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Circular basket with flared opening. Basket is made of coiled grass fibre, secured together with dyed string. Walls gently slope into a rounded base. Ten-petal flower design in centre bottom, with an inner border. The petals extend upward to the rim. Patterns are visible on interior and exterior. String covering basket is brown, design done in white. Brown string looped through top edge, for hanging purposes.
Vase-like basket (part a) with lid (part b). Basket has a circular opening that gently flares into a rounded body. Flower with eight petals and a large circle in centre decorates flat base. Extending outward from the flower is a diamond grid that covers the entire basket. Rows of grid closest to base have smaller diamonds inside, top rows are undecorated. Lid has an extended lip and interior ridge, that fits into the container body. Button knob on top centre of lid. Triangles extended outward from knob to lid edge. Every other triangle decorated with an inner triangle. Right side of rim is dyed, left is undecorated. Patterns on both components are visible on interior and exterior. Both components are golden brown, designs done in brown-red and light orange.
Circular basket with flared opening. Walls gently slope into a flat base. Seven-petal flower design in centre bottom, with petals extending upward to middle of walls. Row of triangles above tips of petals. Plain lines border edges of triangles and petals. Patterns are visible on interior and exterior. Designs are naturally coloured golden brown, rest of basket is dyed dark brown. Plastic tie attached to exterior, for hanging purposes.
Large circular basket with an angled opening. Walls gently slope into a rounded base. Concentric flower pattern begins in centre bottom, extending to outer edges. Flower has eight petals and a large circle in the middle. Pattern is visible on interior and exterior. Basket is golden brown, designs are done in brown-red.
Female doll in a standing position, made of cloth (part a). Facial features are embroidered with black and red thread. Two red “V” shapes decorate each cheek. Woman has long braided black hair, secured with red ties. Doll has a separate red cloth head ring (part b). The top edges are trimmed with a white fuzzy material, imitating fur, with a large abalone decoration on front. The doll wears a black button blanket with a wide red border along the top, left and right edges. Triangle and diamond designs along band, done in white buttons. Inner edge of border outlined with identical buttons. Central design on blanket of a thunderbird, done in red. Copper depicted on chest of bird, formline design elements across rest of body; done in white, red, blue, yellow, green and black beads. Underneath, she is wearing a striped dress with a lace collar, lace trimmed pants, and a black and red dance apron. Central design of a copper with two red bands underneath. Zigzag pattern, done in light blue beads, overtop the bands. Hanging from the points of the zigzags are gold bells. She is wearing black shoes.
Pair of wool doll mittens, joined by a braided yellow and lavender cord. Multi-coloured pompoms towards ends of cord. Mittens are cream-coloured with dark yellow stitching along the seams. Openings bordered with band of dark purple and white diagonal lines. Two rows of embroidered decoration above border. First row is a yellow zigzag; second is green scalloped line. Green crosses embroidered on the thumbs and top of the mittens.
Male doll, in standing position, with a stone face. Eyes are incised; nose, mouth and full cheeks are carved in relief. Small holes in nose, imitating nostrils. Tattoos incised across face, consisting of an arrow, and linear, curvilinear and circular motifs. Body is carved out of whale bone. Seal fur attached throughout, imitating fur trimmed clothing. Male is wearing a hooded parka with a long flap, pants, mittens and boots. Hood covered in fox fur, face opening trimmed with deer fur. Artist inscription on stone tag tied to doll’s left hand.
Female doll, in a standing position, made of cloth (part a). Doll has a separate cedar bark head ring (part b), lined with red cloth, with two strips of fuzzy white trim along the top left and right edges, imitating fur. Facial features are embroidered with black thread. Two red diagonal lines decorate each cheek. Woman has long braided black hair, secured with blue ties, and white beaded earrings. She is wearing a black button blanket, with a wide red border along the top, left and right edges. Central design is of a sun(?), done in red. White buttons outline the border and the sun(?). Underneath, she is wearing a purple plaid-patterned dress and a dark blue dance apron. Apron has a central design of three feather-shaped sequins, connected by a green and white beaded arch. Two rows of green and white beads, in a zigzag pattern, beneath central design. Hanging from the points of the zigzags are large white beads. Black lines embroidered along edges of hands, imitating fingers. She is wearing dark brown shoes.
Female doll, in a standing position, made of cloth (part a). Doll has a separate cedar bark head ring (part b), lined with red cloth, with two strips of fuzzy white material trimming the top left and right edges, imitating fur. The facial features are embroidered with black thread. Two red diagonal lines decorate each cheek. Woman has long black braided hair, secured with light blue ties, and white beaded earrings. She is wearing a black button blanket, with a wide red border along the top, left and right edges. Central design is of a copper, done in red. White buttons outline the border and the copper. Underneath, she is wearing blue floral dress, with a lace collar, and a dark blue dance apron. Apron has a central design of three feather-shaped sequins, connected by a yellow and green beaded arch. Two rows of green and white beads, in a zigzag pattern, beneath central design. Hanging from the points of the zigzags are large white beads. Black lines embroidered along edges of hands, imitating fingers. She is wearing dark brown shoes.
Female doll, in standing position on wooden base, made of corn husks. Face is featureless. She has long, braided black hair secured with red ties. Braided leather band knotted around head, with a feather tucked in the back. She is wearing a layered floral dress with black pants underneath. Edges of layers and bottoms of pants are decorated with multi-coloured beads. Beads stitched on in a zigzag pattern. Dress is belted at waist with a long leather tie. She is holding a large pestle in both hands, inserted into a cylindrical, bark covered mortar. Artist name written on base.