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Woven cedar bark basket. The base is square with a prominent criss-cross pattern across it, emphasized by interlaced light and dark brown cedar. The sides of the basket rise up from four sharp corners into a rounded body, also with interlaced strips of coloured cedar. The rim is lined on the inside with a roll of cedar and held to the basket by cedar stitching.
Brown birch bark basket with rectangular base, rounded sides and ovular rim. Bark is bent, cut and laced at two sides with thin strips of root(?); rim is also wound with root(?). Front and back of basket have scratched decorative leaf motifs in light brown.
Woven cedar bark basket. The base is square with a prominent, dark brown ‘x’ pattern of dyed bark across its expanse. The sides of the basket rise up from four sharp corners into a rounded body, also with several dyed and off-set ‘x’ patterns. The rim is lined on the inside with a roll of cedar and held to the basket by cedar stitching.
Long sleeved shirt constructed of thin panels of bark. The tunic has a ‘v’ neck at both front and back, with small slits up the side hems at bottom on each side. There is no front opening. The front and back pieces are separate panels sewn together at sides with thick plant fibre thread. Each arm is a single folded panel with edges sewn together at the bottom, then sewn to the shirt body at the shoulders. The bark has an embedded criss-cross pattern throughout, possibly naturally occurring.
Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large oval made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow features and geometric patterns. There are two large semi-circles on the forehead, four concentric circles for the eyes and cheeks, vertical lines decorating the eyebrows and a small semi-circle mouth forming a smile. The face has protruding triangular nose and eyebrows made of balsa wood.
Long basketry strainer/press. This elongated tube is splayed open at one end where it is woven into an open loop. A braided fibre cord is tied around the loop to secure its shape. At the other end, the sheath is tied shut with bent twigs, and expands into another loop. On the loops at both ends, short, loosely braided rope is attached, and resin is embedded into the palm weaving.
Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a long oval made of black resin painted with yellow and white lines. The mouth is a large protruding circle made of balsa wood with square lips cut into the wood. There are no eyes or other facial features evident.
Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a long oval made of black resin painted with yellow and white circles and lines. The mouth and area around the eyes are made of balsa wood that juts out. The left eye is missing; the other is a square piece of metallic material. The mouth is a large circle with bug casings(?) lining the circle. There are tufts of grass around the bottom of the mouth area.
Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large oval made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow features and geometric patterns. The mouth is a triangle, the eyes are circles, the cheeks are semi-circles and there is a triangular crown design on the forehead. The face has a protruding triangular nose and eyebrows made of balsa wood.
Tall, round coiled basket with lid (part b). Brown basket has slightly flared sides and the rim has a coiled handle on either side. Exterior walls have dark brown and red-brown imbrication in downward arrow pattern. Lid has tall, slightly flared central knob surrounded by same arrow pattern imbrication. Sides of the lid have vertical strips with alternating dark brown and red-brown strips.