Museum Purchase: Portland Art Museum Women's Council Funds for the Reinstallation of the Rasmussen Collection in the Lower Hirsch Wing.

Museum Purchase: Portland Art Museum Women's Council Funds for the Reinstallation of the Rasmussen Collection in the Lower Hirsch Wing.

Museum Purchase: Portland Art Museum Women's Council Funds for the Reinstallation of the Rasmussen Collection in the Lower Hirsch Wing.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Large, round, wall panel carving in the style of a spindle whorl. The motif at the lower centre is a frog, whose back legs are composed of salmon heads, while the frog’s front legs are feathers from a pair of thunderbirds. Circles of oxidized copper make up the eyes of the creatures. The background, between the animals, is painted grey.

Tall, double-sided, three-dimensionally carved vertical panel on stand. Killer whale and crocodile themes; one side is inspired by coastal Salish themes/imagery, the other side is inspired by Sepik River (Papua New Guinea) themes and imagery. Made of cedar, walnut and rosewood with ebony inlay.

Gift of George D. Pratt

Two rectangular skirt panels (parts a-b), identical but for a slight difference in size (part of a girl’s costume with 3052/18-24). Panels are woven of red, yellow and black thread, in horizontal lines of colour. The side and bottom edges are lined with a thick, dark purple braid (the braid on part ‘a’ stops 6 cm from top of weaving on one side). Two long ties are attached at the upper corners. These are braided from wool in orange, red, yellow and green, with a small tassel at each end made of the remnant wool.