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Birch bark basket bent and laced into place. A twig splint ringing the rim is overcast, with wide stitches for reinforcement--seven blue opaque glass beads are laced onto the rim. The white side of the bark faces outwards, with a strip of brown bark running underneath the rim as reinforcement.
Coarse slim black feathers made into a thick fringe.
Birch bark basket with a rectangular base that tapers towards an oval-shaped top--basket is capped with a flat, inset lid. Birch bark is folded and stitched with strips of root (?), with a split twig rim overcast with a wide stitch at the top edge. Floral designs have been scratched onto the sides and lid, revealing a lighter shade of bark beneath. A strip of rawhide is strung from one side to the other to create a handle.
Small, circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid--basket and lid trimmed with sweet grass. Both lid and basket are covered in white quillwork, with the image of a chicken in the centre of the lid.
Elliptical, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from an oval-shaped birch bark panel with a white, green and red tulip-like design of porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.
Baby carrier of striped cedar bark. Bark has been cut and bent into place. Cedar slats are placed on the inside and outside, and overcast with string to reinforce rim. Undecorated.
Square shaped basket (parts a-b) consisting of two square pieces that fit together. The exterior (part a) has a herringbone weave with elaborate geometric maze patterns in black and brown. The rim is reinforced with a splint. Part b has an elaborate weave but is not dyed. Plain string handle attached to part b.
Plain round drum with light skin on both ends held in place with bent wood strips and cord.
Metal earrings (parts a-b) with filigree work consisting of a small circle inside of a larger circle, both have a feather like design on the inside made of tiny strips of metal. The larger circle has a metal looped edge from which small vertical pieces of twirled metal hang and a thin wire hook and clasp passes through. A flower shaped piece of metal is soldered to the hook.
Metal earrings (parts a-b) dipped in gold(?) with filigree work consisting of a upside down heart-like shaped design attached to a ball detailed with a circular pattern made of tiny strips of metal. A thin wire hook and clasp is soldered to a flower shaped piece of metal.