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Colourful wooden mask with two long ear panels and a red crested headdress of plant fibre. The red painted face, tattooed in yellow and black, is triangular-shaped with round shell eyes placed into the hollow eye sockets. The large mouth has two boar-like teeth amongst the smaller ones. From each nostril, a ring or band connects to the spotted ears, into which are carved a crested bird (rooster?) with shell eyes, a yellow and black snake and a small red flying fish. The headdress has an interior frame of rattan onto which are tied leaves and fibres.
Colourful wooden mask with a large yellow crested headdress of plant fibre. The red and yellow tattooed face is triangular-shaped with round shell eyes placed into the hollow eye sockets, the large hollowed mouth has four curving boar-like teeth amongst the smaller ones and a tongue(?) that hangs out to touch a necklace that connects to dangling earrings. The headdress has an interior frame of rattan onto which are tied the leaves and fibres.
One part of a three piece artistic representation of the attributes of the "shark caller". Curved fragments of coconut shell, which are strung onto two strips of rattan bound together into a loop handle, make a rattling sound when shaken.
One part of a three piece artistic representation of the attributes of the "shark caller". The thick wood beater has bands of red, black and white at one end and a thick rope looped through a hole at the narrowed end.
One part of a three piece artistic representation of the attributes of the "shark caller". Figure is a large yellowish wood propeller with thick rope knotted at centre is painted white overall and has incised decorative motifs painted yellow, red, and black on the front surface.[p
Rectangular-shaped wood carving of a figure with the base end finishing in a short spike. Figure holds out to the front a pair of barbed poles between which a snake winds up to the chin. Poles, body and face are covered with sharply painted decoration in white, ochre, red and black pigments; the back is unpainted.
Long, tall wood sculpture. Has green oval inset eyes surrounded bya downward curving red band pointing toward the thin nose which has a bit of hair ? underneath at either side. The open red mouth is showing black teeth. Has a red body with the hands holding a long, thin serrated object in front of it while a smaller length of the same serration is at either side to the elbows. Wearing a tall headdress that is has a black helmet-like feature with four thin upward curving protrusions all around that are decorated with serrations and downward pointing red and black triangles. Standing on a plain, cylindrical wood pedestal.
Figure representing a full length nude male. Three curves outline the hairline. High forehead creating protruding eyebrows. A triangular nose with nostrils. Ovoid eyes. Notched effect outlining the oval mouth. Notched effect around the sides of the face and the chin. From the square shoulders, the thin arms are straight at the sides until they are bent at the elbows so that the hands are touching each other at the front where they are holding an object. Has genitalia, rounded buttocks, legs with crease-pointed knees, and stubby feet. Has a metal base.
Figure representing a full length nude male wearing a hat and a necklace. The hat is rounded around the head with vertical radiating grooves along the sides surrounded by horizontal grooved lines around the rim. High forehead creating protruding eyebrows. A rectangular nose. Ovoid eyes. Has horizontal slits creating upraised lips which are surrounded by a grooved oval line. Notched effect around the sides of the face and the chin. The necklace consists of four rings attached together with vertical pieces. From the square shoulders, the thin arms are straight at the sides until they are bent at the elbows so that the hands are touching each other at the front. Has genitalia, rounded buttocks, legs with high-pointed knees, and stubby feet. Has a metal base.
One-piece wand carved from dark brown hard wood. Shaft flattens out and flares to paddle shapes at both ends. Curve of ends and shaft elevated by carving out large sections between the two. Dark brown patina.