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Rectangular beaded purse with zipper at tip edge. Made from a folded panel of beadwork with added skin side panels that is lined inside with a peach coloured satin fabric. Beaded design is similar on both white ground sides, two large yellow, orange and blue diamonds with a line of three crowns at top and bottom, but one side has four diamonds within the larger diamonds and an attached strap in middle.
Small fringed drawstring purse made of glass beads. The diamond mesh tube is made of coloured translucent glass seed beads strung in horizontal bands of colour, starting with the dark green fringed bottom, then light green, light green with yellow, a thicker band of yellow with dark green chevrons in the middle, another band of mixed, and the final dark green loops at the top. Pieces of black cord are looped through and knotted at the ends.
Long skin pipe bag with beaded floral design and long fringe, tied near top with string. Yellow skin bag, with four deep scallops at the top end and a seam down one side, is rimmed with brown beads. A heavy beadwork panel encircling the bottom, above the thick fringe has a different design in a white ground on each side, one with larger flowers and more pink, purple, red and yellow beads, the other darker with greens, red, browns, blue and mustard yellow.
Flat rawhide bag (or hanging?) decorated with two areas of beaded floral design in pink, red, blue, green and white. A rectangular-shaped piece of purple fabric with pink flowers and yellow leaves is stitched to the back and to one inner side of the pouch. A string of gold beads is decoratively stitched along the edges, forming tassels at each of the bottom corners, and brown fabric tabs are attached to each of the top corners.
Small, flat, rounded beadwork bag with opening along the top bead-frilled edge. Beadwork covers front and back fabric discs that are lined on the inside with striped blue and beige fabric. One pattern is pink and purple triangular shapes between orange and green crosses with a white ground, the other is orange, green and blue square shapes with a yellow ground.
Pair of large reddish-brown rawhide moccasins (a-b) with tall cuffs and long laces knotted together. The only decoration is the white triple stitching of the seam joining top to sides. Additional piece of skin is added to lengthen the tongue.
Multi-media installation. The doll (a) consists of a wooden artist’s maquette body with brain-tanned deer hide head (no facial features), hand coverings, and dress (with fringes at sleeves and decorated with English and Cree text written in pink gel-pen ink), pink and yellow cut-glass seed beads sewn onto dress and moccasin boots, horse hair braids with white satin ribbon, ncecklace of porcupine quill, brass bead and sinew, clam shell earrings, and a belt with large brass buttons. The doll sits in a chair (part b) constructed of deer hide, wood, and sinew, and face a small LCD screen, which fastens to a wooden base (part c), and plays a video loop, with video and audio footage created by the artist.
Red catlinite pipe head (a) and long wooden stem with squared sides and centre ridges (b). Carved into the medium brown wood of the stem, near one end, is a series of stained brown chevrons, and stained onto it are thick brown chevrons facing the opposite direction. The pipe has a wedged front tip, a stove-pipe like bowl that stands up from near mid-point. Concentric rings are carved near the rim of both the bowl and the end that joins the stem.
Bag made of skin with drawstring neck, a geometric design in light blue, dark blue, red, green and pink on one side, and a dark and light blue beaded fringe at the bottom.
Hide jacket with bead work and fringe. The jacket has a short standing collar, long cuffed sleeves and centre opening with hook and eye closures. On the front is a deep ‘U’ shape beneath the collar with a beaded floral motif on black appliqué fabric. There are two pockets on the lower front. There are beaded patches on the front, pockets, shoulders and upper back. Patches include floral motifs, fish skeleton and rectangular shapes. There is fringe on the ‘U’ shape, sleeves and upper back. There are braids of brown hair attached to the back of each shoulder. The inside is unlined.