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Painting depicting a tent treatment centre and medical operations. The scene is of a temporary outdoor cholera hospital made up of many small tents, metal sheds, and a large circular white tent in the centre of the image. People walk amongst the tents, many headed for the central structure called the “Centre Traitment Cholera". A Red Cross ambulance unloads a man and a crowd waits patiently. The majority of the people are smiling. In the background are several tall trees, shorter palm trees, a multitude of flowers, houses with people going about their daily activities, and a dark blue and purple sky.
Woven three-sgil hat, with a painted dragonfly design. The hat is conical in shape, with slightly concave sides that flare to the brim. Stylized line paintings of dragon flies decorate the body of the hat, in black and bright red-orange. At the top of the hat are three stacked basketry rings (sgil), unpainted. A headband is woven into the interior of the hat. Davidson's initials and date are painted inside.
Globular pot with rounded base. The mouth is small with a tall round rim that is painted with a wide white stripe covered in cross hatching. Two curved lugs sit on the shoulder painted in lines and dots. Two long nosed, long tailed creatures, possibly anteaters, are painted on the shoulders between the handles. The body of the pot is painted a rust-red and partially burnished, while the base is unpainted.
Black globular pot with rounded base. Shoulder inclines to a long neck which flares at the rim. Two round lugs protrude from the body below the shoulder. The surface is uneven in texture with an unstable partial layer of thick black accretions and areas of black carbonization. Pot has been broken with a hole remaining in the base.
Small globular pot with rounded base. The mouth is small with a thick rim holding two small lugs, each with a tiny hole bored through. Close together on the shoulder of the pot, two concentric diamond patterns are faintly imprinted into the paint. The bottom portion of the pot is unpainted.
Small straight-sided, round bowl. Base is narrow, walls flaring outward toward the rim. On the outer rim is painted a repeating design of an open sun with rays in white on a dark brown background. Beneath the decoration the bowl is painted a dark rust-red, partially burnished. The interior is painted light brown.
Black globular pot with rounded base. The mouth is surrounded by a thick, short, upright neck that flares at the rim. Below the shoulder sit two small rounded lugs. Surface is uneven in texture with an unstable partial layer of thick black accretions.
Small straight-sided, round bowl, without its base. The walls flare outward toward the rim. On the outside is painted a long, geometric, encircling pattern of triangles, circles and half circles in white and dark brown on a rust background. The pattern repeats once. The interior of the bowl has a thick rust line painted around the rim. The base and part of the side have broken away.
Small straight-sided, round bowl. Base is narrow, walls flaring outward toward the rim. On the outer rim is painted a repeating design of an open sun with rays in white on a dark brown background. Beneath the decoration the bowl is painted a dark rust-red. The interior is painted white, with some brown spatter marks.
Child’s brightly coloured knit cap, in a small stitch, of fine thread, with beadwork and tassels. The hat is conical with a pointed top that holds a large tassel of orange, yellow, blue, green and purple threads. Two triangular side panels hang down to cover the ears. Each has a small tassel of pink, green, purple, and blue threads. The pattern on the hat is of diamonds and triangles in a riot of colours. White beads further decorate the hat and flaps in v-shapes and’ x’ shapes.