THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988

Partial shaped copper, with oxidized green patina. Object has a flat top and bottom, sides angling outward toward bottom, and is slightly concave at back. Four bullet holes can be seen on the front centre of the piece, some piercing through the metal, and some as dents.

Painting on paper of a person wrapped in a green and red button blanket, wearing a large mask, with a prominent scalloped nose emerging from front over a red mouth with bared teeth; there are three large fins on the top. Designs decorate the face in colours of orange, yellow, blue and green. The blanket has a fish or aquatic creature design on the back. Light yellow background. Paper is corrugated along one edge.

Painting on paper. On a light yellow background stand two figures facing each other in fighting pose, slightly crouched with hands raised to the front. Each wears a one piece decorated garment, as well as a large headdress and long cascading hair. The right headdress has a bird at top. Paper is corrugated along one edge.

Painting on paper. On a light yellow background stands a large bird facing front, wings outstretched and curving above its head. Bird looks to the right, with head crest extending behind. A face covers the torso, with ovoid eyes and a wide mouth showing bared teeth. Wings are decorated in bright colours. Paper is corrugated along one edge.

Painting on paper. Five figures, all wearing large masks with long snouts and slightly open mouths, coloured black, red, green and yellow. Long capes of orange and yellow cedar bark fall from each mask, obscuring the figures beneath. The two front-most figures have yellow legs emerging from the cedar, with leg bands wrapped around their calves. Light yellow background.

Unpainted dish or bowl in the form of a seal, carved from a single piece of wood. Wood is reddish-brown; the details of the seal are incised. The head extends at one end, with mouth closed; the flippers and tail at the other end. Along the side of the bowl, the flippers are held against the body. Artist name written on base.