Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Gift of Kay Hodnett Nunez

Gift of Kay Hodnett Nunez

Gift of Kay Hodnett Nunez

Ceremonial bark cloth costume. The garment is a vest, slightly longer in front, completely open along the sides, with narrow shoulders and a deep v-neck at front. On the front a large toucan bird is attached at centre, wings spread to the sides, beak pointing downward. Linear designs have been lightly carved into the beak. To the bird’s sides two smaller beaks are sewn to the cloth, as are groupings of feathers dyed red, yellow and brown, several with seeds at their centre. Yellow and red feathers surround the v-neck. On the back of the garments is a smaller bird, black, with a serrated yellow and black beak and a strip of red and white feathers on the tail. Large, dyed feathers splay outward from the top of the body. Portions of bird beaks surround the creature. On front and back of vest, the bark cloth is heavily painted with zigzag, ‘x’ and other motifs in brown, yellow and red. Small, oval, black and red seeds line the edges and neck of the vest, as well as a decorative strip of feathers near the bottom where additional bark cloth has been sewn to the garment, front and back. Small dyed feathers hang from quills below this strip, while long feathers dangle from the bottom of the vest. These are dyed blue yellow and orange.

Gift of Adelaide Goan

Short silk copper-coloured tunic with black applique leaf and vine pattern down front opening, around bottom and along side slits. Around collar is an applique key pattern, also in black. At each wrist is a panel of light blue silk colourfully embroidered with birds, flowers, butterflies, trees and foliage. The tunic closes at front centre with two fabric buttons and a long tie.

Opera costume tunic for woman worker role. Garment top is blue cotton, with long sleeves that taper slightly toward the wrist. The neck is small and rounded. Front closure is cross-body, fastened under the right arm, at neck, and to right side of the neck with fabric rosette buttons that fit into sewn on loops. A pocket with rounded bottom sits on the front of the tunic top hidden by the cross-body panel. The lower/skirt part of the tunic is sewn to the blue upper part with white thread. The lower part is a light tan fabric with a light imprinted design of leaves and seeds over fine horizontal lines. It closes with rosette buttons on the right side. Both sides have a high slide-slit.

Long sleeved, red tunic with overall repeating design. The design is in a Chinese style depicting trees, flowers, houses with slanted roofs, and people paddling in boats and walking near trees. The collar is a Chinese style collar. The tunic buttons half way down with three small, white buttons. There are cuffs at the end of both sleeves which are each held together by a single grey button. There is also a 23 cm slit on the bottom left and right sides. On the underside of one of the arms, the material is sewn so you are able to see the white edge of the material.

Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.