Woman's dress ornament. A single piece of dark purple cord is heavily knotted into three descending ‘t’ shaped patterns. Below, the cord is tied in such a way as to allow it to fall into eighteen long loops that are wrapped at top and bottom with gold metallic wire. The ends of the cord hang betw...

Man’s dark blue pants, made of satin fabric with imprinted floral emblems. Pants are wide through the thighs, narrowing toward the ankles where two fabric buttons gather the material into a large pleat on the outer side of each leg. At top the wide waistband has three belt loops at the back that ...

Man’s dark red vest, made of satin fabric that contains imprinted floral emblems. Square floral motifs in bright gold have been stamped along the hem and shoulders front and back, and at front centre. The vest is open at the front with an overlapping lapel edged in a dark blue that is topped with...

Man’s cream colour shirt, or jacket, made of satin with imprinted floral emblems. Shirt is open at the front with an overlapping lapel edged in a thin white ribbon, and secured by a fabric button and loop. Arms are full length, and hem is slightly rounded. The interior of the shirt is fully lined...

Male figure standing on a red base. Right arm is bent at the elbow and arm is stretched outward. His hand is clenched in a fist and has a hole in the centre, indicating it may have once held an object. Left arm is bent and hand rests at his hip. He is wearing a black robe with gold trim and a bla...

Highly decorated and carved talking stick, or speaker's staff, accompanied by deer hooves (parts b-k). Stick has deeply incised figures (top to bottom) of a thunderbird with wings extended above head, a killer whale, a male wearing a spruce root hat and holding a long stick in his right hand and ...

Large format colour photograph of a scene showing three people processing a large collection of First Nations objects into lots, in preparation for an auction. The objects (mainly from the Northwest Coast, some from other First Nations groups) surround the table where the people are working on a...

Woman's red shoes - pair. Shoes have low heels, approximately 5 cm height, and a slight upward curve to the toe. They are covered primarily in bright red fabric with a dark blue toe. On each side of the toe is embroidered a pink flower with green leaves, and a blue and yellow butterfly. The inter...

Woman’s white socks, pair. Socks are made of a thick white synthetic material, fully lined, in the same material, with a seam running from front top, around the toe and heel, to rear top. The socks take the slightly stylized shape of a foot, with a high, sharply pointed toe, rounded ball, and pro...

Woman's green jacket. Satin garment is short in the torso, with full length arms, slightly rounded at bottom front, with an overlapping open lapel that is secured by tying two long dark purple ribbons decorated with embroidered gold motifs. The collar stands stiffly, edged with white and purple. ...