A man's two-piece striped poncho. Stripes with geometric patterns have widths that are medium and wide, while stripes with solid colors have widths that are narrow. Because of the textile having been washed, natural white alpaca fleece has been changed to a light pink in places. Neck opening and poncho selvages have the same sewn-on edge of braid binding and fringe. Predominant colors of object are dark red and white with stripes of green, yellow and black. At the center of each of the two pieces that make up the poncho are a trio of large parallal diamond-patterned stripes with a narrower patterned stripe on each side. Narrow solid-colored stripes alternate with patterned stripes. The sewn-on braiding edge has diamond designs in yellow, green, dark red, and white; woven into the braid is a bright fringe of pink green, orange, red, white, black, brown and purple. To create curved edges on the poncho, each of the four corners has been sewn down.The object is complete and its overall condition is good. It was purchased unused. Condition: excellent.

Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Men's waist cloth made up of four panels of warp faced cloth stitched together vertically with hems at each end on opposing sides. The rust-red, cream and brown of the hand spun cotton warp ikat patterns are natural dye while the narrow blue and green supplementary warps are commercial dye and mercerized cotton.

Flat, rectangular, light-coloured basket or purse with two long braided grass straps knotted together at the ends. Ends of the vertical strands are left exposed along the bottom in a thick fringe. Shiny strands of blue, yellow and orange are interwoven to create several diagonal bands.

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.

Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a large central manta ray with two smaller mantas on either side. All of the mantas have white eyes, are detailed with black rectangular-like shapes; they are green outlined in orange with yellow, pink, purple, green, blue and white detailing. The ground is black with black, orange, green, blue and purple stripes. One side is edged with a thick orange fabric border while the opposite side has black. The panel has a red fabric backing. Two edges are raw.

Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a large central manta ray with two smaller mantas on either side. All of the mantas have white eyes, are detailed with black rectangular-like shapes; they are green outlined in orange with yellow, pink, purple, green, blue and white detailing. The ground is black with black, orange, green, blue and purple stripes. One side is edged with a thick orange fabric border while the opposite side has black. The panel has a red fabric backing. Two edges are raw.

"Tofua" dance apron . Basketry top panel is of light grass, with a zigzag pattern woven into it, around which is inter-woven an acrylic blue wool border and a twisted green and yellow wool band. The hanging grass strands below the panel have been unraveled in spots and shredded into long thin fibres in others.

Square-shaped woven bag (bilum) with long macrame strap of twisted grass rope. Thick strips of dyed red and purple leaf ? alternate with brown to create a diamond pattern. Into the front side are woven bunches of brightly coloured yellow, purple, green and pink grass fibres, the one at top centre being a pompom.