Small lacquer bowl adorned with brown, yellow and green design. The interior of the bowl is painted solid orange-red. Both top and bottom of central design are bordered by a small series of bands. Firstly, there are alternating orange-red and brown stripes, then non-linear yellow lines that resemble waves. then another band of stripes. The central design has orange-red fish scales shapes against brown to form the background. There are green and yellow vine and leaf patterns set over this background. Evenly spaced within these patterns are brown circles. In the brown circles are sitting animals in frontal view. These creatures have long necks and small ears. The bottom of the bowl is solid orange-red.

Small lacquer tea bowl with black and orange designs on an orange-red background. Around the top and bottom of the central design there is a band of black and light orange alternating stripes, then a band of black triangles on a light orange background and then another band of stripes. The central design has a paisley or vine motif throughout. Also depicted are three black elephants in profile. They appear to be running. The interior of the bowl and the bottom of the bowl are painted in solid orange-red.

Large lacquer tea bowl with intricate designs around perimeter. The object was donated with a maker’s card which describes its makers and place of origin. The designs around the perimeter were taken from reliefs in Bagan Temple, Burma. The central design is bordered on top and bottom by small patterns in orange-red and green against a black background. These borders depict small beings - such as deer, fish and elephants - within intricate frames. The central design features Buddha in various standing and sitting poses. There is also a large, reclining elephant depicted. The elephant wears a hat and a cloth over its back. In each pose, the Buddha’s hands and feet are in very specific positions. He wears a variety of clothing from one figure to the next but his elaborate head dress remains the same. The various positions include: sitting on his knees, pouring tea, receiving tea, sitting cross-legged, sitting on knees holding a bat, standing with palms pressed together and standing with one arm upraised. On the bottom of the bowl, orange-red lines form a circular border containing text written in green. This circle is open in a small section. There is a standing bird with a long tail within the border with text. The interior of the bowl is painted solid black.

Oblong basket with two thin handles. The basket is primarily the natural cane or bamboo and raffia colours, but there are two bands of three lines each of dyed dark blue raffia, around the perimeter of the object. The structure of the basket has vertical and horizontal supports made from cane or bamboo, wrapped with raffia. On either of the longest sides of the basket, there is a braided handle. The handles are tied together over the middle of the basket with a piece of raffia. There is a number written in pen on the bottom of the basket.

Small oblong basket with a rounded bottom and rim and a braided handle attached to the centre of the coiled rim. The ribs of the basket appear to be made of split bamboo wrapped with raffia. The raffia is primarily in its natural colour, but there are two dark blue dyed raffia rows woven around the central area. There is a maker/sale tag attached to the handle.

Anonymous gift

Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund

Pair of feathered ear ornaments worn by men. Earring "a" has seven bunches of red and yellow toucan feathers tied to strands of light blue, dark blue, and white glass beads. These are attached to a short bamboo tube that is hollow at one end and decorated with bands of incised geometric designs. Earring "b" has eight bunches of red and yellow toucan feathers tied to strands of light blue, dark blue, white, light green, dark green, yellow, and orange glass beads. These are attached to a slender undecorated bamboo stick (possibly a replacement for a lost decorated one). Condition: Good.

Gift of Nobuko Kajitani

This carved frontlet represents a mountain goat, a common crest among the Haida and the Tsimshian. It can usually be recognized by the slim black horns and, when the whole animal is shown, by the blunt hooves. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)