Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Bracelet made of coin silver with large turquoise stone. Cuff is oval in shape, open at back, and widens broadly at front where three horizontal bars hold small plates of stamped design on either side of the oval green and brown turquoise piece at front. Silver balls are used as further embellishment. Arms are stamped with curving lines, small arrows, and gammadion crosses.
Small beaded figure of a horse and rider. Horse stands on four thin legs, with a thick neck and large head. Body is fully covered in blue beads with white hooves, tail and mane, and white patches on neck and stomach. Bridle is orange, and reins and ears are made of leather. Rider sits astride on a beaded blanket, with orange and blue pants, a blue top, white face and hands and a large headdress in green and yellow with black points at top.
Dish shaped basket with a rounded base, wide sloping wall and braided rim. Dark brown designs decorate both exterior and interior, with four colour blocks emanating off a ring at centre, and surrounded by geometric line designs and colour blocks from the rim.
Round basket with lid. Small basket has a recessed base from which rises the short, straight wall. Weave is fine, with two lines of imbricated design around midpoint, rectangles each with an interior panel, in colours of purple, blue and light green- likely faded. The lid fits over the mouth of the basket and is concave at centre with a convex finial. Designs similar to those on the basket encircle the finial.
Female doll wearing beaded hide dress. Doll is made of hide with a small hairless head, short arms, and long legs. Dress covers her from chin to ankles, sleeves enveloping arms. Beaded decoration sits at neck, wrists, waist and knees, and fringe decorates bottom hem and arms. Ties hang from neck and knee area. Ankles are heavily covered in blue and white beads; facial features created with the same beads.
Horn spoon with emaciated canine figure (wolf or dog) carved on handle. The canine head is carved right at the tip of the handle, with an extended tongue.
Dark blue button blanket with red border at top and sides. Main central image made of dentalium shells is a beaver. Triple rows of small buttons along most of red border.
Silver bracelet with 'Raven-with-a-Broken-Beak' imagery. Design covers entire outer surface except for a thin border at top and bottom. Double hook-slot closure at back.
Walking stick (or cane). Carved and painted hardwood. Figures have been carved all the way from the tip of the handle to close to the base, with a small plain area just above the foot. The handle itself is carved into a beaver with fins, just below that is a human-like figure with fins or wings, wearing a hat with three potlatch rings, a whale tail is carved at his base. Next is a whale with four human faces in its blowholes, then a bear, then two small whales.
Small silver spoon with bird-like imagery on handle and back of bowl. Tip of handle is shaped and carved as a bird head.