Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund

A: Two shirts of buckskin hide, quite similar to each other. Decorated with blue and white sequins, along with various anthropomorphic figures and heads on one shirt. B: buckskin leggings 'A1: Shirt with animal (?deer) hooves attached to the fringes of the arms. There are traces of red dye on the shirt. The sleeves have 2 small bands with white and blue beads. There are fringes on the arm openings, the bottom edge and along the sides. There are small holes at the back. A2: Shirt with fringes at the arms and the sides. The shirt is painted in black with anthropomorphic designs at the front and the back. There are some red, white blue beads at the back. The front has a disk motif with white and blue beads. The sleeves have painted white and black stripes painted. There are also ribbons hanging from the shirt. B: The leggings are undecorated. There are short fringes at the sides, top and bottom of the leggings. F. Veys, 14/9/2005'Martin Schultz suggested that the pendents on A1 are puffin beaks.

Fully dressed doll with a coconut husk base, beaded necklace and earrings.This type of doll was created extensively for the burgeoning tourist market during the ealry 1900s.

Bark cloth costume with a round face gourd mask. The costume is narrow at the top (34 cm wide including ears), does not have arms or arm-holes, and the front opening is sewn closed with plant fibre. The head is lightly stuffed with newspaper. An oversized J-shaped penis attachment made of wood and wrapped in barkcloth is tied to the front of the costume. The circular face of the mask is framed with a bent stem tied on with grass fibres (19 cm in diameter). The face area is covered in a very dark brown paint or pitch and has projecting round eyes, a triangular nose and carved lips, with a round ear projecting out to each side. There is a faint painted circular design on the front side of the costume in orange and brown. The bottom of the pants is heavily fringed and is the widest part of the costume. The bark cloth ranges through three shades with the lightest used for the head, a light brown for the body and darker brown for the pants.

Two piece costume consisting of a heavy wool hooded jacket (a) and pants (b). Checked design woven in dark purple, dark red, green and yellowish-beige wool embellished with bands of purple wool fringe. The coat opens at the front and closes with metal clips; the underside of the sleeves is made of a solid burgundy coloured fabric; pocket sewn onto front with red thread. Wool pants with elastic waist and metal closure; purple fringe at knees and pant bottoms.

Two piece costume consisting of a heavy wool hooded coat (a) and pants (b). Hood is checked design woven in pink and dark brown with fringes of purple and red and green. Body of jacket is a red and beige patterned wool embellished with many rows of fringe in purple, red and green, purple and gold and red, burgundy and white. The coat opens at the front and closes with four plastic buttons. Wool leggings have been sewn onto cropped green polyester/viscose trousers with button-up fly.

Two piece costume consisting of a heavy wool hooded coat (a) and pants (b). Bands of diamond and linear designs woven in red, yellow, brown, beige, white, orange, and black wools create a striped pattern that is embellished with bands of green and red wool fringes. The coat opens at the front and closes with three brown plastic buttons. Wool leggings have been sewn onto cropped green polyester/viscose trousers with button-up fly.