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

Heavily sequined skirt panels. Skirt is made up of two oblong panels trimmed with white fur, one panel crossing in front of the other, attached to a narrow cotton waist band with side ties. The panels are completely covered with a dense floral pattern of red, dark pink and light pink sequins and translucent cylindrical beads. The back is a shiny white fabric, undecorated. The bottom of each panel holds several long red tassels. A square stamp in blue ink with Chinese characters sits on the back lining.

Sequined skirt panel. The narrow panel has a dense floral pattern made of red, dark pink and light pink sequins and translucent cylindrical beads. The back is lined with a shiny synthetic fabric in orange. Eighteen long, light pink tassels hang from the sides and bottom of the panel and the edges are trimmed with white fur. A narrow waistband of white cotton is attached along the top and has a long tie on each end. There is a square stamp in blue ink with Chinese characters on the back lining.

Square panel with black border and red and blue applilque with zigzag and swirl designs. Stitching is green. Applique is decorated with embroidered white swirls. Reverse side also has black border, with blue and yellow vine motif and yellow, red, and green leaves.

Square panel with purple-blue, green and black border. There is a square blue applique in the centre with black swirl and open diamond shaped designs outlined in yellow and orange stitching. There are two embroidered orange flowers and two embroidered orange and white square designs. The blue applique is bordered by a white and orange zigzag patterned applique. The back of the panel is dark grey.

Square panel with orange and white border. The centre of the panel features a blue square applique with black geometric lines and swirl heart designs, embellished with orange and yellow flower embroidery. The blue applique is bordered by a black and green zigzag pattern. The back of the panel is dark grey in colour with yellow stitching.

Dark blue square panel with q blue square applique decorated with swirl designs and small square appliques with diamonds in their centres. Blue square is bordered by two thin white borders surrounding red and black zigzag triangles. One edge seam of panel is open.

Embroidered wedding textile with four scenes stacked vertically. The central images are surrounded by two borders. At the top of the textile, there is a large bird with its wings spread wide. In the background, there are light and dark green plants and a sloping branch in the lower left corner of the bird’s section of the panel. Separating the top panel from the next, there is an orange line followed by a purple line. Underneath the purple line, the word ‘matrimonio’ is written in pink lettering. The word is flanked on either side by red and white flags. The word ‘matrimonio’ seems to sit on top of a structure in which four people are sitting. The structure has a black outline and the walls have an inner blue outline surrounding orange geometric designs. The bottom of the structure is denoted by a wavy pink line and a geometric blue line. Two of the four people sitting in the house are men and two are women. Standing on the outside of the house, on the left side, there is a barefoot man with his arms upraised. There is a pink squiggly line on the left side of the man and a purple squiggly line on the right. Also, there is a green leafy plant on the ground between his legs. On the opposite side of the house, there is a woman whose arms are also upraised. In between the woman’s body and the building, there is a squiggly pink line. There is a green leafy plant on the ground between her legs. The scene is separated from the one below it by a pink line followed by an orange line. In the scene below there are two men and two women that appear to be dancing. Each person in this panel has a squiggly line on either side of them. The first woman has a purple and a pink line. Below her skirt, on the left side of the image, there is a green leafy plant. The next person to the right of the woman is a man with a blue line and an orange line around him. Also there is a green leafy plant on the ground between his legs. To his right is a woman wearing a shirt, hat, skirt and sandals. She is surrounded by a purple and orange line. Behind her left foot, there is a green leafy plant. Also, in front of her right foot, there is another green leafy plant in a darker shade. To her right is a man in a hat, shirt, pants and sandals. He has a purple line on his left and a pink line on his right. There is a green leafy plant between his legs. This section is separated from the one below by a pink line followed by a purple line. In the bottom section of the panel, there is a scene with a man and woman fishing. The woman is on the left side in a brown boat. Attached to the purple fishing line that the woman is holding is a large brown fish. She is on the far right side of her boat and behind her, on the left side, there is a blue squiggly line and a triangular structure formed out of five lines. The lines are black, red, orange and light orange. To the left of the triangular structure, there is a dark green leafy plant. Below her boat, there is a pink fish, more leafy plants and blue squiggly lines to represent water. On the right side of the panel, the man kneels in a pink and orange boat. The purple fishing line that the man holds is attached to a pink fish. There is a green leafy plant in front of the man, on the right side of the panel. Behind the man there are two blue squiggly lines contained by an orange curved line and a black curved line. On the left of this structure, there is an oval structure. It is outlined in black and has a black line through the centre. There are two curved brown lines within the structure. On the far left end of the man’s boat there is another green leafy plant. In the top left and right corners of the textile, there are looped bunches of red and black thread.

Panel from a dance cape representing Simon Bolivar. The background of the panel is a soft orange fabric; it may be velvet. The central figure, Simon Bolivar, is depicted from the upper legs and up. The bottom of his body is bordered by a half moon motif formed by gold, blue, green and red thread. In the centre of each half moon, there is a yellow dot. Bolivar wears yellow-white pants and yellow jacket with an embossed pattern. His jacket has gold epaulettes and a pink collar. He also wears a yellow, red and gold sash and belt. Bolivar holds a green scroll in his right hand. His skin is pink and he has brown hair. The background of the panel is decorated with flowers and vines made from gold, pink, red, yellow, green, orange and blue thread. There are also silver sequins and small blue beads adorning the panel. The velvet fabric is folded over the back of the panel. On the back of the panel there is a looser weave fabric. There is printed paper sandwiched in between the velvet fabric and the loose-weave fabric. There is an orange sticker and a piece of yellow on the back of the panel that have numbers written on them in pen.

Long textile with a 'tree of life" theme. Grey background with a black border around the edge of the work. At the bottom is a rounded blue and bluish-red pot with a tree growing out of it. Within the upper portion are two figures – one male and one female (Adam and Eve). They both wear green leaf skirts. On either side of the pot is a dark green horizontal line. Standing on the left hand side is a wolf outlined in green; the interior of the wolf’s body is colour blocked into quadrants of dark blue with a red centre, yellow, pink and light orange. On the right side of the pot are two hummingbirds and an alpaca. The hummingbird nearest centre is outlined in dark pink and the interior is light pink and green. The other hummingbird is outlined in red-blue and the interior is light orange, yellow, pink and green. The alpaca is outlined in red and the interior is light orange, green, blue and yellow. It has a red furry mane down the back of its neck. The trunk of the tree is dark green with a blue core. The first branch of the tree above the pot has a dark green interior with a blue outline. The leaves are all outlined in dark green but the interior colours vary. On the left side of the first branch, there is a woman picking fruit. On the right side of the branch a man and a woman are passing fruit between their hands. The next branch up has hanging flowers in red, pink, yellow and green. On the left side of the tapestry, between this branch and the lower one, flies a red, pink, green and yellow hummingbird. Hanging downwards near the hummingbird, there is a snake wrapped around the left side of the branch. The snake is blue, red-blue, pink, green and yellow. Also on the left side of the branch, closer to the trunk of the tree, there is a standing bird in light blue, pink, dark blue, white and light orange. There is a four-legged animal with pointed ears and a long tail, standing on the right side of the branch, outlined in red-blue with a light orange, blue, yellow and green interior. On the left side of the next branch up there is a red-blue outlined bird with a blue, pink, yellow and white interior. Standing on the right side of the branch, is an ox-like animal that has horns. The ox is outlined in red and has a yellow, green, blue and pink interior. On the far right side of the branch, there is a parrot standing on a leaf. The next branch up has a short four-legged animal with a long tail standing on the left side of the branch. Nestled in some leaves above and to the left of this animal is a frog that is green, pink and light orange. On the right side of the branch there is another person picking fruit. Further right is a monkey on a leaf outlined in black, with blue, pink and light orange interior. There is another monkey on the next branch up outlined in red with a pink, blue and yellow interior. The next branch is the top branch of the tree. It is yellow with a dark green core and its leaves are the most elaborate. At the top of the trunk there is a half-moon shaped flower in dark green, yellow, pink, and blue. Along bottom edge is a piece of wood with tacks affixing it to the fabric and the artist’s name written in black thread. There is a maker's tag on the back of the textile.