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Rectangular wooden shield, with rounded upper corners, has carved and painted designs. On the front, topped with a coiled snake, is a segmented snake body and geometric pattern of two long vertical motifs that enclose ovals in orange, outlined in black on white ground. Knotted through three holes along each side are bark tassels. The back is painted with zigzag motif in black and orange and has a long spine from which protrudes a handle with three rectangular holes.
Large wooden shield with carved and painted designs. The shield is rectangular in shape, with rounded upper corners. On the top is a carved human figure, sitting with his head in his hands, elbows upon his knees. On the front is a repeated wavy motif in orange, outlined in brown on white ground. Knotted through holes along the sides are bark tassels. On the back is a protruding handle with two large square holes and a painted zigzag motif.
Rectangular wood shield with rounded corners is decorated on front with carved and painted reddish orange horn-like elements in a white background with black borders and has five holes down each side with long sisal tassels. At one end protrudes a long narrow head with high headdress, painted white with black. Back has long spine with a low curved handle with two rectangular cut-outs in the centre and painted opposing zigzag patterning on the sides.
Large wooden shield with carved and painted designs. The shield is rectangular in shape, with rounded corners. On the top is a carved animal head with scales, eyes and teeth, upon a long tapered neck. On the front is an abstract pattern with an arrow motif in white, outlined in brown on orange ground. Knotted through holes along the sides are bark tassels. On the back is a protruding handle with two square holes and a painted zigzag motif.
Large wooden shield with carved and painted designs. The shield is rectangular in shape, with rounded corners. On the top is a post with a carved human head. On the front is a design with curl and diamond motifs in orange, outlined in brown on white ground. Knotted through holes along the sides are sisal fibre tassels. On the back is a protruding curved handle with two square holes.
Tall, narrow drum with a skin top. The circular skin top is stretched down and tied with bark to a double woven band around the middle of the drum. Into the woven band are pushed nine carved stakes. The stakes are pointed and vary in length and shade. The drum is unpainted wood, broad at the top and tapers to the base. The interior is hollow.
Bentwood box and lid made of cedar wood. Nailed at front and bottom. Lid has upstanding ridge on one side. Box and lid tied with cedar bark ropes in the traditional position. Front is undecorated except for one deep vertical undercut on the left side. Sides are decorated with varying sizes of plain rectangles, and ones with carved horizontal lines. Back of box has two chevrons, one plain, one with carved horizontal lines, then a solid triangle on bottom, and carved horizontal lines above top plain chevron, all within a rectangular border.
Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; reinforcement stitch on base; partially imbricated and partially beaded. The design from the bottom to top: nine rows of beading in bullrush; discrete ladder and contiguous small triangular shapes; horizontal continuous hexagonal shapes; checkerboard around rim; all in red on bullrush ground. Colour: tan.
Part (a) Large flared round coiled cedar root basket with indented flange on basket body at narrow mouth, and fitted lid, part (b), with knob. Basket is partially imbricated with repeating diagonal in dark and red cherry bark, with grass in between. Overcast splint rim on lid, wide slat foot. Partially imbricated with curved diagonal bands in red cherry bark, grass, black cherry bark. Beaded row of red cherry bark and row of dark cherry bark towards knob, which also has row of each. Side of lid is beaded intermittently alternating between red and dark cherry bark. Bottom row of red cherry bark beading.
Large, carved, wooden, raven hamatsa mask with a long beak, an ovoid shaped projection on the ridge and thin, ovoid shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. From the edge of the mouth to the back of the nose are a series of red u-forms ending in a split u. At the back of the mouth are two white u-forms. The bridge has white and red detailing. The eyes are white, outlined in black and red, on a white ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. The bottom is black with a white U-form. The mask is painted black, red, and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.