Object Listing

Long looped roll of textile covered with beading. It has a small tab of beading suspended between the two ends

Beadwork band with 5 flaps attached. Each flap has a different design made up from triangles, diamonds and other shapes.

Elongated articulated puppet with moving joints at shoulder, hips and knee. It has feet with heels, and pokerwork markings on the body. The joints are tied together with leather thongs

Staff with anthropomorphic head finial with two horns. The shaft has carved designs along its length

Staff with birds head as finial

Ovoid vessel with two holes in neck threaded through with a leather thong as handle with tassels that hang down as decoration. It has 4 downward pointing V s one engraved just below the handle and positioned between the hanging tassels and the others equidistant around the body.

Ladle with deep bowl and handle with an end that curves upward to a point

Woven cone-shaped basket with a slightly raised foot. It has irregular zigzag designs as raised lines on its surface. The bottom of the basket is indented upwards.

Rectangular panel of beadwork with a beaded neck strap. Has one large diamond design in the centre and 4 smaller ones in each corner.

Single strand of beadwork with 33 strips of wood attached.

Tiny loop of lacy beading with rectangular flap of beading with geometric design

Multi-strands of beadwork gathered at 7 equidistant points around its length each point accentuated with 2 brass buttons at every point.

Beadwork wrapped over a rolled core of textile. Attached to this is a metal spoon also wrapped in beadwork but with its bowl and end exposed. Three brass studs embellish the point where spoon is attached to the roll of beadwork.

Long flat panel of beadwork with 2 visible strings as design elements and fringes suspended for approximately 2/3 of its length

Long straight piece of wire with a long flat rectangular section of beadwork attached to it. A wool pompom decorates the top.

Semicircle of lacy beadwork with interlinking triangular areas of differing techniques defining the design - concentric semicircles and triangles of open crisscross technique

Rectangular panel of beading with geometric designs

Rectangular panel of beading with geometric designs

Panel of beadwork with many strands at both of the narrow ends. Patterns running horizontally are zigzag and diamond.

Panel of beadwork with many strands at both of the narrow ends. Patterns running horizontally are zigzag and diamond.

A circlet of beads with a small panel attached. The panel is decorated with a shield motif.

Flat circular band of beadwork with geometric designs trimmed with lacy fringe of red and white beads. Some of this fringe is missing

Flat circular band of beadwork with geometric designs trimmed with beads. Some of this fringe is missing

Mans commercially bought textile cap with peak embellished with panels of beadwork that cover the entire outside surface. These have colourful zigzag and diamond designs.

Multi-strands of beadwork gathered at 3 equidistant points around its length each point accentuated with a small animal horn with a claw on either side and a brass button in the top of each horn.

Long rectangular panel of beadwork with 8 horizontal ridges running across. It has a small square flap attached to its left hand edge. There are 2 vertical rows of larger beads at both ends. Designs are constructed from triangles.

Long rectangular panel of beadwork created from 9 horizontal strips sewn together. It has a section on the right hand side that is white below which is a small square flap. There are 3 vertical rows of larger beads - at both ends and where the white section begins. Designs are triangular and diamond shaped. some of these are missing on the left hand edge

Two semicircles of lacy beading with a fringe. These are joined to two small rectangles of beading with two large beads at each of the joins and at the top between the two panels. Designs are geometric.