Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund

Birch bark box and cover with red, brown, tan and white porcupine quill decorations depicting Native Americans in a canoe, birds, flowers, and leaves, as well as additional figures. White quill binds the edges.

A fragment of a fresco painting, mounted in a clear plastic frame. The composition consists of a man and a woman seated beside one another. The female figure is holding the right arm of the male figure. The right side of the composition contains a small table, which is supporting a yellow and red vessel, as well as a lotus flower in a small vase. The male figure is holding the blue stem of the flower. The colours were derived from natural pigment, and the fresco is in stable condition.

Toy red, black and blue tin stove (a), with tall painted silver chimney and oven door that opens, has a rectangular drawer(?) with removable lid (b) and a rolled tin bar (c) from which hang several kitchen utensils. A blue kettle with lid (d, e), a red cooking pot with lid (f, g) and a smaller pot (h) sit over three holes on top and hanging are a funnel (i), strainer (j), flat gold griddle (k), gold spoon (l), and a straw paddle (m).