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A mask with vertical protusions carved into the mask at the top. The face is long and narrow with a pointed chin and prominent lips that are open to display large, square, carved teeth. The nose is long and thin, the eyes are slightly angled holes, and small triangular ears protrude. The face is patterned with small carved knobs along the cheeks, across the forehead, near the mouth and nose, and between the eyes. Hair is suggested by a diamond pattern carved into the wood at the forehead, and the head is topped with an elaborate headdress, with carved tines and a decorated half-circle plaque above. The back of the mask is concave.
Heddle pulley figure. The head and neck of a woman decorate the top of this apparatus used in strip weaving. The face is long and narrow, with a small mouth, long narrow nose, and lightly carved eyes that appear closed. Ears are carved high, at the temples. A small, square hat sits atop an elaborate hairstyle carved in a zigzag pattern, which is gathered and falls thickly from the neck. The neck is thin and very long. Below is a rounded piece that would hold a spool (which does not accompany the object), with holes bored through the two vertical holding arms. A hole is also bored through the object just beneath the figure’s hat.
Heddle pulley with handle in the shape of an animal (a gazelle?) with a long neck, long pointed horns, and a torso that shapes the bottom of the pulley. A metal rod is attached through the two legs at the bottom of the torso. There are five disks strung onto the metal rod and hang in between the two curved legs.
Oval-shaped human portrait mask with bird-like creation on top of head. Face has cut-out eye slits, projecting nose, closed mouth, and carved eyebrows. Top of mask projects into a bird-like creature and base is decorated with small, carved triangles and lines. Triangles project from the face on the outer rim. The back of the mask is hollowed out. Five holes are found around the edges with a red string tied between two.
Carved mask with headdress that projects upwards into a bird-like creature with a fish in its beak. Headdress portion curves back down connecting the end of the fish to the forehead. Overall, the mask is decorated with painted stripes, small white circles, and geometric shapes, especially on the headdress. Face is black in colour, has protruding eyelids, cut-out eyes, pointed nose and pursed lips. Back is hollowed out and red string ties through two of six holes around the edges.
Pulley with elongated face, and elaborate hair style. Head is perforated with twisted fibre cord attached. Long neck joins head to squared shoulders. Perforations in bottom of arms. Figure rests on rectangular base.
Heddle pulley with elongated, long-nosed human face and hair with elaborate tresses. A long neck with horizontal scarification marks joins head to square shouldered body. The body has a few simple lines incised on it and on the top of the head. Bottom of arms are perforated. The heddle is covered with a worn, crusted black patina. Bobbin is missing.
Hardwood piece with reddish patina and thick black paint in areas. Upper half consists of large and small human heads placed back to back with one long neck continuing into large u-shaped structure. A twisted and knotted cotton cord passes through a hole in the top of the larger head. Both heads have carved facial features in relief: long slit eyes elongated nose, pointed chin with protruding lips, long crescent-shaped black eyebrows, black cap-like hair. Black paint also in rings around neck and front and back faces of u structure. European thread spool attached by wood rod placed through ends of both stems of u structure at a perpendicular angle.
Mask depicting a horned figure painted black with one red and one white eye as well as a curved nose-like ridge running vertically down the centre of the face. The tips of the horns are painted white, and there is a red line running down each horn from the white tips.
Carved wooden mask depicting red humanoid face. Short black ridge wraps around top edge of head; diagonal lines incised throughout, imitating hair. Rectangles protrude from either side of face, imitating ears; triangles carved in relief across surface, done in white and blue. Face has a long thin nose over protruding lips; eyes are partially closed and rest underneath semi-circular eyebrows. Large bird perched on top of white and blue column, protruding from top edge of mask. Bird is white with blue and yellow highlights; has an orange beak and large black crest. Sides of mask are undecorated and have holes drilled into them; mask is hollowed.