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Red wool shirt with geometric beading down both arms and in bands running halfway down the front and back of the shirt on either side of the neck; beading is dark blue, green and yellow on light blue ground. Neckline is trimmed with black velvet-like material. Strips of black fabric run between the bands of beading around the neck, creating horizontal stripes; brass beads are sewn at evenly spaced intervals along the strips of fabric. A long fringe of hide strips runs along both sleeves. Sides of shirt and bottom of sleeves are open, held together with loosely spaced hide thongs.
Blanket made of red wool with a blue wool border that has a yellow cotton seam binding on three sides. The beadwork is backed with rawhide and at the finished edge there is a strip of rawhide that froms a handle-like arc and another strip attached between the ends of the handle-like piece, each is beaded with yellow-brown, white and dark blue beadwork. Four white and dark blue beaded rectangles at finished edge. The beadwork on the blanket consists of four elongated arch shapes in white, turquoise, dark blue and yellow-brown above a mostly white beaded rectangle with a green and dark blue border near the edge and two sets of linear designs in dark blue and light blue with a vertical band of short green lines one either side of each, and two circular shapes in white with a red centre, a band of dark blue with yellow-brown rectangles, and evenly spaced blue dashes around the edges of each.
Embroidered basketry patterns on cloth. Roughly rectangular sections of burlap with multicoloured cross-stitched figures: flowers, a butterfly, birds, a whale, and a deer.
Embroidered basketry patterns on cloth. Rectangular piece of ecru-coloured fabric with multicoloured embroidery; imagery of whales, serpents, birds, flowers, and a flag with a Union Jack in the upper left corner; text includes an upper case alphabet, the name Mabel, and city names Victoria, B.C., and Vancouver, B.C. Outer edge is stitched.
Rectangular bag with thin hide thongs for handles at the top. Front panel of bag is entirely covered with beading; a central yellow, green, red, and orange geometric design on blue ground, with alternating red and black, and red and gold banding around the edges. Back panel is covered with a dark blue, variegated woolen cloth. Front and back sides are bound with a light pink synthetic fabric. Interior of bag is lined with olive green cotton printed with images of cottages, mountains, flowers, and mountain goats.
Red woolen trade blanket covered with groupings of feathers attached to fur-trimmed discs of dyed porcupine quills; hair tassels anchored to pieces of purple felt-like material are also attached. Blanket is an elongated rectangular piece with two dangling feather tassels at the bottom and extended strips at the top, creating a circular head-like opening.
An off-white skin hat that has a long bristle-like red tassel at one end and is painted with human faces and animals with bark and yarn decoration. The top of the hat has a central green turtle outlined by red with an inward pointing triangle at either end and a black line that has green diagonal lines at either side. Under the tassel, around the side, there is a human face that has tapering oval red in black eyes with black brows above that have red lashes, a light blue nose, and a tapering oval red in black mouth. Around the rest of the sides, there are the following: a human face that has tapering oval red in black eyes with black and red brows above, a black nose, and a tapering oval red in black mouth; and an animal that has a green and yellow centred body outlined by black with circular yellow eyes and a red mouth. Decorated all around the sides with cedar bark along the top and red yarn around the bottom.
Rectangular, red felt wall hanging with rounded corners. Multicoloured felt appliqué of various zoomorphic figures with human heads; six bird and two musk ox-like figures. Figures are covered with multicoloured linear embroidery. Edges are rolled with maroon and white whipstitching.
Green felt wall hanging with multicoloured felt appliqué figures, both human and animal. Figures are arranged in a complicated pattern with distinguishable hunting imagery covering the entire hanging. A band of green fabric is sewn along the upper edge on the back for hanging.
Rectangular wool duffle and felt wall hanging depicting two men standing beneath a large cross. Light blue felt appliqué figures stitched onto a dark blue ground. Cross is dark blue felt covered in rows of alternating yellow, white and red embroidery knots. Syllabic inscription across the top in yellow thread. Syllabic "signature" in bottom left corner in white thread. Rolled edges with blue and yellow whipstitching along the sides and bottom. Top edge is folded over and sewn to create a loop for hanging.