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 round basket bowl of twining technique with natural light coloured background and red brown, brown and black design. Design around sides formed of elongated red brown and black trapezoidal shapes stepping up and down on one another forming a zig-zag around the sides with a brown triangle at the b…
A round basket bowl of twining technique with natural light coloured background and red brown, brown and black design. Design around sides formed of elongated red brown and black trapezoidal shapes stepping up and down on one another forming a zig-zag around the sides with a brown triangle at the base of each zig-zag and an inverted brown triangle at the top of each. Rim is banded with two brown lines with groups of three triangles sitting on the top line spaced around the rim, two brown lines are at the bottom of the zig-zag pattern with another band inside the circle formed by these on the bottom of the basket composed of a mixture of brown and light coloured twining, with a small circle of solid brown at the centre of the base. Design not visible on the inside but mottled pattern can be vaguely seen in reverse against the brown exterior.
A fairly large round bottomed basket bowl of natural light coloured background, and red brown and black design worked in twining technique. Design around outside composed of red brown triangles and rectangles accented with black which form large flying wedges. Rim banded with red brown with final r…
A fairly large round bottomed basket bowl of natural light coloured background, and red brown and black design worked in twining technique. Design around outside composed of red brown triangles and rectangles accented with black which form large flying wedges. Rim banded with red brown with final row of lip twined with brown over the teeth of the ribs sticking up. Bottom of basket encircled with red brown band is light brown with two bands of brown inside around centre. Two rows of twining in a twill pattern reinforces the base just inside the outer band. Inside of basket is brown with pattern indiscernible except as vague patches of light and darker colour.
A small basket that is made with natural and dyed straw woven in a checkerboard pattern. The basket has a pronounced shoulder which angles in to a narrower mouth. There is a coiled, flat, straw lid that fits into the opening.
A small basket that is made with natural and dyed straw woven in a checkerboard pattern. The basket has a pronounced shoulder which angles in to a narrower mouth. There is a coiled, flat, straw lid that fits into the opening.
A deep, rectangular, flat bag woven of corn husks. The bag is decorated with colums of triangles stitched or woven with yarn. The basket has a long leather thong carrying strap.
A deep, rectangular, flat bag woven of corn husks. The bag is decorated with colums of triangles stitched or woven with yarn. The basket has a long leather thong carrying strap.