Bark cloth costume with a round face gourd mask. The costume is narrow at the top (34 cm wide including ears), does not have arms or arm-holes, and the front opening is sewn closed with plant fibre. The head is lightly stuffed with newspaper. An oversized J-shaped penis attachment made of wood and wrapped in barkcloth is tied to the front of the costume. The circular face of the mask is framed with a bent stem tied on with grass fibres (19 cm in diameter). The face area is covered in a very dark brown paint or pitch and has projecting round eyes, a triangular nose and carved lips, with a round ear projecting out to each side. There is a faint painted circular design on the front side of the costume in orange and brown. The bottom of the pants is heavily fringed and is the widest part of the costume. The bark cloth ranges through three shades with the lightest used for the head, a light brown for the body and darker brown for the pants.

Rattle with cedar bark fringe at top, bird face carved and painted on one side, handle wrapped with cotton cord. Part b is a wooden stand with a hole that holds the rattle upright.

Large contemporary woven string bag (bilum) decorated with dyed stripes, different types of shells, chicken feathers, wooden beads, branches with seeds, small fan-shapes made of cut-up plastic packages, possum jaws, boar tusks and pieces of tapa cloth.

item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Wooden halibut hook with iron barb bound with cedar bark and string. [CAK 29/06/2009]

Wooden fish hook bent into an egg-like shape, with cedar bark wrapping near ends and twisted cedar bark line. [CAK 29/06/2009]

Bark template used for outlining ovoids with a crease down the middle. [CAK 11/05/2010]

Bark template used for outlining ovoids. [CAK 11/05/2010]