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Spoon of mountain-goat horn with an elaborately carved handle. The humanoid at the tip of the handle has a frog clasped to its chest, with their tongues joined. This figure is standing on an abalone inlaid headdress of a humanoid/bird creature.; Good
A) A spatulate spoon, also known as a soapberry paddle. The spoon has a cylindrical handle which joins a slightly concave paddle that is smooth on one side and decorated on the convex side. The decoration is a two- dimensional carving, comprising of the characteristic oviods and U-forms, which form the body and head of a creature. The shaft of the spoon had split but has been repaired. B) A soapberry paddle. The paddle is flat and undecorated on one side, and finely carved on the slightly convex side. The carving is composed of the characteristic ovoids, U-forms and S-shapes, and forms what could possibly be a sea creature.; Good
A dentalium necklace. On the catalogue card a note from the donor is the only description, The beads are of the type used by the Hudson Bay Company in their trading days on the coast. I had to string them with thread, not having any old sinew ornettle-fibre but the other material was collected by my father from the Indians. My father and I have had at various times similar necklaces both from the Northern Kwakiutl and the Haida. The shell is quite common on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The necklace consists of twenty dentalium shells, two blue trade beads and eighteen small red glass beads.; Good
Carved wooden labret or lip plug.; Good.
Carved wooden hair comb with a frog design perched on a rounded crossbar from which the teeth of the comb descend. The frog sits between two sides of a raven' s head whose long beak stretches upwards to a tip. The rear of the frog can be seen from the opposite side. Held in the raven' s beak, and following its length is a humanoid figure whose arms and legs are clearly visible at the sides of the beak. The humanoid head with prominent eyebrows projects, rather mask-like, from the tip of the beak. Along one side of the raven' s beak the words Queen Charlotte are visible.; Good.
An ornate wooden comb carved into a bear with protruding rounded ears inlaid with haliotis shell. The bear has prominent eyebrows, and its eyes, nose and teeth are inlaid with haliotis shell The bear' s mouth has a wonderful expression of concentrated gripping, as protruding is the inlaid tail of a fish, which also doubles as the bear' s tongue. The bear' s paws are firmly planted on either side of the tail or tongue. On the reverse of the comb the bear' s head is concave, and the shape of its arms are accentuated by grooves. The comb has a patina of use.; Good
A carved ceremonial comb baring a raven head on one side with a fine carved projecting beak and upright ears with split U-forms. Below the frontlet-like raven face a round-eyed creature is depicted full frontally, while flanking it on both sides are two profile faces. The teeth of the comb are finely shaped and smoothed below the faces. On the rear of the comb is a fat cheeked humanoid face surrounded by a grooved border. Above the face are cross- hatched ears, and below are hand or paw-likedesigns.; Good
Ribbon-reed Canada-goose lure, painted on each side with black design filled in with red. Unnumbered.; Good
The central section of a flute carved in argillite. At both ends are pieces of metal (lead or pewter) set into the argillite, one end is a tube-like section covering a slightly narrower end, the other is a shaped inlay. Along the length of the flute are three frogs (one has had its head broken off). In between the frogs are the stop holes, positioned in decorative bands of curleque and leaf motifs. At the metal inlay end is an eagle with a protruding belly, tail flat against the flute barrel, and wings and legs wrapped round the back and sides. The eagles' beak is slightly open and its head is raised from the surface, behind the head is grooved fan-like design.; Good
The catalogue card states this is a headdress, however it is more likely to be a epaulette which was worn on the shoulder (G.Crowther). The epaulette is carved in the form of a killerwhale fin, with a humanoid face at its base. The fin has two holes along its length and three painted bands of black. The face at the base is in profile, and has prominent black eyebrows, a greenish eye-socket, black eyes, and red paint accentuating the nostrils, cheeks and lips. the face is carved and painted. It is virtually identical to 1885.66.5, except the holes cut through the fin are painted red, and it is slightly smaller.; Good