purple and white shell wampum beads, vegetable fiber, hide thongs, conservation thread

7 rows

vertical white row, left to right a large pipe two figures holding hands and then 5 vertical lines joined by a horizontal white line, a large pipe and two parallel diagonal white falling lines, then five vertical white lines joined by a horizontal white line to a triangular form open at the bottom and divided vertically by another white line, then two figures with hats (?) holding hands, and then a small hatchet with the blade down at the ground level and then two diagonal parallel rising lines and then one white row (vertical)

Record created during GRASAC visit to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History from Dec 3-7, 2012. The visit was funded by the Smithsonian's Recovering Voices project in order to work with GRASAC to develop a methodology for incorporating indigenous language research with material culture research

Participants (during the week): Alan Corbiere, Lisa Truong, Crystal Migwans, Ruth Phillips, Mary Ann Corbiere, Rand Valentine, Myna Toulouse and Theodore Toulouse