Woven string bag (bilum). Bilum is wide and curved at the base, narrowing toward mouth, where a thin handle is attached at each side.The bag is dyed in horizontal strips of pink and brown interspersed with undyed areas. On front at centre is a zigzag pattern of pink and undyed areas edged with brown. Back has a checkered pattern in pink.

Woven string bag (bilum). Bilum is wide and curved at the base, narrowing toward mouth where a thin handle is attached at each side. The bag is dyed in horizontal strips of pink, light tan and brown. At centre on both sides are undulating lines in dark pink interspersed with checks. Back of bag has large areas in a medium brown colour that interrupt the horizontal patterning.

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Gift of Kay Hodnett Nunez

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Corn husk pouch or bag. Bag is rectangular, with one end folding overtop a pouch and securing with two leather ties. The interior of pouch and flap are woven cotton, while woven corn husk fibre creates the exterior layer. Dyed fibres are worked in, loose ends showing on the underside. Decorations are of triangular shapes and crossed lines, in purple, red, orange and yellow. The flap is edged with leather, and two hide straps are sewn to the backside.

Velvet bag constructed of two pieces of black velvet lined with brown and cream cotton in a flower and square pattern. The identical pieces have been sewn together at back and remain open at front, hemmed and finished, with leather thongs knotted onto and running the length of each edge as a means to tie closed and tighten the bag. The back is undecorated, while the front is covered heavily in beading in flower and foliage patterns in green, blue, pink, red and silver coloured beads. There are also rows of metal beads near the edges. The foot of the bag is rounded and extends upward.

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.