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Birch bark body of basket bent and laced into place with birch twig stitched border around the rim. Overcast with natural, pink, purple aniline dyed root. Zig-zag stitch for joining creates a portion of the design. The overcast stitch is zig-zagged. The dyed root occurs at the ends with bands of natural root on the sides. Darker side of the bark is on the outside.
Part (a) Urn shaped coiled work (bifurcated stitches) basket with handles at shoulder and foot at base. Watch-spring lid and base construction; lid with 2" diameter hole in centre, indented slat flange. Imbricated pattern of alternating vertical rows of arrows in either dark cherry and cat-tail grass, or red cherry and cat-tail grass. In between these rows is a smaller row of diamond shapes of red cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Part (b) Lid - 6 double tiered diamond figures in cherry bark and cat-tail, alternating red/cat-tail and black/cat-tail.
Acorn-shaped, brown woven basket (part a) with lid (part b). Lid is woven with a thick band of small, curled protrusions along the rim to emulate the rough top of an acorn; lid also has a small loop attached at the centre. A thick band of a lighter grass-like material is woven near the top rim of the basket.
Small cedar bark canoe bailer with wooden handle. The outer bark is on the exterior surface and some has been removed from each end where the bark has been folded up and pleated. The ends have been secured to the wooden handle with strips of bark. There is a small hole in the handle near the centre, which goes all the way through.
Small cedar bark canoe bailer with wooden handle. Outer bark is on the exterior surface, but has been removed from the ends which have been pleated up and tied with strips of bark to a wooden handle. There are flat-ended knobs at each end of the wooden handle, one of them is quite chipped. The bailer is slightly warped, with one end slanting inwards.
Long canoe that is stitched together at each end and around the outer edge to create tapered ends and a wide opening. Bark on outer surface of canoe has been dyed reddish-brown to expose natural light-brown bark with alternating horizontal patterns of double lines and triangular-shaped designs.
Three long strips of woven cedar bark, joined lengthwise by stitching to create a wide, belt-like band; each strip is formed by four chains linked together. Ends are bound with skin. Three cedar tassels hang from each end.
Red cedar bark woven in four strands to form a four-sided chain-like ring. The object consists of two such rings sewn together. Bundles of light cedar bark stripes are attached to the ring in four places with thin pieces of hide.
Rectangular cradle with a high back. Puppet lies inside, and is painted with black and red paint on its face, chest and hands; fabric arms. Crest-painted cloth underneath puppet. Figure sits up as strings are pulled. Post sticks up at front (said to hold a revolving toy). Head of the figure turns from side to side. Sides and top painted with designs in black, red and green. (Part b is a piece of the cloth that has separated.)
Mask representing a salmon with arched eyebrows, slightly protruding eyes, nostril holes, and a straight mouth. Cedar bark and feathers for fringe. Painted silver with black eyebrows and pupils, white around the eyes, red nostrils and lips with white borders, and orange scalloped designs to the sides of the mouth.