Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

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

Neck ornament made of 18-19 strings of cylindrical beads creating a wide, circular necklace that fits close to the neck. The beads are threaded on fibre strands, held together by seven strips of hide interspersed at regular intervals, with thin hide ties at the ends. The beads are decorated with incised lines, and lacquered(?).

Large, round, shallow basket made of thin strips of brown palm, woven into a zigzag pattern. The rim is made up of 7 strips of curved vine, one on top of the other, held on by strips of dark brown palm and ropes of braided fibre running horizontally between the vines, on the outside of the rim. The basket’s sides are firm, while the bottom is pliable.

Large, shallow, circular basket made of thin strips of leaf, woven into a crisscross pattern. The sides are firm, while the bottom is pliable. Attached all around the rim by braided plant fibre and strips of leaf is a curved vine.

Large, shallow, round basket made of thin strips of palm woven in a criss-cross pattern. In the interior, parts of the palm have been coloured a dark brown and make diamond and linear patterns in the weave. Six strips of vine circle the inner rim of the basket and are held on by palm fibre. The outside of the basket has a random, possibly unintentional, pattern of lighter fibre intermixed in the weave. The sides of the basket are firrigidm, while the bottom is somewhat flexible.

Large loosely woven basket made of thin strips of guarumo palm leaf. Basket is woven in a zigzag pattern and has a hexagon shaped base with flared sides that widen at the rim. The rim is circular and wrapped with dark brown strips of palm.

Hour-glass shaped wicker stand that twists in the centre. Thin strips of palm wood are loosely woven to form a circular top and bottom. Braided vine is tied around the base and rim to secure the palm wood.

Large shallow circular basketry sieve made of thin palm strips woven into a zigzag pattern. Lighter coloured palm strips in the weave create a pattern of widely spaced crossing lines. At the rim are two curved pieces of vine attached to the basket by dark brown wound palm fibre and braided palm fibre. All but the rim of the basket is pliable.

Round, shallow basket with a loose, open weave, made of very thin strips of palm. Around the braided rim are two bent pieces of vine that are held on by strips of plant fibre.