qic’maqał piipaakčiʔał (Basketry Pattern)

Collection of basket making materials (1413/1-26), sold to M. Davis by Dora Frank's son; then Davis sold the collection to MOA.

basketry

A rectangular paper design sheet with a grid pattern. Five horizontal rows of coloured dotted figures with a few numbers in pencil. Main design starting from the top to the bottom is consisting of the following: a dark whale with a dark fish; a green bird, a torquise bird, and a green animal; a dark bird, a brown figure, a purple and red bird, and a purple, yellow, orange, and brown duck; a purple bird, a blue bird, a green and orange bird, and a dark whale; and three human figures in a boat hunting a brown whale.