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Hand-sewn, blue-black, straight cut suit pants with centre panel on bias. Braided edges along the bottom cuffs and a wide waistband of blue fabric. (Pants are part of a suit, with robe, 2506/2 a.)
Diagonal twilled weave grass mat with braided borders, selvage, and fringe on two sides. There is a very faded diagonal pattern parallel to weave.
Diagonal twilled weave grass mat with braided borders, selvage, and fringe on two sides. There is a very faded diagonal pattern parallel to weave.
Cedar bentwood box. All four sides are made from a single cedar board. Board is scored, steamed and bent into three right angle corners. The open seam is nailed together. A separate cedar board is nailed on for the bottom. Three sides are decorated with pattern. Long side has incised rectangle with carved horizontal lines. Short sides identical, having also incised rectangle, but inside is divided almost in half, with larger side of carved horizontal lines, and the other a plain rectangle which also has horizontal lines above and below it.
Hanging with three perpendicular sides and a fourth side that slopes inwards from one corner along the width. The hanging is composed of several panels of peony patterned brocade on light grey ground with muted tones of orange, green, red, blue and gold. Two peony patterned fabric tabs and two ties are attached to the front along the curved side. Lined with brownish-purple iridescent silk.
Rain cape woven from grass and off-white string with a strip of off-white cotton reinforcing the slightly gathered top edge and the top quarter of each side. Fringed at the bottom with two strands of twined purple plant fibre at the top of the fringe.
Part (a) Large cylindrical coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base construction (with reinforcement stitches); support for lid on inside of basket; buckskin handles wrapped with cedar root. Partial imbrication of vertical and horizontal bands in cat-tail grass and black cherry. Vertical bands are of black diamonds alternating with cat-tail grass diamonds, each on reverse ground. Horizontal bands are of 2 slat rows of checkered cat-tail grass and dark cherry bark. Base and rim have same colours alternating in single row. Bottom has red cherry bark beading. Part (b) Lid has outer three rows imbricated in cat-tail grass with dark cherry bark surrounding cat-tail grass triangle. Slat construction. Skin handle at center.
Undecorated brown wool scarf except for parallel lines woven into ends. Partially woven pattern in fringe.
Spindle consisting of a wooden shaft that tapers at each end with a disc shaped whorl positioned near one end. On the spindle is wrapped, spun brown wool that attaches to a ball of unspun wool.
Belt with a central band of geometric and bird motifs in off-white, black and red flanked with bands of black, black and off-white and bands of squares in red, black and off-white. The remainder of the belt is red. There is a braided fringe at one end. The opposite end is unfinished.