Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Basketry covered glass float. Round float is completely covered in finely woven basketry, with a round woven foot of cedar root. Images in the weave are created with dyed grass and include a green pinwheel on top, large two-footed creatures below, the words “Estevan Point 1943” at midpoint, with several floating ducks at bottom.
Basketry covered glass float. Round float is completely covered in finely woven basketry, with a flat base. Images in the weave are created with dyed grass and include concentric circles at top, a line of text lower down saying “Estevan Point BC March 1947”, large birds with wings spread interspersed with the outline of a mask and a small boat with three figures inside. Base also has a set of concentric circles.
Cylindrical basket (a) with a fitted lid (b); lid has a raised, knob-like handle in the centre. Encircling bands of purple and orange linear patterning around sides and lid.
Oval-shaped woven basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Figures in green around centre portion of basket. Lid: one line of purple along rim; centre oval is orange with green swirl surrounding. Base: plaited origin; plain twined (over wide warp strands). Sides: twisted twined work. Slightly indented flange on basket.
Cylindrical basket (a) with fitted lid (b). Basket is decorated with upper and lower bands of purple triangles with alternating strips of red and yellow passing through horizontally; central discrete figures in a stepped design encircle the centre. Lid: central sunburst of black with two rows of purple triangles with alternating strips of red and yellow passing through. Base: plaited origin and plain twined work (over several warp strands). Sides: twisted twined work. Slightly indented flange around upper rim of basket holds lid in place.
Rounded, jar-like basket (a) with a flat, square base, flat shoulder, raised flange opening, and flat, circular, fitted lid (b). Base: checker work weave. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weave. Lid: base and warp; cedar bark weft; natural and aniline-dyed swamp grass; purple and orange concentric bands. Sides: band composed of alternating orange and purple oblique lines. Colour: yellow.
Swamp grass basket (a) with lid (b); lid features a knob-like handle in the centre. Lid: wrapped twined weave. Base: plain twined and wrapped twine weave sides. Designs on lid: spirals in green, yellow, and red from center with complex concentric band. Designs around sides: five bird figures around sides (in purple and red) with complex bands in purple with yellow and green obliques. Lid is indented from basket sides.
Cylindrical swamp grass basket (a) with fitted lid (b) and handle. Base: plain twined weaving. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weaving. Sides: one red band at base with complex band of purple and orange dotted lines with green lines between them. Lid: same as above with narrow purple band on inside.
Small, cylindrical swamp grass trinket basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b). Sides: two-man canoe with three birds in flight. Lid: four-part geometric design. Wrapped twined weave with very thick pieces of grass. Colours: turquoise, orange, purple, yellow.
Plain shaft (part a) with a large leaf-shaped barbed point (part b). The barbs are horizontal and there are four pair.