo detailing; selvage at top and bottom; hemmed at ends. Motif on left is an animal with flower pattern; a dotted vase with flowers and fruit, a dragon behind. The centre vase on a stand has a flower pattern, contains fruit and flowers while behind are butterflies, diamond mace and scrolls. Patterned vase and stand on right, contains four pointed leaves, flowers, vines and fungus; behind are books with scrolls. Horned animal on right. Between vases at left and centre is long billed bird on branch with fruit and flowers.
Horizontal ground loom (parts a-n) with a partially woven red textile attached to the wooden front beam by bright lashing cords (part b). The woven cloth has five pattern bands and four bands of stripes in red, white, green and yellow. The geometric patterns are of circles, diamonds, crosses and figurative patterns of birds and fish. Intertwined in the textile are numerous parts: cylindrical shaped shed roll (part m) is in position between two layers of warps and back warp beam (part n) holds the loops of the unworked warps. The shuttle stick (part c) is wound with red weft and is attached to the fabric. Heddle stick (part d) has green cord loops. Shed stick (part f) and (part k) are in position under threads in the pattern areas. Ground stakes (parts g-j) are loose as is the pick (part f) and the shed holder and beater (part e). A braided brown, black and cream alpaca rope (part a) is used to keep the loom and tools together when rolled.
Belt with a central band that has a bird motif and geometric motifs of circles, diamonds, crosses and reverse curves in white, red and green and narrow bands of white, green and pink near weft selvedges. One end is finished with nine knotted braids. A re-plied cord is attached to the braids and to the warp selvedges at the other end.
Shawl composed of rectangular red striped cloth composed of two rectangles of cloth sewn together. The shawl has six patterned bands featuring geometric (six part circle, crosses, and diamonds) and bird motifs alternating with narrow bands with a diamond and 'x' motif, all on red with bands of blue, green red, and pink. The colours of the motifs and background are reversed on the opposite face.
Rectangular wall hanging with a basic structure of discontinuous weft twining. The weft is one-ply hand spun wool with a long knotted fringe on one end and loops from the warp on the other end. The warp is commercial off-white wool and forms a fringe at one end and a series of loops at the other end. The design consists of two vertical grey zigzags running vertically and two joined dark brown triangles at one corner, all on a grey-brown ground. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.
Rectangular wall hanging with a basic structure of discontinuous weft twining. The ground is grey with grey-yellow and grey-brown. There are four vertical rows of arrows and diamonds. The pattern consists of two arrows with a diamond in centre then two other arrows, and there are three such patterns in each row in different colours. The one-ply handspun weft has a looped finish on one end and over-hand knots on the other. The warp is five-ply machine-made wool.
Rectangular mat with a plaited checkerboard pattern. There is a double band of dark cedar around the edges of the mat, crossed at the corners. The edges are finished by overcasting on a wide core of cedar bark.
Figures representing a woman with a baby in a sling tied to her waist. She is sitting on a stool with her left leg outstretched in front of her and her right leg bent backwards at the knee. She is wearing a sleeved dress and is dipping cloth into a pot. Dress and baby sling are light yellow-brown. Heads, woman's limbs, and stool are dark brown. The pot, cloth, and woman's hands are very dark blue. The base is light brown wood.
Grey-white jacket with dark blue embroidery. The jacket has a round neck, wide sleeves and centre opening with frog closures. On the front are peony, pomegranate, bat and butterfly motifs. On the back are lion and prunus motifs. There is blue facing inside the neck, front sides and side seams.
Small gray-white vest with indigo design. The vest has a round neck, side slits and centre opening with frog closures. On the front are floral, branch and bird motifs. On the back are floral, pagoda, tree and bird motifs. Around all the edges is a dark blue border. The inside is unlined.