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Spruce root hat with design painted in black and green. Brim is mixed twined work (diagonal twilled design of chevron patterns), crown is diagonal twined, top is plain twined with three diagonal twined rows near the centre. Inner hat band is plaited with spruce root weft and cedar root warp.
Woven pandanus bag done in a plain diagonal plaiting with a top strip of a more intricate triangular geometric pattern. Long braided straps with tassels on the ends are made from thirteen small braids converging together on either side of the bag.
Dome-shaped basketry hat with small checker work plaited square at top, where warps are visible. This area is outlined with twining and then the warps are split into smaller pieces and double strand twining resumes, but as much finer work. There is a row of triple strand twining, after several rows, and then the warps are split again and two strand twining continues. The bottom rim is finished with a row of triple strand twining followed by four rows of double strand twining, and then another row of triple strand twining. There is a fitted hatband inside hat with a cotton string sewn through it. A small cloth tag with a red letter "M" is sewn to the inside of the hat band.
Originally round, plaited basket with wrapped, twined, and twisted detail at the rim. Plain plaited bottom in larger elements than the sides. Row of twining at the juncture of the bottom and the sides. Base elements are split in two to form warps for the sides. Sides have double horizontal rows of checker work in alternating red-brown and dark brown with three plain rows between. At the top, there is a row of dark brown twining, then open work where each warp is split in two and twisted, then four rows of twining, next bundled elements are wrapped in dark brown, and finished with three strand twisted elements at the rim.
Dome-shaped basketry hat with small checker work plaited square at top, where warps are visible. This area is outlined with twining and then the warps are split into smaller pieces and double strand twining resumes, but as much finer work. There is a row of triple strand twining, after several rows, and then the warps are split again and two strand twining continues. The bottom rim is finished with a row of triple strand twining followed by four rows of double strand twining, and then another row of triple strand twining. There is a fitted hatband inside hat with a black shoelace sewn to it.
Dome-shaped basketry hat with small checker work plaited square at top, where warps are visible. This area is outlined with twining and then the warps are split into smaller pieces and double strand twining resumes, but as much finer work. There is a row of triple strand twining, after several rows, and then the warps are split again and two strand twining continues. The bottom rim is finished with a row of triple strand twining followed by four rows of double strand twining, and then another row of triple strand twining. There is a fitted hatband inside hat with a cotton string sewn through it.
Small, twined, cylindrical basket (a) with knobbed lid (b). Flat bottom is twined at centre then alternates plaited and twined rows with 3 twined rows to edge. Straight sides are twined with 2 bands of design. The design is of diagonal black lines alternating with light brown ground and evenly spaced chevrons. The top row chevrons point right, the bottom point left. Lid is twined lid has short straight sides then slants up to knob. Bright green grass overlay row at top edge of knob. Imbedded dirt on lid, outside has darkened.
Cup-shaped basket with slightly flaring sides. Bottom has 10 rows of twining to start and the remainder alternates twining and plaiting. Sides are twined with raised parallel vertical rows of twill twined zigzags. Evenly spaced, overlaid (false embroidered) diamond shapes in 2 horizontal rows. Rim is twill twined with vertical warps exposed at top.
Reversible rectangular mat with woven designs. The mat has an overall diamond motif in purple and natural. One side is predominantly purple, the other is predominantly natural. There are thin green bands running through the diamond motifs. There are double purple borders on the long sides of the mat.
Purple and red-dyed, plaited palm-leaf, cylindrical container. Flat ends where four peaks have been formed by looping over the coloured strips of palm leaf. A piece of split palm stalk, pointed at one end, has been pushed through. Small stones placed inside. Two palm leaf strips, one green, the other red, have been plaited into a honeycomb-like strip, applied over the pointed top, and fastened below onto the split bamboo handle. Two strips of purple are bound over the top and wrapped around the handle.