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Open twined carrier, or cradle, with semi-circular cross-section, wedge-shaped at the bottom with a closed end while open at the top. Wrapped handle forms top structural support and is wrapped in sections of light yellow-brown bear grass. Dark brown bark(?) stick-like warps form a semi-circle out from the handle crossed by clusters of widely spaced twining. Wedge-shaped bottom is twined across the back and up the front. There is one twisted support across the top of the cradle.
Rectangular basket with two braided handles sewn on with black thread. Base has wide strips of checker weave cedar bark. Sides are of grasses woven in a diagonal pattern with two strips of cedar woven in near the top and bottom, each edged with a faded purple stripe. The upper edge has grasses coiled around it. Woven into both sides is a design of a purple eagle clutching an arrow.
Dome-shaped basketry hat with small checker work plaited square at top, where warps are visible. This area is outlined with twining and then the warps are split into smaller pieces and double strand twining resumes, but as much finer work. There is a row of triple strand twining, after several rows, and then the warps are split again and two strand twining continues. The bottom rim is finished with a row of triple strand twining followed by four rows of double strand twining, and then another row of triple strand twining. There is a fitted hatband inside hat with a cotton string sewn through it. A small cloth tag with a red letter "M" is sewn to the inside of the hat band.
Round, twined, brown bowl with a light yellow-brown bear grass pattern band below the rim. Design consists of two parallel raised rows between a step pattern, above and below the centre band.
Round twined, light brown bowl with light white-brown bear grass overlaid design below rim. Repeating motif of large down pointing triangles with ten smaller triangles to the sides. Small bear grass elements show inside.
Round, twined bowl with a slightly flattened bottom. Overlaid horizontal, light white-brown bear grass band around the outside of the basket below the rim. There are repeating sets of three black rectangles, with the centre one below the others, along the band. Single row of twill twining ? at the bottom where it flattens.
Flat, round, twined tray with concentric design bands on the top surface and two sets of two wrapped, raised rings on the bottom and at the rim and over halfway to the centre. Design includes the following: light yellow-white bear grass at the rim and alternating brown background in the third row; and wide band of overlaid bear grass with three repeating band-like motifs, each with similar triangular appendages. Two of these appendages have a diagonal row of black fern stem at one end; single row of background; row of alternating bear grass and background; two rows of bear grass; three rows with evenly alternating rows; and several centre rows that are the background.
An arrow shaft, 91 cm. long, of pitpit (sword grass). The foreshaft is a 4 cm. (between bindings) length of black palm wood, secured to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The lanceolate point is a flat piece of bamboo 1.5 cm. wide projecting 18 cm. beyond the binding. The point is bound to the foreshaft by a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide coated with yellow clay.
Flat bag, rectangular, bottom corners rounded. Made of bark fibre kitted in a ribbed pattern, the ribs forming an overall pattern of large rectangles. Bag heavily saturated with pig fat, encrusted with clay. Netting handle threaded through corners at open end. Handle is broken.
A flat bag of twill-weave light brown grass, woven in one piece, rectangular in shape, and open at one narrow end. The edge of the opening is finished by turning ends of grass back and weaving in. There is a double row within 1.5 cm. of the open edge. The handle of braided root fibre (?), 51 cm. long and tied at mid-length, is affixed to the opposite corners of the bag by threading through the weave.