Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Blum

2 TRAYS OF WOODEN CROSSES, BROKEN WOOD FROM GRAVES?

THE CHILKAT BLANKET. EMMONS, GEORGE T. MEMOIRS, 3, 1907

Large cross made of green painted iron bars with pointed tip at bottom has several decorative metal cut-outs attached that swivel on nails. Four yellow flames project out from a disc at the centre cross point, on top of which sits a red strawberry-like shape. Lower on the cross, two creamy white doves drink from a gold chalice and two praying angels in blue and white striped robes kneel on a semi-circular swing-like bar.

Large cross, made of rolls of green painted tin soldered together to form rods, is covered with decorative painted tin sheet metal cut-outs, attached either directly onto the cross or bouncing on strips of bent metal. An orange rooster perches at the top of the cross above two signs (INRI and 1970) and other elements include a sun and hearts on pleated stems, moon, stars, more hearts. flowers, angels, butterfly, and bird in blue, white, red, green, yellow, pink, orange and black.

Triple wood crucifix. Onto a roughly carved, beveled and painted rectangle of wood have been nailed two crosses, the back one of which has another small bamboo cross nailed onto the top of the centre post. The larger cross is made from a naturally three-branched piece of wood that has been carved square with a diamond shape at each of the three tips and painted dark green and red with silver leaf trim. At the centre of the branch, below a carved red heart, hangs a small card depicting the Virgin, Child and two saints behind a rectangle of silver trimmed glass.

Small, painted blue, tin crucifix, with inverted cone base, has a variety of amulet attachments cut from a sheet of tin and painted in red, yellow, white, green, pink, brown, blue and black. A rooster perches at the top above the "INRI" sign, below are flowers, hands, a heart, flags, a hammer, a wrench, a dress and a chalice.

Painted wooden cross with plaster 3-D decoration representing the Passion. Sides and back of the wood are painted white with purple spirals while the front has white flowers painted onto a maroon background and is topped with a white sign with INRI painted in black. Two green and white wood ladders are attached to the front and four gold wood poles topped with plaster angel heads radiate out from the cross-point. Other plaster attachments include a dove, the bleeding head of Christ, a hammer and wrench, a bleeding heart and golden chalice, a purple dress, three die, and a golden rooster on a pedestal.

Single bar, thin, flat cross with square ends. Double zigzag lines form border. Three engraved sunbursts and two diamonds. Suspended from bottom are two concentric flat rings with zigzag line borders. The larger has an engraved sunburst. Cross and both rings stamped with maker’s mark.