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Crown of hat is painted in orange, white, and blue (very faded). The weave is very fine. Inside head band is missing. Various twined weaves: brim is mixed twine work (diagonal twilled design of concentric diamonds). Crown and top are plain twined work with one row of twisted work as dividing lines.
Lattice twined weaving with a scalloped border formed by some triple strand weft stitches. Dark scalloped edge and centre with orange and turquoise diagonal striped bands around each and a floral band of orange, red, purple, and green in the middle region of the mat.
Lattice twined weaving with a scalloped border formed by some triple strand weft stitches. Dark scalloped edge and centre with orange and turquoise diagonal striped bands around each and a floral band of orange, red, purple, and green in the middle region of the mat.
Lattice twined weaving with a scalloped border formed by some triple strand weft stitches. Dark scalloped edge and centre with orange and turquoise diagonal striped bands around each and a floral band of orange, red, purple, and green in the middle region of the mat.
Roughly rectangular woven basket with tall, vertical sides; two bands of black colour near the top and bottom. Twined handles on opposite sides (one handle missing, one broken). Sides - very loose twined and wicker weaving with border of coils around splints: base - two strand twilled weave with central warp coil for extra support two bands of black encircle the basket.
Hat with sloping brim and flat crown with slight indentation. Several different kinds of twined weaves: brim - mixed twined weave, i.e. Plain-twined weave with a 'skip stitch' (also known as diagonal-twined weaving) which gives a chevron twilled pattern. Border is a braided cut-warp border. Crown - sides of crown are woven in three-strand twined weave with top of crown in concentric band of three-strand interspersed with plain-twined weaving. Inner support section - diagonal-twined weave. Warp and weft; design painted in red-brown, green and black paint. Expansive and representational.
Head ring consisting of a frame of branches tied with off-white and dark red checked cloth wrapped with shredded red-dyed cedar bark. There is a hole at the centre of the head ring.
Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has red and white, ovoid shaped, cutout nostrils outlined in black and white. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black and white circular frill that projects upwards and curves downwards to the middle of the beak; detailed with repeating black and brown u-forms. The mouth is red, flat, wide and protruding. Behind the beak are two large, brown u-forms carved in relief. The underside of the beak is detailed with a bird figure with painted facial features and a circular beak that projects out then curves into the middle of the mouth. The bottom parts of the beak are hinged with rectangular pieces of leather. The eyes are black, outlined in white and red on a white ovoid shaped ground; the brow is black. Behind the eye are two red and white u-forms. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine to articulate the beak. The top and sides have cedar braids and small bundles; longer strips hang down the back. Attached to the top are two triangular-like shaped ears with circular tips. The mask is painted black, white, red and brown with Northwest Coast stylized forms.
Club in the form of a dagger, lower end is pointed and handle is knob-shaped. On side is slightly flattened.
A large carved wooden bird with a face design carved in relief on the bottom. The bird has a beak and the wings double as the ears of the face carved in relief on the bottom. The face carved on the bottom has circular protruding eyes and its tongue sticks out.