Items

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  Basket, dyed red

  Round basket with showing diaper twilled pattern (from Volney Jones' 1933 report).
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  Sieve Basket

  "Seive" basket, received from Mrs. Levi Sturgeon (from UMMAA catalog book).
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  Diagonal Weave Basket

  Basket made in a diagonal weave. Made by Mrs. Sturgeon (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Market Basket

  Market basket woven by Elizabeth Colwell (spelling in Jones' notes: Caldwell) -- dyed with Turkish dyes (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Shifting Basket

  Sifting basket made by Elizabeth Colwell (spelling in Jones' notes: Caldwell), daughter of Mrs. George Shogonosh. Bottom weaved on lap from above -- same weave as Mrs. Greenbird. Sides woven in usual way. Bottom is loose hexagonal weave, top is circular (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Game

  "Flying fish arrow" made by John Colwell, son-in-law of George Shogonosh. Made of shell bark hickory. Used in game -- each person having his own and throwing. Said to have also been used in hunting wild game, small game. Made with shaving horse and drawing knife -- sand papered (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  White Flour Corn

  Bought from Mrs. George Shogonosh. Said to be of an old type (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  White Flint Corn

  Flint corn bought from Mrs. George Shogonosh. Said to be of an old style (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Broom

  Broom made by Levi Sturgeon (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Hickory Mat

  One oval mat woven of hickory splints. Bottom is a solid woven base. Top side is fibrous, mostly natural but with occasional stripes dyed purple. Collected from Mrs. George Shogonosh. Won first prize at the Walpole Fair, 1932 (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Braided Hickory Splints

  Braided hickory splints for mat. Collected from Mrs. George Shogonosh (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Hickory Splints

  Hickory splints for weaving a mat. Collected from Mrs. George Shogonosh (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Corn Husk Mat

  Corn husk mat made of husks dyed with Turkish dyes. This mat won first prize when exhibited at the Walpole Fair in August 1932 (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Braided Corn Husks

  Corn husks woven into strips which is to be sewed into mat (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Dyed Corn Husks

  Corn husks dyed with Turkish dyes, to be used in making mat (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Oak Bark

  Bark of oak used to make dye by Mrs. Smith. Collected across the road from her house (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Oak

  Pressed specimen of oak collected by Mrs. Smith across from her house. Bark of this oak used in making dye (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 11).
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  Maple Bark

  Bark of maple tree used by Mrs. Smith in making the walnut dye (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Silver Maple

  Pressed specimen of maple collected by Mrs. Hyman Smith in woods across road from her house. Bark under same number used in making dye (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 10).
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  Comb Basket

  Open weave. Loose weave three-directional basket technique. This type of weave is said by Mrs. Smith to have been learned by her mother from the Ottawa. Mrs. Greenbird seems to be the only person on the island doing it at present. The carrying basket in Eddie Pinnance's barn is of this weave (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Open Weave Basket

  Basket made by Mrs. Smith's daughter (Myra Greenbird). Purple. Hexagonal bottom with circular top rim (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Dyed Rush Reeds

  Bundle of rushes dyed with walnut bark (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
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  Black Walnut Bark

  Pressed specimen of black walnut collected with Mrs. Hyman Smith behind the house of Charley Sword. Black walnut is rather scarce on the island. It is a strip of inner bark, ready to use as dye (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 9).
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  Black Walnut Log

  Log of black walnut, bark for dye partly removed (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes). Prepared by Mrs. Hyman Smith (from UMMAA catalog book).
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  Rush Mat, partially finished

  Partly finished. Series of long fibers (rush) braided together along one end with three strands of plant fiber woven into same edge to hold all together. Remainder is loose, unwoven rush fibers. Fiber cordage is attached to edges and ties mat in rolled bundle (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).