Alfred T. White Fund

Gift of Carolyn Schnurer

Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Gift of Ernest Erickson

Felt headband with carved wooden frontlet of eagle. Band is made of red felt, with balsa wood carving of an eagle head at centre. Bird has two feathers atop the head, with large eyes rimmed in blue, and an open beak with slightly protruding tongue. Neck is painted with feathers in black. The head is attached to a piece of black leather that is sewn to the band with hide strips. Three shell buttons are sewn to band at both sides of the eagle head.

Small dance apron of red and black felted cloth; the outer edge has a row of large shell buttons, with a row of smaller shell buttons inside. Three horizontal rows of off-white shell buttons top three strips of leather tassels and copper bells sitting on attached leather thongs and scalloped red felt. The waistband extends into ties to secure the apron around the body.

Felted wool button blanket with large central design. Edges are red, scalloped on the inside border, with a narrow strip of white, also scalloped, and a black interior panel. On this panel sits the emblem of an eagle, wings spread, head to the side, atop a whale in profile, tail up. Over 2200 buttons in shell and abalone outline the crest and borders of the blanket. A half circle is cut out of the top edge to fit around the wearer’s neck. A strip of black felt sits to the side, to be fastened around the neck.

Felt hat, light tan in colour. Brim is wide, curved slightly upward on one side, and down on the other. A band of dark tan edges the brim, embellished with white stitching in a double wave pattern. The crown is low, rounded at top, and banded by strips of wool in bright pink and red. The wool is wound several times around and secured by stitching at both sides, where the ends hang freely.

Woven textile. Two long rectangular textiles are sewn together to make a square. The designs are woven in strips of repeating motifs, which include animals, diamonds, and curled designs. These are interspersed with lines of colour in various thicknesses that run the length of the textile.