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Colourful basket with rectangular base and oblong rim, woven with stiff pink, purple, white, green and natural coloured grass. Two looping macrame straps are attached at the top and bright yellow, pink, blue and green grass flowers and tassels decorated the front.
Corpus Christi headdress consisting of a grass string bound wood frame over which is stretched a screen made of canvas sacking and a sheet of gold foil. Sewn onto the foil are several shells, strands of beads (glass, plastic and possibly gemstone), earrings, pins, bone hair clips, metal tokens, and coins. A large shell is attached at the top of the headdress.
Button blanket made from dark blue wool material, with red felt borders . Central design made of red cut out felt with plastic buttons highlighting the shape of a raven with a young raven inside it. The blanket is a child' s blanket and would be worn at social occasions involving the whole community, e.g. potlatches, memorial feasts, weddings, etc. Button blankets were adaptations of dark blue Hudson Bay blankets which were traded up the coast in the 1850' s. The designs appliqued in red and outlined in buttons are of the owner' s crests and serve to identify the wearer as belonging to specific lineages. Recently in an effort to encourage traditional knowledge of lineage membership the Council of the Haida Nation have been giving button blankets to all young Haidas who graduate from high school, thereby instilling a sense of pride and belonging for the young; Complete
Belt that is part of a Cantonese opera costume with 1743/1 a,b,c,d,f,g. The belt is long and slightly convex belt with lower centre. It is heavily sequined and fastens together with strips of velcro over top of panel.
Long, tapered, lined panel that is part of a Cantonese opera costume with objects 1743/1 a,b,c,e,f,g. Panel is curved at bottom with smaller, similar shaped piece overlaid. Pieces are attached together to narrow band with loop at each end. Hangs from waist in front of skirt.
Collar that is part of a Cantonese opera costume with objects 1743 a,b,d,e,f,g. The collar is triangular and is attached to a narrow band, which comes down from shoulders to waist. Triangular part is worn at back. Overall design in sequins. The back is edged in a fringe of round and oblong beads. Six snaps.
White gathered skirt that is part of a Cantonese opera costume with objects 1743/1 a,c,d,e,f,g. The skirt has a cotton waistband and loops at opening. There are scattered sequin designs sewn on front and back and a wide sequin border at bottom edge.
Tungurahua-style Corpus Christi band made of an embroidered yellow silk panel sewn onto a burlap backing and then lined with orange cotton cloth that wraps around to form a framing edge. Embroidered motifs are in red, blue, brown, orange, maroon, pink, black, beige and green wool and include flowers, birds, deer, llamas, men hunting, musicians playing the harp, trumpet and drums, and a couple dancing. Small translucent and silver discs of plastic have been sewn into the middle of the design and a border of wide strips of gold foil paper is attached to the sides, with long yellow stitches on three sides and machine stitching on the fourth.
Lined hood that is part of a Cantonese opera costume with 1743/1 a,b,c,d,e,f., open and rounded at bottom. Two sets of ties. Sequined designs on outside, bordered. Narrow panel of sequin designs sewn to inside top.