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Bucket (a) and lid (b). The bucket has a cylindrical body that flares at the top and bottom, and is widest at the bottom of the base. A handle of bent copper is fastened to the body with a copper loop and rivets at each end. The handle is engraved with a series of lines in a zigzag pattern as well as dots and circles. The body is hammered and incised in horizontal bands of geometric and intertwined guilloché designs. The lid is slightly convex with a knob at the top centre and is decorated with concentric bands of floral and geometric pattern.
Headdress with frontlet. Frontlet depicts eagle with killer whale above and human-like face below. Painted black around eyes and beak, blue around mouth, red on forehead, side of face, mouth, and claws. Mirrors inset for bird eyes. Frontlet is inlaid with abalone shell pieces around three edges, with an extra, smaller, row on sides. Shell pieces are tied on. Ermine pelts, some with red cloth tied to them, drape down at the sides and back. Only a few sea lion whiskers still extend at top.
Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of red leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink and the edges of the design are emphasized with indented lines.
Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of twisted red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink.
Silver, ‘squash blossom’ necklace. Najahe is cast from one bar, the two halves of the beads are soldered together, the design is stamped on. The "squash blossom" head, is believed by experts to be derived from either the flower or the immature fruit of the pomegranate. The beads are of an uncommon shape on this necklace. The najahe was formerly worn on a horse bridle. The Navajo took it from the Mexicans, who took it from the Spanish, who took it from the Moors. The najahe or naja is most distinctive for the Navajos.
Silver, cast, drop style earrings. The earring is hemispherical in shape with a stylized scallop design. The centre and outer rim are undecorated. Screw back soldered to the back of each.
Silver earrings (parts a-b) with a "squash blossom" motif with a globular top and a cylindrical body that flares out in three directions. The inside is hollow. Screw back soldered to the back of each.
Silver, cast brooch, oval in shape with a central sunburst design surounded by scalloped edging. Soldered to the back are a pin and clasp. Stamped in the back is ‘Navajo’.
Silver ashtray, circular in shape, with crescents around outer edge. The centre has stamped eight sections of various patterns; some are in relief. The surface is slightly concaved. The object sits on four, small, semi-hemispherical legs.
Silver, cutout belt ornament, rectangular in shape, with a stylized leaf design. Two silver plated, pewter strips are soldered to the back for attachment to a belt. Stamped in the back is ‘Navajo’.