The paint is red and black.

Hoof container with wooden stopper. Small, shiny black vessel is wide at bottom with a fitted oval of wood at base, thin on the side-view, narrowing irregularly toward mouth. Container tilts slightly to one side. Lid (part b) is made of a thin oval of wood that sits inset in the container mouth, and has a small strip of leather as a handle. Handle is threaded through a hole bored in the wood near centre.

Highly decorated and carved talking stick, or speaker's staff, accompanied by deer hooves (parts b-k). Stick has deeply incised figures (top to bottom) of a thunderbird with wings extended above head, a killer whale, a male wearing a spruce root hat and holding a long stick in his right hand and a rock? in his left hand, and a snake. A binding of leather with suspended deer hooves separates the killer whale and the male figure.

Museum Purchase: Funds from the Native American Art Council.