Sheep skin vest with light tan-coloured embroidery. The tanned leather is embroidered with floral and geometric designs. The interior is lined with white sheep's wool, which leaves a fringe of wool extending out around all of the edges of the vest.

Silk vest with plaited gold-coloured metallic ribbon appliqué. The iridescent silk changes from dark pink to orange. Front has four flat pockets, two on each side, all heavily decorated with appliqué designs. On either side of the front opening are appliqué paisley designs. The entire garment is edged with two ribbons of metallic appliqué. The vest has a low collar, lined with a red and yellow floral fabric, and lapels. The left side of the opening has four button holes. Lined with a light brown fabric, and dark blue velvet strips on the side of each opening.

Small child's vest. Heavily embroidered and beaded on both sides. Looped beading along the bottom edge, with design repeated across the chest. Two horizontal open pockets, one on each side. Opaque white buttons all over (flat and rounded shank buttons and sew through buttons) , with one small button and loop closure near top of opening. Small circular metal decoration on right edge of vest's opening. Dark blue fabric lining.

Vest. Collarless and unlined cotton garment in dark blue-black. Embroidered panels attached at open front edges, done in navy, light grey and maroon lines and squares. Four silver buttons are evenly placed along the front, corresponding to loops opposite. Back of vest incorporates a strip of the same embroidered fabric vertically at centre.

Handmade vest composed of multiple layers of fabric. From the inside edge, the layers of fabric are red, light blue, white, dark blue, red, shiny white with flowers, and then the armholes are light blue. The dark blue areas are bordered by gold trim. The vest is heavily embroidered with flowers, birds, fish, hearts, and geometric designs. The vest is lined with a thicker fabric.

Child's potlach vest. Small black sleeveless vest, open at the front, with a line of white triangular edging stitched along all hems, inside and out. On the back of the vest is a printed image of a wolf figure resting on a bentwood box, above the wording “Wakeman Sound”. Text arches over the image, in a variety of fonts: “Shaughnessy Memorial”, “Edward, Frederick and Doreen”, “October 28, 2006 Alert Bay BC”.

Beaded vest. Vest is made of leather, open at the front with two leather tie closures. The front is completely beaded in white edged in red, surrounding a blue vine running down each side carrying multicoloured flowers and foliage. Short, thick fringe hangs from the edges and bottom of the garment as well as in a strip down the centre back. To either side of the strip are two red beaded crosses, four in total, with lines of red beading along bottom and shoulder. The interior of the garment is lined with blue and cream gingham cotton.

Child's vest made of thick fabric in light green, lined with light unbleached cotton. Interior pockets are sewn into the lining on each side of the front opening. Vest is heavily embroidered around collar, down the edges of the opening, and on each side near the hem, with a fine cream-coloured thread.

Man’s dark red vest, made of satin fabric that contains imprinted floral emblems. Square floral motifs in bright gold have been stamped along the hem and shoulders front and back, and at front centre. The vest is open at the front with an overlapping lapel edged in a dark blue that is topped with a strip of white. Garment is closed by a metal snap at the bottom of the lapel, and with two dark blue ribbons at front centre. At bottom side edges is a high slit, capped with braided fabric buttons. The interior of the vest is fully lined in red fabric.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.