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Cylindrical basket woven with double strand twining in spruce root. The walls of the basket are separated into seven horizontal design fields of equal thickness by eight rows of triple strand twining. Diagonal lines and criss-crossing shapes are introduced into some of the design fields by weaving over two warps instead of one at regular intervals around the basket. In each successive row, the stitches are moved over by one warp so that the overall effect created is a diagonal line.
Rectangular woven blanket. In the centre are five rows of green diamonds on white ground, separated by solid brown lines. Around the edges is a border alternating squares of orange-brown solid and black-white diagonal lines.
Rectangular wall hanging coarsely woven with light yellow-brown wool around the border and light yellow-brown mixed with off-white fibre at the centre. There are tassels of a different wool woven into the bottom row. The same wool is woven across the top. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.
Twined cedar bark basketry hat with plaited accents in greenish-black dyed bark. The hat is dome-shaped with a flat top. Decorated with five bands of dyed wefts, two rows per band. Dyed bark is also used around two rows near the bottom rim. The inside of the hat has a diagonally plaited hat band. It is sewn to the hat with spruce root, which is visible on the exterior of the hat.
Twined, dome-shaped, basketry hat with flat top. Woven with red cedar bark with a white band around the centre, which is spruce root. There is a greenish-black coloured band of dyed cedar bark near the bottom of the white coloured area. The inside of the hat has a wide, diagonally plaited cedar bark hat band, which is sewn on with spruce root. The stitches where the hat band is attached are visible on the exterior of the hat.
Round coiled cedar root basket (part a) with lid (part b). Cedar slat foundation with parallel slat base construction. Foot made of one slat or row. Two overcast handles. Imbrication in black and red cherry bark and bullrush on body of the basket (part a) with a design that consists of alternating red and black quadruple v-lines around the sides and cross like shapes around the rim. Beading in red and black cherry bark on the lid (part b).
Long pole handle attached to eliptical-shaped net, tied in two places with twine and thong. Net suspended in middle by six bone rings and nine twine bindings at top. Net attached to pole by string and thong to end of pole. Double reinforced at end of net.
Mat woven with commercial sheep's wool dyed with natural dyes. The warp is fine wool plied. Tied loops at one end, tied fringe at the other. The weft is thick handspun wool, naturally dyed and with some grease left in. Twining produces geometric patterns in zigzag lines. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.
Basket (part a) and lid (part b) with cedar slat foundation and cedar root coils. Simple interlocking coiled work with parallel slat base construction and reinforcing stitches. Flange on the base of the basket (part a). Foot is composed of one slat. Imbrication and beading in black and red cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Body is covered with black and red tapering V designs. Lid (part b) has four black beaded panels on top with red stepped beading around the sides and black beading around the rim.
Rectangular coiled cedar root basket with a lid and two handles. Parallel slat base and wall and lid construction with overcast rims on both the basket and the lid. Overcast handles extend across the basket and are attached to sides with leather ties. Large imbricated designs in black and red cherry bark with canary grass in between are on both the basket and the lid. Designs are diamonds or zigzag motifs. Leather hinges attach the lid to the basket along one side, while thongs are present on the lid and adjacent area of thebasket on the opposite side.