Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer

Felted wool bag, rectangular in shape with a flap covering the mouth and folding half way down the front.. Flap closes with a round, stone button. A braided handle is made of red and green yarn and attached at the upper corners. The front is embroidered with an igloo and sailboat, the flap with two purple walruses, and the back with flowers in orange, green and red, with blue vines. Red yarn is sewn around the edges of the flap and opening. The interior front of the bag is lined with thick brown paper.

Ceramic platter. The front has a white background with painted images of a killer whale, raven, and fish, in black and brown, with incised linear accents. A border of short black lines covers the edges. Inscription on the back describes the scene as "trickster raven inside the great killerwhale after his escape from the irate husband". The platter is rectangular in shape; unglazed.

Ceramic platter. The front has a white background with a painted grizzly bear in brown and black with light blue accents. The animal is seated, eyes wide, mouth open, forelegs raised to the sides, back legs bent. Inscription on the back of the piece describes the scene as "the Great Grizzly Bear before his terrible battle with Mother Beaver". The platter is rectangular in shape, with a shiny glaze covering the front and back.

Small porcelaineous bowl. Body of bowl is deep, squared at lip and round at base. Sides narrow toward the short, round, deeply inset pedestal at bottom. Bowl is glazed off-white inside and out, with a dark blue rim. "CJ" is stamped into the pedestal.

Bone awl. The bone itself is the partial ulna of a goat or mule deer. The distal end has been sharpened to a point, while the proximal mass has a small, straight cut in one side.

Hollow bone tube with bands of cross-hatching at each end. Brown twisted hide cord wrapped around middle, leading to long loop. Cord is reddish on some edges and has been darkened by use.

Woven headband in black and yellow bark(?), forming diagonal patterns. Ends are tied together with a thin plant fibre string and some areas of band have been wrapped with black twine. Downy feathers are attached on the top and ends.

Red skirt with three coloured bands near the hem. Two green bands with geometric flowers; another woven colourful band in the middle of them with rhomboid motifs; in green, red, yellow, purple and pink.