Object Listing

Heavy gathered skirt in salempore fabric. It has two layers of fabric - a shorter one layered on top the lower longer section. The skirt is covered with a lacy beaded layer around and 4 gathered strings of white beads. Red buttons have been added around the waistband. Overlaid onto the skirt is 1 long rectangular panel of beadwork attached to the front. This has triangular designs and a fringe of beads.

Rectangular panel folded with an upper flap covering approximately half of the front. Heavily beaded with star designs, circles, triangles and other linear designs.

Heavy gathered skirt. It has two layers of fabric - a shorter one layered on top the lower longer section. The skirt is covered with a lacy beaded layer. Overlaid onto the skirt are 5 rectangular panels of beadwork with a variety of designs.

Round globular gourd with a narrow neck and opening. Its body is largely covered in a woven net of string and has a string handle. All is cohered.

Metal type with a cork at one end held in place by a leather thong. It flares slightly at its bottom end and has a metal band with a dotted pattern around the upper end.

Coiled column of copper wire that flares out at one end.

A necklace with a string of metal beads interspersed with large seed pods. This is attached to a conus shell which is attached to a horizontal panel constructed of 5 stiff rod like supports to which brass and metal beads have been attached. From this are suspended two strings of metal beads from which hangs a leather panel with a flared bottom all covered in ochre and with metal beads attached.

Piece of hide with fur still attached folded into a pleated bunch with strings for attaching to head.

Long object made up of brass tubes and metal beads with a bunch of hair at one end and pieces of chord at the other. Four tubular sections covered in brass project out horizontally on each side along its vertical length.

Semi-circular panel made up of 10 strips of leather threaded through with 12 closely aligned cords onto which metal beads have been threaded.

Short rectangular crossbar. The base is an inverted truncated cone. In-between is a support that has two outer rectangular pillars with one bar running across the centre line. Below are two vertical pillars and above is a square panel that lines up with the outer edges of the lower pillars resulting in an openwork grid design. It has a leather strap attached to this grid

Each legging is constructed of four narrow strips of leather. Two of these are on either end of the legging and two are positioned close together in the middle. Cord onto which metal beads have been strung are passed through the leather straps to create a panel of beadwork.

Undecorated hide skirt with wavy edges

Leather panel, folded over at waist with long ties, 2 strips of pleated leather along the top and two strips with metal beads on either side of the waist band

Leather panel, with fur still attached, folded over at waist. It is embellished with buttons, strips with metal beads on either side of the waist band, cowries shells, leather thongs with metal beads at the end. All are heavily ochre.

Hide skirt with metal beads on leather thongs and two bunches of leather strips on either side. All are heavily ochre.

Two round tubes of horn with caps of cohered hide at their tops and bottoms. They have been linked together by a strip of hide that is embellished with metal beads where it joins the two caps of hide.

Peaked cap with open crown spanned by two panels of beadwork in an X formation. Beading around and covering the peak and the edge of the cap.

Two wide long panels of beadwork attached together at the top and sides by 4 strips of beadwork. Diamond and star designs

Cylindrical woven basket with a fitted lid

Brass ring

Brass ring

Flat brass ring

Strands of white beads threaded through amulets of plant material

Strands of white beads threaded through amulets of plant material