SPIRITS LIKE THE SOUND OF THE RATTLE AND DRUM: GEORGE THORNTON EMMONS' COLLECTION OF TLINGIT SHAMANS' KITS. ILIFF, BARBARA ELIZABETH DISSERTATION, 1994

The paint is red, black, and turquoise.

'Spirit of the Ancestors' - This apron is the only contemporary Chilkat style weaving in the Burke's collection, and was woven by the only male Native weaver known to use this technique. Many believe that Tsimshian women originated this complex technique of weaving in the late 18th or early 19th centuries. This apron depicts a Raven with its wings outstretched.

Quiver with two compartments formed from ground squirrel skins. The compartments are sewn together along their long edges by strips of rawhide. A strap of rawhide with toggles of hoof(?) comes from the bottom of the quiver and would likely have attached to a small strip of rawhide that is attached at the top. An antler handle is attached to centre of long edge of the larger compartment.

A: Two shirts of buckskin hide, quite similar to each other. Decorated with blue and white sequins, along with various anthropomorphic figures and heads on one shirt. B: buckskin leggings 'A1: Shirt with animal (?deer) hooves attached to the fringes of the arms. There are traces of red dye on the shirt. The sleeves have 2 small bands with white and blue beads. There are fringes on the arm openings, the bottom edge and along the sides. There are small holes at the back. A2: Shirt with fringes at the arms and the sides. The shirt is painted in black with anthropomorphic designs at the front and the back. There are some red, white blue beads at the back. The front has a disk motif with white and blue beads. The sleeves have painted white and black stripes painted. There are also ribbons hanging from the shirt. B: The leggings are undecorated. There are short fringes at the sides, top and bottom of the leggings. F. Veys, 14/9/2005'Martin Schultz suggested that the pendents on A1 are puffin beaks.