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A bent and tied cedar head ring with cedar bark wrapped and knotted around it and two salmon carved from flat slats of cedar secured to the top. The salmon have small cross-hatched fins, gill slits eyes and mouths, they are also painted black along the upper edge. The cedar bark wrapping is very loose and fragile.; Good
A carved and painted frontlet that does not have the associated headdress but there is a row of nails on the back of the frontlet, some still with material attached, where it would have been afixed to the headdress. The main crest carved is an eagle with blue eyebrows and beak. The eagle' s ears are painted as U-froms together with wing-like U- forms and ovoids below the eyes, together with double red claw-like lines. The eyes are formed from brass thumb tacks. Below the eagle' s beak a humanoid face has been carved with a down-turned mouth and flared red nostrils. Surrounding the arched frontlet a red twisted rope design has been carved. The lower edge of the frontlet has an arched section cut away.; Good
Wooden mask carved with a heavy brow and straight nose and protruding mouth and lips. The eyes are cut out and surrounded by a slight step. Black paint has been used to accentuate the broad eyebrows and the lips, the rest of the mask is unpainted.; Good
A carved wooden mask which has a very rounded appearance, a pug nose, down-turned mouth and ball- shaped eyeballs. The eyeballs have been painted black, and are ringed by a black line, eyebrows are painted as lines which accentuate the rather startled or angry expression. The inside of the mouth is painted red, and a tongue projects to the rear of the mask and serves as a means of wearing the mask, by holding it in the mouth. The wearer would have been able to see through small slots below the eyes. The mask is not typically Northwest Coast in form.; Good
A carved and painted mask in the form of the noohlmahl, or fool. The mask is characterised by a large nose with flared nostrils, the cheek bones are high and rounded, the mouth upturned in a grin and the chin is pointed. The eyebrows are large, and painted red with cross-hatching while the eyes are rounded and staring. Around the edge of the mask is a carved rim, at the top appears to be carved in the form of hair, while below the pierced ears the rim has the appearance of twisted rope. Themask is painted, the lips and the eyes are red, the rim is black, and the forehead has two black curling designs with a central ovoid, similar curling designs extend below the eyebrows and accentuate the cheeks. The chin is similarly painted black, with a central cleft which accentuates the pointed appearance, the nostrils are also outlined in black to a similar effect. The inside of the mask has been finished to a high degree.; Good
Large halibut hook with metal point which shows signs of having been re-sharpened and is still very sharp. The point is lashed into place with root, there is string wrapped between the arms, and a cord leader line attached. The lashing on the lower arm is very fine at the tip.; Good
Hemlock halibut hook with bone point lashed to the upper arm with root. The hook has been written on in ink, Halibut hook , Westcoast and the initials P.A. .; Good
Hemlock wood halibut hook with bone point and bark lashing. The hook has been written on in ink at some stage, much illegible.; Good
A very curled halibut hook made from hemlock wood with a bone point lashed to the upper arm with bark.; Good
Halibut hook made from knotted bent hemlock with bone point lashed onto the upper arm with bark, and the lower tapering arm lashed with very fine root. A length of nettle fibre is stretched across the arms and there are vestiges of a sinew leader.; Good