Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the righ…
Small round twined basket with rounded base and high sides closing in slightly at the mouth, natural buff colour background with brown design and black accents, design repeated three times around sides is of four brown parallelograms stacked on one another in stairlike fashion moving up to the right, with serrated edges of black-tipped triangles along the sides and narrow black lines between each parallelogram. Between each steplike series on the buff background is an oblique double zig-zag line running from bottom to top of the basket. Lip is finished with three rows of twining of a lighter brown colour, pattern not visible on inside. Paper tag rimmed with metal is attached with cord and wax through lip of basket; no writing is visible.
A flat long rectangular bag woven with twisted corn husks twined over a hemp warp with coarser, linen? twined area, 3 cm, at bottom and in band at top alternating with lines of corn husk pattern. Overlaid design of red, pink and white wool triangles outlined in green and yellow on one side, and li…
A flat long rectangular bag woven with twisted corn husks twined over a hemp warp with coarser, linen? twined area, 3 cm, at bottom and in band at top alternating with lines of corn husk pattern. Overlaid design of red, pink and white wool triangles outlined in green and yellow on one side, and light coloured pinch waisted shapes outlined in red and pink on other side, a buckskin thong is attached along opening at top in a series of small loops knotted though the weaving.
A sturdy birchbark lidded pail like storage vessel made of a single piece of birchbark which has been folded to form a flat bottom, sloped in, but rectilinear, walls. Seamed and tied with pink dyed root fibre. A firm rim, probably of firm root or willow branch, bound in coiled pink and pale green r…
A sturdy birchbark lidded pail like storage vessel made of a single piece of birchbark which has been folded to form a flat bottom, sloped in, but rectilinear, walls. Seamed and tied with pink dyed root fibre. A firm rim, probably of firm root or willow branch, bound in coiled pink and pale green root stalk, and two buckskin thongs, one at either end for carrying. The walls are drawn in and the folded up base seamed to them at either end, and the sides drawn in are stitched up to the vessel rim. A flat birchbark lid, attached to the vessel by a buckskin thong has two ties on its other side for sealing the vessel, and the lid is decorated with a conventional four petalled flower in pink strip fibre and four green leaves radiating from the centre.
A very sturdy coiled basket with small flat base and flaring sides, background natural light colour with design of four bands of red brown zig-zags worked in around sides. Design vaguely visible inside basket but not clearly defined as on outside. Rim is wrapped with areas of natural light colour …
A very sturdy coiled basket with small flat base and flaring sides, background natural light colour with design of four bands of red brown zig-zags worked in around sides. Design vaguely visible inside basket but not clearly defined as on outside. Rim is wrapped with areas of natural light colour alternating with areas of brown and natural stripes.
Conical shaped basket with flat base, coil constructed from plant fibre bundles and is exposed in several places on rim where stitching has deteriorated. Stitching is plant fibre material in three natural colours, most of the basket is beige, two rows of reddish wood coloured diamonds, each approx.…
Conical shaped basket with flat base, coil constructed from plant fibre bundles and is exposed in several places on rim where stitching has deteriorated. Stitching is plant fibre material in three natural colours, most of the basket is beige, two rows of reddish wood coloured diamonds, each approx.4 cm. high x 3 cm. wide, are outlined in a continous black zig-zag pattern, the two rows of decoration are about 5 cm. apart, the top row is close to the rim, rim is fastened off in a simple coil sewing. A small hole (.70 cm.) in center bottom where coil begins.
Large, bowl shaped twist weave basket, ribs protrude .2 -.3 cm. from final row of stitching. Stitching accomplised by two strands twisted around each rib, three separate rows are woven with one stitch around two ribs, possibly to give basket greater stability as well as provide variety in texture. …
Large, bowl shaped twist weave basket, ribs protrude .2 -.3 cm. from final row of stitching. Stitching accomplised by two strands twisted around each rib, three separate rows are woven with one stitch around two ribs, possibly to give basket greater stability as well as provide variety in texture. Ten rows of dark brown geometric designs contrast the light brown plant fiber background, these panels appear to be made from bark. Ribs meet at center bottom and rise to a slight rounded point on inside. 3.5 cm. diameter in center is reinforced by overlapping stitches binding three ribs each. Marks: on tag attached to rim "Poma B43115 55.00".
Basket with thin rope loops knotted around upper edge and decorated with twelve horizontal bands. Alternating solid light beige bands with patterned yellow and dark brown. The stitching on patterned bands appears to be random, a coherent geometric design is not distinguishable, rather, the design d…
Basket with thin rope loops knotted around upper edge and decorated with twelve horizontal bands. Alternating solid light beige bands with patterned yellow and dark brown. The stitching on patterned bands appears to be random, a coherent geometric design is not distinguishable, rather, the design depends upon the play of contrasting colours. Bands are approximately 3 cm. wide. Bird cage construction, i.e. framework is devised by horizontal and vertical ribs, the stitching is twisted around the horizontal and vertical ribs binding them together. The thin commercially manufactured rope is knotted at 8-10 cm. intervals on upper edge, presumably for carrying. Rope is broken in several spots. Basket is in fragile condition, a 4 cm. long horizontal tear is 24 cm. from top, random broken stitches, and fastening off has come apart leaving one 4 cm. gap on upper edge. Shape is distorted from original bowl shape, rim has braided finish done with wider, flat brown fibre.
A small birch bark basket (a) with a thong handle that contains two walnuts (b) connected by a loop of sinew. The two walnuts are labelled by hand, one with “Ed” and the other with “Poil” .
A small birch bark basket (a) with a thong handle that contains two walnuts (b) connected by a loop of sinew. The two walnuts are labelled by hand, one with “Ed” and the other with “Poil” .