Gift of Miss Mary Forbush Failing.

Gift of Miss Mary Forbush Failing.

Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund

Long white sash divided into fourteen uneven, multi-coloured, woven sections. There are several design styles represented including the “mi-shar-ri chot” or mixed design, “o-si-chin gam-bu-ri chot” or sallow tree flower design, “bir-ra kum-ba chot” or male goat/markhor crossed horn design, “pati-chot” or woman’s waist band design “pati-chot/pon-du-i-ruk” or small circle design (which appears as diamond shaped) and “shin-guk chot” or goat horn design. There are fringes on either end of the sash which are light brown and multi-coloured wool. There is also a willow loop that encircles the sash for fastening.

Wooden drumstick with a heavily beaded handle, with a white fur tip. The shaft is decorated with tightly packed rows of small clear plastic beads, with the base of the handle covered in rawhide, wrapped with sinew. The top half of the fur tip has been darkened with black ink. There is a circular metal loop screwed into the end of the handle.

Round, tall, woven basket. From a wide mouth, the basket curves in at the neck, flares out again at the shoulder, then tapers slightly down to a rounded base. The bottom has an 8 point star-shaped design, and the body is circled with two prominent, dark, zigzagging lines surrounding standing human figures and four legged animals with long upright ears. Triangles and more four legged animals decorate the neck of the basket.

Finely woven, round plaque with “Man in the Maze” pattern. On a light yellow-brown background, a small human figure stands above the dark brown woven lines of a maze, representing the twists and turns of life as one makes his way toward the Sun God in the centre circle. The weave of the plaque is tight and even, and the image is present on both front and back.

Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund