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Thick square wooden carving with soft rounded corners and flat edge. Carving depicts the moon, and a frog with black almond-shaped eyes. Brass rod at centre of base for installation. Artist inscription and date on base.
Small rectangular bentwood box with lid (part b). Box has soft rounded corners and thin blue circles on the short sides. Wider sides have carvings in a square, at centre, painted in red. Three-dimensional carving on lid depicts a raven with protruding beak at one end, an animal head and front legs at the opposite end, and a face between them. Their eyes are all painted black; the animal's tongue is red. Artist's inscription on base and underside of lid.
Round, carved, wooden killerwhale pendant. Design shows a larger face below with a wide mouth showing its teeth; a smaller face is carved above. A gold metal band circles the edge. The back is smooth and concave. Three small gold screws at the back hold the band in place. Gold metal hanging ring at top. Artist's inscription on back reads RD 85-91.
Carved wooden figure in form of a killer whale with abalone inlays. Tail curled upward, reaching the fin. Artist's initials on underside.
Carved wooden figure in form of a dragonfly with abalone inlays. Female like body, wings attached to the arms outspread to sides. Tail curled toward back between legs. Artist's initials at back centre.
Small carved silver spoon with thunderbird imagery on handle, two-finned killerwhale on back of bowl. Tip of handle is shaped and carved as a bird head.
Silver cuff style bracelet with a single cormorant image covering the surface. A long beak fills the right end of the bracelet, and the tail feathers fill the other end, in the form of a hand with five fingers, carved out of the metal.
Raven rattle with red and black painted designs and cord lashings around handle. Raven has wings in a gliding position. On its back is a frog is connected by a tongue to a reclining human (shaman or healer?). The frog is held in the long beak of a bird (kingfisher?) that forms the raven’s tail. The stylized face carved in shallow relief on the belly of the raven. (Interior thought to hold beads?)
A carved argillite model pole with a flat rectangular base. Figures from base to top: a killer whale with tail in front; a male holding the dorsal fin; an eagle sitting on a frog on the very top. Artist inscription on back.
Carved argillite model pole with a flat rectangular base. Figures from base to top: a bear holding a whale’s tail with both hands in front; a raven holding a fish in its mouth; a frog holding an upside down human body with both hands at top. Artist’s inscription on back.