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Mask that has been carved on a forward slant, giving it an angular appearance. The mask is painted white with pursed red lips, a hooked nose with red nostrils, and semi-circular eyes. Two half crescents raised on each side of cheeks are painted black. Tufts of cedar bark fringe are attached at the sides and longer strands of cedar bark extend down the back of the mask below the chin. Off-white feathers protrude upwards from the top of the head.
Skirt made with lengths of raffia interspersed with cedar bark strips. Folded over a rope waist band and secured with a row of twining. A second row of twining runs below the first.
Skull-shaped figure with recessed eye sockets and without a bottom jaw. There are five metal nails in the bottom, and one at the top of the forehead. A length of braided cotton string is attached vertically to the back of the skull with two metal staples, one at either end. A strand of cotton string is attached horizontally across the back of the skull with two metal staples, one at either end.
Headdress with bird's head in relief. Two smaller three-dimensional faces, one on top and one below. Border and eyes have abalone inlay. Colours used are mainly black and red, with traces of blue.
Head band of tightly knitted red string lined with a fine burgundy coloured cloth. Four bundles of red-dyed cedar bark attached to the upper edges of the ring. Additional rectangular pieces of bark backed with cloth attached to two sides.
Head ring consisting of a circular frame of thin strips of red cedar wrapped around a red cotton ring.
Twisted cedar bark ring with fringes on two sides.
Rectangular black velvet robe with a border on three sides of diagonal checker work woven cedar bark. Eleven carved wooden skulls are tied on to the robe at intervals through small holes drilled in the top of the skulls. Clumps of shredded cedar bark are also attached.
Elbow adze greenstone (nephrite?) blade rectangular in shape with a bi-facially bevelled and curved bit. Lashed with hide strips to a carved wooden hafting platform with an acutely-angled branch providing a handle.
Ornament made of an oblong shaped piece of abalone shell. The face of the ornament is iridescent, and the reverse side is light brown and orange-pink.