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Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl. The outside vertical thirds are bright patterned panels, the centre third is dark brown with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together. The colourful panels have matching patterns in different colours. The patterns are made up of red vertical stripes of varying widths, some of which are patterned with vertical swirls, horizontal zigzags, wave motifs, and checkers in other colours.
Ledger drawing titled, 'White Horse'. The drawing shows the profile of a person in full regalia riding a horse while another horse runs beside it. The three figures are spaced so that they are not blocking each other with the furthest horse being in the lead. The lead horse is white with yellow colouring and grey fore legs, wears a blue bridle and has red 'painted' designs of three lines and a hand print. The second horse, which is being ridden, is white with blue patches, and wears a red bridle, strap and saddle. The person wears a large headdress, a breastplate, and leggings. They fire a gun with their right hand, shown with a small red explosion and a bullet, and are holding a shield in their left hand. The drawing is very angular. The ledger sheet has holes down the centre fold where it was bound, and is numbered 107/108, and 125/126 in the top corners. Hand-printed notes on back.
Deer bone spatula. Carved hourglass design with line on front. The round pitted prominence at the end of a bone or joint with a long scoop cut out of the bone. The tip is blunted.
Beaded bag. The bag is composed of two pieces of leather. A larger triangular shaped piece with beadwork on one sides, and a second smaller rectangular piece to create a small pocket. The front is beaded with a dark blue diamond with dark teal and pink within on a white and green background. Stepped striped blocks of black, red, and black on a white and yellow background. A stepped teal design at the tapered point. There is a small flap with a notched centre, and a metal button closure.
Metal dagger (part a) with long beaded sheath (part b). Large knife with double-edged blade riveted between a two-piece wood handle. The handle is wrapped with a wire of copper alloy metal in three places - around the guard, above the guard, and directly in front of the butt. The wire is inserted into holes in the wood and held together with ornate twists. The sheath is composed of four pieces of leather - two large triangular pieces attached on the sides to form the pocket, and two smaller triangular pieces, which are attached below creating an overall hourglass shape. One side is heavily beaded with blue, pink and black diamond designs on a white background. There is one black 'x' just above the tapered midsection.
Quilled and beaded deerskin tobacco bag. The top is a long pouch of soft deerskin with clear and green beads stitched along the scalloped opening. Below the pouch is a two-sided rectangular panel of beadwork on a red fabric backing. On one side, the beadwork design has two side-by-side pink diamonds with dark blue crosses within, outlined in red, green and dark blue on a white background outlined with a single line of teal flanked by two lines of white beading. On the other side, the beadwork design is of a single pink diamond outlined in teal, red, mustard brown and dark blue on a white background outlined with a single line of teal flanked by two lines of white beading. The diamond has two angled extensions on each side in dark blue, mustard brown, red and teal. Below the beadwork panel is a section of quillwork, with strips of deerskin wrapped in quills dyed orange, red, and white. Below this extends long fringe of deerskin.
Catlinite pipe bowl (part a) with pewter/lead inlay and a quill work pipe stem (part b). The pipe bowl is black with inlaid grey and red designs on the bowl and the end of the shank with the mortise. The design closest to the opening of bowl has a curved upper edge and straight bottom edge, with repeating alternating black and red designs within. The next design has a zigzag upper edge and straight bottom edge. Last is a solid band. The shank is square on the mortise end, tapering in to a blunt end. The bowl is conical. The pipe stem is wooden and decorated with wrapped quill work of checkerboard pattern in bands of colour (red, black, blue, green, natural quill) alternating with natural quill. The quill work is stitched together along the long edge. On one end of the pipestem is a cylindrical tenon (that inserts into the mortise) and at the opposite end is the carved mouthpiece separated by a carved circle.
Small beaded 'jingle' bag with beadwork. On the front, the beadwork has geometric designs in dark yellow, red, dark blue, and pink, on a light blue background. The back has two separate rectangular sections of beading on a pink background stitched together with some blue beaded fill on the right side. The designs are of concentric diamonds in dark yellow, dark blue, green, white, red and blue attached by lines on a pink background. Round metal beads are tied to a length of skin that is threaded through a slot in the flap and attached to the inside of the bag. The end of each tie has a single red seed bead above the knot. The flap and bottom edge are lined with 'tinkle' bells of conical pounded metal. Attached to the top of the bag are two lengths of skin knotted together with more round metal beads.
Large lidded wooden chest. The exterior of the chest (part a) shows finely grooved texturing on surface. Each panel has borders at all four edges, with fine, vertical, parallel lines throughout the centre. Five parallel grooves run horizontally along the upper and lower edges of the chest, with diagonal grooves down each adjacent corner. The corners and base are secured with root-like(?) ties, wood pegs and nails. The exterior has a dark brown-black colour. The interior of the chest shows carving tool marks. There is a rectangular piece of wood along the interior, bottom edge of one side panel. The lid (part b) is flat on underside, with an upright ridge along the long front and back edges. The side edges are also carved with fine vertical parallel lines. The lid is composed of three pieces of wood pegged and nailed together. The underside surface of the lid is covered in carving tool marks.
Hollow, circular silver bracelet with back centre opening. Exterior of bracelet is decorated with incised patterns, and raised carvings; interior is undecorated. Band is circular and gradually widens to an oval-shape in centre. Sides have five patterned bands along their lengths. Bands closest to open ends are filled with alternating triangles and dots; other bands are filled with connected diamonds. Centre of bracelet has a raised rectangle with three rows of diamonds through the middle; diamonds alternate between plain, and decorated with dots. Three circles protrude out of rectangle, at sides and in centre; circles are decorated with dots in concentric patterns. Dots and zigzags incised along top and bottom sides of centre section of bracelet. Ends of bracelet are circular and have holes cut out in their centres.