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Carved wood drum with an hour glass shape. The surface is detailed with a mirrored stylized design carved in relief. The rectangular carved handle has open scroll work with a cylindrical piece in the middle; attached are many grass ? tassels. Skin drum head bound with split, braided bamboo.
Rectangular shape shield with a carved human figure sitting on the top holding a cylindrical shaped object to his face. The shield is carved in relief with geometric design painted with black pigment. The recesses of the shapes are painted dark orange with the surrounded areas painted white. The sides of the shield are decorated with bunches of fibre strips tied through to the opposite side. There is a large carved handle and a black and orange painted diamond design at the back of the shield.
Thin brown wood carving of two crouching human figures facing in opposite directions to each other. Each figure has one hand in the mouth and one leg. Faces have rounded oval eyes, a long thin protruding nose, a brow line, and a cap of hair on top of the head.
Shield carved from one piece of wood with a handle on the reverse that emerges from a raised ridge running from the bottom to the top where it protrudes above the top of the shield with a knob-like finial at the very top. The front is carved with curvilinear designs emphasized with yellow, black and white pigment, and the back is decorated with diamond designs in the same colours. Sennit fibre is knotted though holes along the sides of the shield to form a tassel on each face.
Tumbuan body mask/costume. Mask is composed of a conical basketry top with woven facial features near the top, which is finished with a lip that juts upwards and outwards to form a circle as viewed from the top. The top is painted in alternating white and orange vertical bands. The bottom of the mask is finished with a long fringe attached to a ring of bent branch.
Triangular shaped wooden prow with a cylindrical shaped base that tapers to a point. The sides of the base are incised with a repeating stylized geometric design. Attached below is a framework of triangular shapes intermixed with fish and bird heads. White pigment outlines the shapes while orange pigment is added to the engravings. Five fibre tassels hang from the base.
Figure depicting a human face supported by a flaring base carved with a fish and an alligator. The head of the alligator extends up behind the face. Painted black and grey.