Horn scoop, wide at one end and narrowing at the other, with small perforation by the handle. [CAK 19/04/2010]

Limited edition silk screen print The Old Fisherman by William Bellis. Central image of a heron combines naturalist profile with form line designs in blue and black. According to the artist's description I named this print The Old Fisherman because in the legends and stories of Haida mythology, the blue heron often has the ability to transform himself into a human being in the form of an old, wise fisherman. Sometimes when you are being pursued and in danger he will hide you under his wing until the danger has passed and then impart you with special knowledge to help you on your journey. And also because, like the Haida people he makes his existence at the edges of the land sea and air. Signed by the artist with 58/225 (numbered edition). Condition: excellent.

Limited edition screen print Haida Box by Jeff Greene with formline designs in Sienna red and black. Bilaterally symetrical design features a frontal image of a creature with human hands and profile bear-like designs at the sides. Possibly a transforming bear although the accompanying description (see note) describes the faces on the end panel as of mousewoman. Crest designs on historic bent boxes were typically ambigious. According to the artist This is a traditional Haida design. It is one of the best I've ever seen. I wanted to do a print of it so that it isn't locked away. Signed by the artist with 7/100 (numbered edition). Condition: excellent.

Carved cedar rattle in the shape of a raven. The body is painted black with incised ovoid designs highlighed by the natural colour of the wood. Long horse(?) hair tail attached to a cylindrical piece of wood. The tail is decorated with 4 wooden paddle-shaped attachments (plain, white, red, black) representing the 4 directions and a piece of abalone shell representing the ocean. The artist's mark is incised underneath the chin. Condition: excellent.

Carved wooden hair comb with a frog design perched on a rounded crossbar from which the teeth of the comb descend. The frog sits between two sides of a raven' s head whose long beak stretches upwards to a tip. The rear of the frog can be seen from the opposite side. Held in the raven' s beak, and following its length is a humanoid figure whose arms and legs are clearly visible at the sides of the beak. The humanoid head with prominent eyebrows projects, rather mask-like, from the tip of the beak. Along one side of the raven' s beak the words Queen Charlotte are visible.; Good.

Copper painted with the design of a raven in a sideways position (it has been anonymously noted on the catalogue card that this design is unusual as it is not frontally depicted). It is noted that this copper is numbered 1929.194 on the object.; GoodThe glues used to attach the label on the rear are causing the copper to corrode.

A wooden pipe carved into a killer whale with a brass bowl serving as its blow hole and its tail curving downwards as the mouthpiece. Underneath the tail a humanoid face has been carved which, together with the belly, mouth and side carvings has been painted red in the past. the eyes and mouth have been inlaid with abalone shell. Before contact with Europeans tobacco was mixed with lime and chewed rather than smoked, only after contact was tobacco smoked in pipes (G.Crowther).; Good

A panel pipe bearing numerous interconnected creatures. The creature which forms the mouthpiece is possibly humanoid with a long tongue extending between its knees. The second creature is possibly a bear which is biting the tail of a seal-like creature. The bowl of the pipe is formed from the body of a bird which is touching the neck of another bear-like creature which in turn is joining tongues with another bird. There is a rudimentary creature in the centre of the pole which, together with the last bird, has not been finished to the same extent as the other creatures.The panel pipe has been broken and repaired but is now in a very delicate condition.; Fair

A broken fragment of a panel pipe carved with representations of nonsensical creatures. The mouthpiece is possibly a bear with a bear cub underneath its chin. Both these creatures lack the usually characteristic teeth and rounded nostrils. The third creature is arch-winged, legged and clawed with round staring eyes and a hooked nose.; Good

An elbow pipe carved from argillite with no decoration except for a small band in the crook of the elbow.; Good