Axe head and handle, separated.a) Metal axe head with a notched edge for pulling nails and a hammer end opposite the blade. The centre is wrapped with hide and sinew.b) Wooden stick handle wrapped with red flannel, hide and blue and white beads. Feathers and fur are attached with sinew. A braide…
3.0 (a); 3.0 (b) x 8.0 (a); 2.2 (b) x 15.0 (a); 34.0 (b) cm
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Axe head and handle, separated.a) Metal axe head with a notched edge for pulling nails and a hammer end opposite the blade. The centre is wrapped with hide and sinew.b) Wooden stick handle wrapped with red flannel, hide and blue and white beads. Feathers and fur are attached with sinew. A braided thong strap handle is tied on near the end.
Wooden handle with a right angle near the top. A metal blade is embedded in the wood and held in place with sinew, cloth and wire. A diamond pattern has been cut into the handle.
Wooden handle with a right angle near the top. A metal blade is embedded in the wood and held in place with sinew, cloth and wire. A diamond pattern has been cut into the handle.
Metal pipe wrapped with white hide and with attached hide strap handle. A serrated metal blade is inserted in one end of the pipe and held in place with wire. The flesher is heavy and there are loose pieces (shot?) inside.
Metal pipe wrapped with white hide and with attached hide strap handle. A serrated metal blade is inserted in one end of the pipe and held in place with wire. The flesher is heavy and there are loose pieces (shot?) inside.
Scraper of peeled wood with shaped head and notch in handle near base. Serrated metal blade, from tape dispenser, held in place with thong. The handle is decorated with lines burnt into the wood.
Scraper of peeled wood with shaped head and notch in handle near base. Serrated metal blade, from tape dispenser, held in place with thong. The handle is decorated with lines burnt into the wood.
Rectangular piece of thin hide (chamois) with each month and corresponding Native moon and illustration drawn on in marker (example: “APRIL” “FROG MOON” with drawing of a frog). The bottom half of the calendar has “FORE CAST OF MONTH” with illustrations of the moon’s crescent just after new moo…
Rectangular piece of thin hide (chamois) with each month and corresponding Native moon and illustration drawn on in marker (example: “APRIL” “FROG MOON” with drawing of a frog). The bottom half of the calendar has “FORE CAST OF MONTH” with illustrations of the moon’s crescent just after new moon and what that forecasts for the month’s weather.
Pieced and machine sewn semi-circle miniature teepee cover. Two front flaps have poem written in marker “Legend of the Buffalo” with narration from a bison’s perspective.
Pieced and machine sewn semi-circle miniature teepee cover. Two front flaps have poem written in marker “Legend of the Buffalo” with narration from a bison’s perspective.
Cylindrical, flat-bottomed, birchbark, unlidded box. Bottom is stitched to wall by reed or cane, and top rim is bound in read or cane. No other decoration.
Cylindrical, flat-bottomed, birchbark, unlidded box. Bottom is stitched to wall by reed or cane, and top rim is bound in read or cane. No other decoration.
A small cup and saucer woven completely of split cedar(?) (a) cup - very simple deep shape with stiff braided loop handle at one side, three imbricated parallelograms around outside, one blue, one pink, one green, twining technique, lip finished in lighter colour twining. (b) saucer - small shallow…
A small cup and saucer woven completely of split cedar(?) (a) cup - very simple deep shape with stiff braided loop handle at one side, three imbricated parallelograms around outside, one blue, one pink, one green, twining technique, lip finished in lighter colour twining. (b) saucer - small shallow dish of twining technique to match cup with a series of green, pink and red parallelograms imbricated around the edge, which is finished with a lighter colour twining.