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Two part arrow. First part is bamboo with notched end, three blue and two yellow bands around end, three feathers bound at top and bottom over bands. Second part is wood, fitted and bound with fibre into the bamboo, narrows to blunt end.
Animal hide rolled and stitched with green thread with small flap of hide folded over at top. Quiver does not completely encase the ten ceremonial arrows it contains. Arrows have notched bamboo ends painted with red and blue bands or dots and the bamboo ends are fitted over blunt narrow wooden shafts and affixed with thread and glue. Some arrows have feathers bound to bamboo with thread.
One piece of bamboo with curved top end roughly shaped into an animal head with two long pointed ears extending to back and side. Head painted red with colour extending to first ring on shaft.
Loom (parts a-d) consisting of a partially completed brown and grey-white double-faced weaving on complete backstrap loom (part a). Intertwined in the weaving is a batten (parts b) and two lease sticks (parts c-d) that can be removed along with four shed rods and two heddle rods are tied to weaving. The long looping stitches attach weaving to front and back loom bars. Detailed are three horizontal rows of abstract geometric designs of beige diamonds, x’s and triangles on a brown ground. Part b is a wooden batten, trapezoidal in shape. Parts c-d are a smaller, thinner version of part b.
Circular based chair has rectangular back and curved armrest with same decorative intertwined bamboo splints. Bamboo splints interwoven in plait-like weave on seat, surrounded by bamboo grass tied with bark. Support of 2 inverted v shaped branches, one part of branch in base the other extends behind chair; all joints affixed with black glue. Criss-crossing bark under seat, and wrapping around rim underneath gathered bamboo grass. Base: wide smooth overlapping wood strip forms circular base; crisscrossing bamboo strips extend upward from base to wooden rim at bottom of chair seat. Black adhesive is used on all joints.
Sturdy, small bamboo stick with a smooth surface. Stick is tapered at both ends. One end is pointed while the other is squared-off. The top surface is more finely finished than reverse side.
Pottery tool. Small bamboo stick that is sanded on one side more than the other. One end is pointed and the other is squared-off.
Flute consisting of hollowed bamboo held together by crisscrossed fibre. Three rings of cassowary feathers, one at the bottom, middle and top. Just below the top ring is a small hole carved out of the bamboo. The top feather ring is woven on tightly with fibre which covers this area. The stopper of the flute, above the top feather ring, is a human male figure standing full front with arms down to the side. His head is disproportionately large to the rest of his body. Standing behind him is small bird which is resting its hands on the shoulders of the human figure. Its long beak extends over the head of the human figure. The creature has ridges along its back. Tassels come out of these ridges. The bamboo and the fibre ties are covered in a black stain.
Basket with natural twill weave inside and outer basket (part a)made of purple, blue, yellow, and green fillets of cane woven in diagonal and vertical patterns. A twill weave is used and by a simple elaboration of the diagonal combination of the coloured warp and woof gives rise to a geometric design. These two baskets are placed together and are caught between strips of split bamboo. These pieces are lashed to the basket with fine fillets of purple cane. A second basket has been made in the same manner and fits as a lid (part b).
A shadow puppet of transparent cut out leather representing the figure of a male human. Has one large black circular eye, a black moustache, sideburns, and beard. Has a big nose, and a bulging stomach. Wearing a red hat. There is a red, and green sash (?) tied around his neck. Wearing a red, and green lower garment. One hand is holding a pointed object. Has a split bamboo stick up the centre tied in three places. One moveable arm is jointed, and tied with thread at the shoulder, and elbow, the hand to which has a second bamboo stick attached. Dyed black, red, and green.