Gift of Frederic B. Pratt

A. Augustus Healy Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

This traditional, coiled basket is created especially for the Museum for the tipi exhibition by the artist Carol Emarthle-Douglas. On a natural background, it depicts eleven different women, each wearing the traditional dress of her Tribe, or Nation. In her hands she extends out a three dimensional basket woven in the style of her people as if to present it to the entire world. This is reflected exactly the same on the inside where she extends her basket as if to her community of basket makers. Four different basket making techniques are represented and materials are as follows by Nation: Seminole-One-rod coiling- one coiled pine needle, wrapped with raffia Haida- Twining- Red and Yellow cedar bark, commercial dye Pomo-One rod coiling-Round reed wrapped with raffia, various colors Navajo- One rod coiling- Round reed wrapped with raffia, various colors Yakima-One rod coiling- Round reed wrapped with raffia, various colors Nez Perce-Twining-Waxed linen thread in brown, green and white Northern Arapaho-One rod coiling, Coiled cloth wrapped with wire core, wrapped silk thread Ojibwa-Bending bark, Cherry bark, artificial sinew, etched design Penobscot- Twining- Black ash, sweet grass Chitimacha-Twill- Black ash, yellow cedar Cherokee- Twill-Yellow cedar, dyed yellow cedar

Frank L. Babbott Fund

Frank L. Babbott Fund

AMEC Analysis: Years (max): 1920 Comments: This is the heel and sole of a women's boot. The heel consists of 11 strips of leather cobbled with square headed nails. The sole is also leather and stitched on. Several eyelets are still attached indicating this was made after 1874. Three fragments of one heeled boot. Largest fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1a, middle fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1b and smallest fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1c. Size and shape indicate a woman's shoe. The sole is leather, the interior support is a thicker leather and the exterior surface is a finer leather. Shoe is held together with round iron nails and the sole is sewn to the body of the shoe, including the heel and toe. One eyelet fastener is present. Exterior leather is very worn and fragile. Iron nails are corroded. Heel layers are partially delaminated. The toe end has fully delaminated. Grey residue on upper and lower surfaces. L. Penttila 4/1/2010