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Beaded pouch made of black felted wool(?) edged in ruched black silk(?), and heavily beaded with flowers and foliage. The bag's shape is rounded with two scalloped flaps that fall to either side of the opening. The inside of the pouch is lined in black silk, and the underside of the flaps in felted wool. A black silk strap is partially attached to the pouch at the opening.
Small tulip-shaped cloth bag with densely beaded floral motifs on both sides in blue, green, red, yellow, white and clear. The beads are stitched on to a brown pile velvet fabric. There is a lighter brown fabric sewn around the edges, and a short handle made of brown velvet with a blue-purple silk backing. The top of the bag is open, and the interior lining is a dusty pink, shiny fabric.
Boot-shaped wall-pocket, or pouch. The boot part is made of a double layer of birch bark, whip-stitched around the edges with thick black thread. There is an arched band attached at the top creating the pocket. Faded floral quillwork designs cover most of the front face and the band. Some quills dyed yellow and green, but most are off-white. (A few parts of the quillwork are missing.) The back is plain birch bark.
Birch bark booklet with quillwork. The cover has red maple leaf, angled row of white cross-hatching, and then in red "Veterans Guard of Canada" in quillwork. Inside birch bark pages are blank. The cover is edged with bent grass(?) and is whip-stitched with black cotton thread. There is a small adhesive sticker on the inside of the front cover, "F 3.00". The back is plain except four angled white quills, in two pairs.
Brown velvet picture frame with oval opening at centre. Double rows of beads are sewn around the outside edge and the oval opening edge. Decorative beadwork in floral patterns around front, with "OTTAWA" beaded in gold beads at the top, and "1931" in green and gold beads at the bottom, with brown sequins added between the letters and numbers. Five triple-looped strands of beads hang from the bottom. Red fabric lines the inside back, with beige fabric covering the outer back; in between the layers of fabric is something like a piece of thin cardboard, for stiffening.
Canoe purse. Small, mauve velvet, canoe-shaped purse, heavily beaded with clear beads. Beads are attached around upper edges and ends, in horizontal decorations on both sides of canoe. One side has five light blue beads inside circles of clear beads, and there are three triple strand loops of beads hanging from the bottom. There is a piece of paper (part b) rolled up and tied with a light blue ribbon (part c) that fits inside the canoe opening. The paper has a story printed on one side, titled "The Legend of the Maid of the Mist".
Set of 6 matching miniature birch-bark chairs (parts a-f), another chair with a slightly different shape and pattern (part g) and a birch-bark corner shelf (part h); all decorated with floral designs in dyed quillwork. Parts a-f and h have similar floral designs on the chair backs and seats, in white, pink, yellow and green quillwork, with a simple cross pattern on the lower sides. The other chair, part g, has much finer floral patterns on five surfaces, embroidered using dyed grasses(?).
Fan of white and some purple-blue downy feathers, and a birch bark handle with quillwork. The front has attached a small black and orange-yellow bird with its body oriented downwards, and head turned to its left. The back has 11 white feathers extending out of the handle, the tops of which have been rounded with downy feathers extending beyond them. There is quillwork on both sides of the birch bark handle. On the front, there is a seated person in profile with a pipe held to their mouth next to a small tree surrounded by a foliage frame with a flower at the top and bottom. Below, a bird in profile stands within some foliage. The quillwork on the back of the handle depicts another person in profile with a pipe(?) held to their mouth, situated between two different plants and also framed by foliage and a flower at the top and bottom. Below appears to be a red plant.
Corn husk face mask. Twined fibre coiled and stitched together into a face with bulging eyes, long nose, and puckered mouth with tongue extended. The face is bordered by long strands of corn husk fibres forming a mane.
Oval or eye-shaped silver tie clip. Design shows a howling wolf in profile, with the canine's head projecting above the upper edge. Silver overlay technique. Artist initials lightly engraved on back.