Boot frags- two small holes

boot sole frags- sole with nail holes, edges

Boot body frags, leather- rubber combined?

stacked leather shoe heel fragment, brown, some stitching visible, fair-poor condition, but not too fragile

some stitching still visible, in multiple pieces, brown, very fragile condition

Pair of leather boots decorated with geometric applique. Boots made up of four pieces of leather: soles, vamps, and front and back halves of uppers. Soles, vamps, and back of uppers are undecorated; coloured brown-orange. Front uppers dyed dark brown; applique stitched across surface, forming rectangular panel. Design consists of column of diamonds, framed on either side by triangles; rounded triangles in each corner of rectangle. Bottom and sides trimmed with wide bands; top edge undecorated. Applique done in brown-orange, beige, and turquoise. Opening of boots are finished; pull tabs on back edges.

Pair of rubber sandals with V-shaped straps; straps threaded through cuts in insoles and nailed down. Soles are flat, rounded at toes and heel; centre of insole is dark brown, edges and sole are black. Straps are red leather and have patterned bands across surfaces. Pattern alternates between rectangles with red and orange stripes and checkers, and blue rectangles with repeating gold hourglass-like shapes. Section of strap holding tip of V to insole is plain leather; plain leather tie secured to V with white and red knob.

Pair of leather and rubber sandals with ankle and toe loop straps; straps threaded through cuts in insoles and nailed down. Soles are flat, rounded at toes and heels; “X”’s incised along edges of rounded sections of insoles. Straps are beige leather and have patterned bands across surfaces. Patterns consist of: triangles and zigzags, thin and thick stripes, checkered bands, and diagonal stripes. Designs done in dark blue, gold, white, dark red, and green.

Begena stringed instrument. Square-shaped resonator, covered with stretched rawhide, which is nailed in place. Triangular wood frame extends from top of sound chamber, made up of two arms inserted through the skin and connected at the top by a crossbar. The crossbar is rectangular on either end, with notches that the arms are inserted into, and a cylindrical centre where the strings are attached. The strings are fastened across the front of the sound box to wood pegs. U-shaped leather pieces placed between each string and the bridge.

Painted drum (part a) made of stiffened skin stretched over round wood frame. Skin wraps around frame edges to the back; thin strips of sinew looped through holes in skin draw material tight. Sinew strips lashed together in centre with leather thongs; black looped cord attached to leather, for hanging purposes. Face of drum has bird, fin and sun motifs painted across surface, made up of formline design elements; done in dark blue, gold, and dark red. Artist signature and date made painted along side of drum; done in red. Drum rests inside separate square wood frame (part b) with tall walls (Metal hooks and wire in interior and on back of frame, for hanging purposes).