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Woven bag shape that has handles, one at either side, similar to that of a back pack. Design consists of horizontal bands of geometric designs in black and natural colour that consist of the following from top to bottom: triangles, circles, triangles, square panels of various geometric shapes, triangles, circles, and triangles.
Vase shaped coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches)with short foot. Watch-spring construction. Three rows of imbricated geometric scroll pattern in cat-tail grass and either red and black cherry bark. May have had a looped border on top of the rim at one point.
Short rectangular and rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with short foot. Foundation of cedar root slats (base) and cedar root splints (sides) construction. Imbricated pattern of two rows of zigzags, in cat-tail grass (?), red and black cherry bark, connecting to form diamond shapes; third row of shapes are very tips of zigzag. Foot has same tips of zigzag, two on short sides, four on long. Fibre tied through sides of base slats. Fibres are sticking through the coiled row near the foot. Had a looped border at one time.
Mat in a shield shape made of black and natural rattan to form a geometric design that consists of two vertical bands of a plain zig zag on a black background with a plain cross or star shape in each black space. Above, in the pointed end, the design pattern consists of alternating squares that have lines within which are perpendicular to those of the squares next to them. Painted end has a red cloth along the diagonal sides that converge to a point. Yellow, red, white, and black beads along with six tassels of the same connected by shell rosettes or a coin decorate the red cloth.
Blowgun with plain shaft that is covered at the open end with red cane that has been wrapped around the shaft and is interrupted by two bands of woven grass? as well as a strand of dark brown braided hair that has been wrapped and tied around the shaft. Two other thick bands of woven grass ? have come loose from the shaft. The mouthpiece is hemispherical.
Open coiled work basket (with bifurcated stitches) with foot. Coiled open decorative rim and foot. Watch-spring base construction. Partial imbrication in alternating digonal rows of checkerboard pattern of cat-tail grass (?) and red or dark cherry bark.
Open work coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with open work foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of 4 staggered rows of cross figures in black cherry bark and grass, and red cherry bark and grass. Also, small figures in red cherry bark and grass along foot.
Cylindrical flared open coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with foot. Watch-spring base construction. Fully imbricated with grass and design of 'v' shapes in three rows of dark cherry bark; the bottom row has red cherry bark 'v' shape in center, upper row has same in dark cherry bark, top row is smaller 'v' shape. Foot composed of 3 coiled rows and beaded in dark cherry bark.
Woven coil basket with a flat, oval-shaped bottom, flaring sides and an open, rectangular top. Cedar root with imbrication in black and red cherry bark and bullrush. Coiled weave with three imbricated vertical bands of oblique lines (centremost band is red cherry and bulrush, two end bands are black cherry and bulrush) with one beaded band around bottom edge. "Half arrowhead" design. Colour: tan.
Storage basket with foot on base, and handles. The basket is made with a cedar root splint foundation and coiled cedar root. It is decorated with imbrication in cat-tail grass as well as red and black cherry bark. Cedar root slats for flange and foot. Slat foot and top edge of coil trimmed with black and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass imbrication. The design consists of vertical bands of black triangles on off-white with red borders on the sides, and groups of five black squares assembled in lines on the top of the lid with a row of groups of two black squares at either end. One row of beading along top edge and bottom foot. The lid currently on the basket may not be original to this basket? (Lid # A6708).