Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Maroon and black carrier. The carrier is rectangular with an added piece, creating a T-shape. The ends are maroon corduroy woven with a leaf motif. The centre and added piece have woven butterfly, bird, swastika and vase motifs on black ground. There is a thick border along one side of the maroon pieces and around the added piece. The border has stripe, meander and geometric bands. The back is lined with back fabric.
Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring construction. Rawhide tie and metal tie through the same side. Fully imbricated with overall checkerboard design in rows of alternating bands in red and dark cherry bark separated by cat-tail grass (?). Design near base is three rows of red cherry bark beading with one row of dark cherry bark beading below first row of cherry bark. Basket had small coil handles on each long side at one time.
Necklace consisting of a center section made up of many small loops of white beads fastened to a braided cord. On one end is a great many strands of brown braided cord with red beads and tassels at the end. At the other end is a mass of strands of brown braided cord with rows of small tassels along both edges.
Beaded apron with a cream, twisted, fibre fringe and red, white and blue beaded saw-tooth border along the bottom. The top has the same tooth and line border. The main colour is dark blue. The neck band is composed of strands of white beads and has fibre tassels.
Large rectangular flared coil basket (bifurcated stitches) with elongated watch-spring construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass(?) and vertical rows of continuous zig-zag design alternating in red and dark cherry bark. Top row alternates in dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass(?). One row of cherry bark beading on rim of bottom.
Silver ashtray, circular in shape, with crescents around outer edge. The centre has stamped eight sections of various patterns; some are in relief. The surface is slightly concaved. The object sits on four, small, semi-hemispherical legs.
Silver, cutout belt ornament, rectangular in shape, with a stylized leaf design. Two silver plated, pewter strips are soldered to the back for attachment to a belt. Stamped in the back is ‘Navajo’.
Silver, cutout brooch in the form of a stylized bird with a long neck and head; two feet; crescent-like shaped body and three extending hook-like shaped feathers. The back has a pin and clasp.
Large, carved, wooden, hokhokw mask with a long beak and circular cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. Along the front end of the beak are ten, white, incised U-forms. At the back of the nose are two large black and red U-forms followed by smaller red and white split U’s outlined in black. The eyes are white, outlined in black and red, on a white, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak. The top and side edges of the mask are lined with braided cedar. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. Intertwined in the cedar are a few feathers. The bottom has crooked beak depicted with black and white eyes, red and white mouth and a protruding, crooked beak. The mask is painted black, red, and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.
Large, carved bird mask with a long beak, a high bridge and ovoid shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of rubber nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. At the back of the nose is a large red split U-forms. The bridge has six red U-forms on the bottom and eight, white U-forms on top. The eyes are white, outlined in black, on a white, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. Underneath the eye is four white U’s. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak along with a fibre cloth. The top and side edges of the mask are lined with braided cedar. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. The mask is painted black, red, and white with stylized designs.