Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Pair of beaded earrings. Bulls-eye pattern on white base (white centre surrounded by green circle, white circle and larger pink circle). Three strings of beads hang below. Metal screw clasp on back. (Earrings match the band, 2930/12)
Long narrow beaded band with fringe at either end. There is a pattern of pink triangles with green and white centres on a white background from end to end. Fringe is also white, pink and green. Has matching earrings (see 2930/13 a-b).
Beaded band on cotton backing. Pattern is a series of geometric figures interspersed with flowers. There are three triangles (red, yellow and blue) at each end. Two hook and eye clasps are sewn onto the cotton backing.
Rattle carved in the shape of a bird, with black paint used to show the wings, feathers, eyes and beak of a loon. The rattle was carved in two pieces, top and bottom, which are tied together in three places with string. The holes in the fourth spot are missing the string. The rattle is hollow and makes noise when moved.
Bark painting on a roughly rectangular piece of slightly warped reddish-brown bark. The top is entirely covered with the painted image in yellow, black and white on a dark red ground. The image is divided into six panels. The upper centre panel shows two black possums on either side of the trunk of a tree. The four corner panels each show a pair of vertical yellow and black possums. The bottom centre panel shows two women facing a tree trunk. Above the upper panels is a horizontal panel of wavy lines. The upper and lower ends each finish with a short black band. The reverse is plain bark.
Large woven string bag (bilum) decorated with stripes of dyes fibre and animal fur. Bag has a curved bottom and wide opening, with the long handles tied together at the ends. The ends have tassels. The bag has stripes in atlernating bands of colours and undyed fibre, as well as bands with animal fur woven in. The widest stripes are purple, with green, yellow and red also used. The lower edges of the opening are oversewn in orange.
Button blanket made from a rectangular piece of red wool with a border of blue wool on three sides. The bottom has no border. The border has a pattern of shell buttons – a large one directly on the red edge with smaller buttons surrounding it. In the centre is a large bird in blue with a copper on its torso, outlined in small shell buttons. The back is unlined and the top has a button for wearing.
Circular braided cedar bark head ring with an abalone shell crest in the shape of an eagle attached to the front below the bark ties. Eaglet skin, with the fine, soft down still attached, covers the entire top area and hangs down in a tail at the back, below the head ring. The head ring is lined with cotton.
Dance apron made of dark red felt with a dark blue wool backing, green and black appliques, beaded designs and rows of bells. The designs are beaded and appliqued plant-like shapes, copper shields and geometrical shapes, surrounding a flower on a long stem. Smaller copper bells hang in three rows at the bottom of the apron, with seven larger silver coloured bells decorating a plant shape above the bottom band. The left, right and bottom edge of the blanket have a scalloped edge. Red cotton apron ties hang on each side.
The jewelry box that held the pendant and chain, 2923/10 a-b. The satin pillow inside the lid has "Bill Reid" monogrammed across it, in gold lettering. The lower bed area is of grey velvet. The outside top of the brown box shows a wolf head design in gold. A small metal push-button clasp at lower front clips the lid closed.