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Cord made of yellow-brown camelid wool threads. Interlaced textile technique (2x2). Incomplete.
Fragments of a woven band with snake and geometric designs. Dyed wool threads in green and red-brown. a) Piece of band with five double-headed snake motifs. Two squares of open tapestry technique (some sections of warp unwoven to give a semi-translucent effect). Snakes have diamond shaped eyes, dots in the interior of curved body and surrounded by triangles; one serpent is green, the rest are light brown or brown. b) Piece of band with three double-headed snakes with one square of open tapestry technique. Snakes have diamond-shaped eyes, dots in the interior of curved body, surrounded by triangles; snakes are light brown and brown. Incomplete.
Embroidery cloth fragments with plain weave technique (1x1) and a band of irregular interlaced weaving. Part a is a large fragment sewn onto brown fabric, with five curved designs in a band of blue, yellow-brown, brown and light blue dyed camelid threads. Another fragment (b) is small and has two curved designs on blue and brown threads. Incomplete.
Three pieces of embroidered textile with cactus flowers on blue ground. Flowers have rectangular body, triangular ending on one side and long line on the other. Part a is a large band with three types of flowers: yellow-brown, blue and light blue squares on body, yellow-brown and green squares and blue and yellow-brown squares in cream weft. Other band fragments are small and have the same flower design; one with a red-brown ground (b) and the other (c) with yellow-brown and green squares on weft.
Woven belt. Garment is long and thin, made of woven wool in stripes of red and white that run the length of the piece. Ends narrow and are plaited into a loose weave.One side of the belt is densely embroidered in geometric patterns of concentric diamonds and colour blocks in a wide array of colours including light purple, dark blue and orange.
Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund
Small woven rug or blanket. On a background of light tan are woven red, light green, and dark brown lines of various widths, several long red arrows, a stalk of grain(?), and two identical Yei figures with arms bent at elbows, square green faces, and red garments. Loop of wool at one lower corner.
Small beaded pouch. Bag is made of brown velvet edged in red cotton, with heavy beading in images of long leaves (oak?), other foliage, and flowers. The bag's shape is rounded with large scallops at the bottom hem. At top, two scalloped flaps fall to either side of the opening, one of which hides a small pocket. The inside of the pouch and underside of the flaps are lined in a stiff cotton. A small black strap of fabric is attached to the pouch at its top corners.
Large burden basket with strap. Basket is constructed in a sturdy, open weave, wide at the mouth, narrowing sharply to a small rectangular base. Base is woven in a herringbone pattern. The lip is wrapped with cherry bark, which is also used as a decorative element in the body of the basket as strands of the warp. A rope of coarse plant fibre is attached around the lip by twists of cedar root, with a carrying strap of woven wool in dark brown and blue attached on one side.
Beaded panel bag. Bag is rectangular in shape, rounded on top corners, with a braided green and blue wool handle attached to the interior edge. The top half, front and back, has a black stroud background covered in beading in a large floral pattern in pink, blue, red and tan glass beads. A dark orange silk-like fabric lines the edges, along with rows of white beads. The interior is lined with black fabric at top, and a light floral pattern deeper in the bag. The lower exterior is a panel made entirely of beads (woven on a loom), in a floral design on white, with a green border. Wool tassels hang from bottom and sides of the panel, attached to blue and white beads.