The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection. Collected: Elizabeth Cole Butler

Gift of Mr. Herbert Malarkey.

Gift of Alice R. Kendall.

Gift of Miss Alice R. Kendall.

Gift of Mrs. Ferdinand C. Smith and Mr. L. Hawley Hoffman.

Ceremonial bark cloth pectoral, shield-shaped with a rounded bottom. Two thongs of bark attached to the top corners hold the garment around the wearer's neck. The cloth is decorated with vegetable dye in geometric patterns in yellow, red, dark blue and brown. The body of a toucan bird is attached at centre by bark thread, blue feathered wings splayed toward the edges of the pectoral, its head with very large beak hanging freely. The garment is edged in light brown and grey seeds, with several long feathers attached at bottom. The back is undecorated.

Ceremonial bark cloth pectoral. The garment is shield-shaped with a rounded bottom. A thong of bark attached to the top corners holds the garment around the wearer's neck. The bark is decorated with vegetable dye in geometric patterns in yellow, red and black. The body of a toucan bird is attached at centre with thread made of bark, blue feathered wings splayed toward the edges of the pectoral. The head with its very large beak hangs freely. The garment is edged in light brown and grey seeds, with several long feathers attached at bottom. The back is undecorated.

Ceremonial bark cloth pectoral. The garment is rectangular in shape with rounded bottom corners and a cut-out at the neck. A thong of bark holds the garment around the wearer's neck.The pectoral is decorated with vegetable dyed geometric patterns in yellow, red, dark blue and black. The body of a red and black cotinga ? bird is attached to the front centre, head toward the bottom, wings and tail spread. Above and to either side is attached a design of red and green feathers under rows of white seeds centred around a larger brown seed. The pectoral is edged in dark brown and grey seeds, with several single macaw ? feathers attached at bottom. The back is undecorated.

Ceremonial bark cloth tunic. The garment is long and rectangular, open on the sides, neck rounded with a small V at front. Front and back are painted in a variety of shapes and lines coloured red, yellow, dark brown and black. On the chest are two decorative designs of blue, red and green feathers with strands of beads. Below is sewn a brown and yellow bird with green tail and red back, facing down with head and beak freely hanging, wings and tail widely splayed. A toucan is sewn to the back, also facing down, with blue wings spread to the sides. Below is a panel of densely placed coloured feathers which is edged in seeds, feathered tassels hanging from the bottom. The outer edges of the tunic are decorated with a line of brown and grey seeds, and large dark brown feathers hang in small groupings from the bottom hem. The inside of the garment is undecorated.

Ceremonial bark cloth pectoral. The garment is rectangular in shape with rounded bottom corners and a cut-out at the neck. A thong of bark holds the garment around the wearer's neck.The pectoral is decorated with vegetable dyed geometric patterns in yellow, red and brown. The body of a brown and yellow bird is attached to the front centre, head toward the bottom, wings and tail spread. Above and to either side is attached a design of red and yellow feathers under four strands of light grey seeds with a larger red one at centre. The pectoral is edged in a line of brown and grey seeds, with several macaw ? feathers attached at bottom. The back is undecorated.