Silkscreen print in red and black, on white background. Depicts Haida Mother Bear in profile. Raised front paw bears image of human profile with profile of young bear being placed at mother' s feet. Back of figure is decorated with full frontal frog image and shoulder is decorated with depiction of a face. The print was designed by Christian White, a well known Haida artist from Masset. The Bear Mother story is a popular Haida myth, both for prints and for story telling. Silkscreen prints are a recent development in Northwest Coast Native art, but they incorporate traditional design techniques and subject matter. The prints are often given away at potlatches as gifts from the host to the guests. Prints are also sold commercially to non-Native buyers; Excellent; Complete

Button blanket made from dark blue wool material, with red felt borders . Central design made of red cut out felt with plastic buttons highlighting the shape of a raven with a young raven inside it. The blanket is a child' s blanket and would be worn at social occasions involving the whole community, e.g. potlatches, memorial feasts, weddings, etc. Button blankets were adaptations of dark blue Hudson Bay blankets which were traded up the coast in the 1850' s. The designs appliqued in red and outlined in buttons are of the owner' s crests and serve to identify the wearer as belonging to specific lineages. Recently in an effort to encourage traditional knowledge of lineage membership the Council of the Haida Nation have been giving button blankets to all young Haidas who graduate from high school, thereby instilling a sense of pride and belonging for the young; Complete

A: Wooden ceremonial drum or ' gujaaw' , painted by the well known Haida artist Reg Davidson. Goatskin stretched over yellow cedar hoop. Caribou horn handle at back of drum. Round design on front depicts front view of eagle face, in red, black and white acrylic paint. The drum is used to accompany traditional singing at many celebratory occasions. B: Beater, made from cedar wooden, with end bound in red cloth. The drums of this type are used to accompany traditional singing at many celebratoryoccasions such as feasts, potlatches, and pole raisings. The unpainted drum was not made by the artist but purchased ready for painting the design. The drum maker was from Vancouver Island; Good; Complete

Necklace of ten individual argillite plaques, varied slightly in size and shape, showing animal crest designs (grizzly, eagle, hawk, thunderbird, killer whale). Thin brown leather strip onto which they are strung is bound together at ends with purple thread. Each plaque has a description, place, date and artist signature incised into the back, e.g., "Haida Eagle Crest 69 Skidegate McGuire."

Woven cedar bark hat. The hat has a flat top and wide brim. It is woven with wide pieces of bark, with three rows of thin pieces around the top and middle. Before the brim are three rows of green coloured bark.

Carved, long argillite pipe. The body of the pipe is detailed with a human figure; the top of the bowl is position as if it was a headdress. On top of the body is a female figure sitting against the stem of the bowl facing the mouthpiece. In each of her hands she holds a leg of an octopus which has the rest of its legs in her mouth. The woman’s head is pulled back, her eyes shut. The octopus is facing left; has carved tentacles, eyes and beak.

Carved silver spoon with an oval shaped bowl and long handle ending in a triangulated point. Depicted is a killer whale on the shaft, a bird’s head on the tip of the handle and a face on the bottom of the bowl. The tip of the handle curves slightly back. Fine crosshatching in the negative space. There are seven lines of design on the whale's tail. The underside is engraved with ‘Fort Simpson; B.C.’, written on two rows.

Carved silver spoon with an oval shaped bowl and a handle that curves back at the tip. Killer whale is depicted on the shaft, a bird’s head on the tip of the handle and a face on the bottom of the bowl. Fine crosshatching is in the negative space. There are six lines of design in the whale's tail.The underside is engraved with ‘Fort Simpson; B.C.’, written on one line.

Positive die mould of a Northwest Coast salmon design. Made of a hard, green plastic or resin.

Carved argillite pole with a slight taper and a concaved back mounted on a square base. From top to bottom: seal ? with spotted skin and protruding snout. Raven with a long beak and the wings tucked inwards; bear with a snout, carved nostril, bared teeth and protruding tongue holding onto three rings that sit on the head of a beaver. Beaver with two large front teeth holding onto a chewing stick. Its tail is turned upright and holds a human face.