Short blouse with a wide neckline edged in lace, and short puffed sleeves decorated with lace and an inset light blue ribbon. Bodice is light blue silk, pointed at bottom front and back, embelished with swirled designs in brown metalic thread along the front button closure, hems, and up the back darts. Buttons are gold orbs, and hide hook and eye closures. The blouse is lined with unbleached cotton on the inside of the bodice.

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

By exchange

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Alfred T. White Fund

Large bag with handle. Bag is made up of several woven, vertical panels sewn together. The panels making up the sides extend into a thick, wide handle at top, and short dense fringe at bottom. A drawstring is threaded through the bag’s mouth. The design in the weaving is dense, with repeating motifs of lines, rectangles, spots and diamonds on front and back panels. Along the edges of each panel are vertical strips woven in linear designs. Interior is unlined.

Long, narrow sash woven from bright red woven fabric. At each end is a thin embroidered strip in a triangle motif, in white, blue, green and orange. The sash ends are unhemmed and culminate in a thick fringe.

Long sleeved shirt made of unbleached cotton. Sleeve cuffs are lined on the interior with dark blue silk. Front is open, with a short, standing collar. Three closely stitched lines the same colour as the fabric sit close together at the bottom. Fringe hangs from the unhemmed bottom of the shirt’s torso. Side slits are lined with bright red fabric.

Long sleeved jacket made from woven dark red fabric. The front is open, with a short standing collar. Front and back below the shoulders on chest are woven with human and animal figures divided by lines of dots. Below this are circular motifs filled with lines and dots, divided by yellow triangular designs. The bottom hem is finished with a thick fringe. Short side slits are edged in shiny tan fabric and lined on interior with blue.