Gift of Ernest Erickson

Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer

Wooden staff finial. Standing figure wearing a four cornered headdress with a large abstract bird on top, and holding trophy heads in hands at sides. Traces of black paint.

Fragment of upper end of a staff, made of a soft wood. Male figure atop block with triangular cut outs. Black monkey below has both hands on shaft. Piece of metal in base (not original). Black, orange and white paint. Incomplete.

Wooden kero cup, supported by two male figures who are holding prisoners at their side. Males wear a headdress with vertical lines in relief, a stepped necklace and ear spools. Traces of ancient copper repair cleats in middle body. Broken and incomplete.

Head neck effigy jar with side handle, flaring rim and flat base. Arm hold a flute; face has pierced eyes and mouth. Zoomorphic decoration on handle. Terracotta with red-brown and black stepped band motifs on cream ground. Lower body area undecorated. Molded and modeled technique. Breakage repaired.

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Jar with face on neck, somewhat flat base, burnished surface. Two circular protuberances on each side of body in cream and black on red-brown background. Painted yellow-cream stepped motif on pectoral. Yellow-cream and black flaring headdress, vertical incised lines on figure’s back. Hair braid in high relief that ends in a serpent head. Breakage not restored.

Double spout bottle with flat base and bridge handle. Design of two bird warriors in high relief with a headdress with an arrow motif on top and both bird warriors holding a rope with their beaks. Molded technique; polished surface. Unbroken.

Feline head cup with straight sides and rounded rim. Terracotta with red-brown band on outer rim with cream “S” decoration in horizontal position. Feline head in relief, with rounded ears on rounded base. Modeled and molded technique.