The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Gift of the Harris Family descendants, Port Orford, Oregon.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Small beaded pouch. Bag is made of brown velvet edged in red cotton, with heavy beading in images of long leaves (oak?), other foliage, and flowers. The bag's shape is rounded with large scallops at the bottom hem. At top, two scalloped flaps fall to either side of the opening, one of which hides a small pocket. The inside of the pouch and underside of the flaps are lined in a stiff cotton. A small black strap of fabric is attached to the pouch at its top corners.

Small leather container. Object is circular and bulbous at bottom, with base tied to body by unbleached cotton thread. A long closed neck tops the container, held together by the same thread. Dark brown dye colours the leather under the seams, as well a single stripe on the neck. An interior support, unseen, gives stiffness to the pouch. A thin, supple thong of leather serves as a handle and is tied to the base of the pouch in two areas, and runs through flaps on the neck that hold it in place. This strap is broken.

Leather over-the-shoulder pouch (part of a man's costume with 3052/25-32). Made of stiffened leather, rectangular with rounded corners, with a thick shoulder strap. A flap falls completely over the front of the bag and closes with a snap at bottom. Burned into the flap is a geometric pattern surrounded by a floral motif. A line of metal studs sits above this. The edges are embellished with a wrapped strip of leather. The interior has a single pocket sewn to the rear. Shoulder strap is attached to the bag by metal studs, and is covered by two lines of metal rivets, edged by wrapped strips of leather, and burned down the centre with a repeating flower and diamond shaped motif.

Hide pouch constructed of two rectangular pieces of thin hide, sewn together on three sides with an open top. A short fringe lines the outer edges on the sides and bottom. The front of the pouch is decorated with a line of red fabric along all edges and four blue fabric lines running diagonally from each corner to the centre where they meet a circle of white and yellow glass beads. A short handle of twisted red and tan fabric is attached to the pouch at the top corners. Two small white abalone buttons are sewn to the top back of the purse and correspond to holes in the front for closing. The back and interior are undecorated.