Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Long, heavy steering paddle. Painted design on one side and deeply carved design on the other side. Painted side features stylized designs in grey and white. The paddle is long, with a wide notched handle at the top. The neck narrows before the blade. At the bottom of the blade, the paddle narrows to a point. The carved side of the paddle features three faces, two of which are anthropomorphic with narrow eyes, a wide nose and narrow mouth. The face at the bottom is larger than the one above. The small face on the handle looks bird-like, possibly an owl? Signed and dated near handle.

Painted drum with a painted design of a bullhead fish. Round drum made of deer hide tightly stretched over a yellow cedar ring. The hide extends around the bottom of the ring where it is fastened to itself by 6 strands of sinew that extend out from the hide and meet in the centre where they are attached to a small piece of antler that also serves as a holder while the drum is being played. The painted image on the face of the drum is a black and red stylized fish with a forked tail, small black dorsal fin, three barbel-like extensions above its two large eyes and an open mouth displaying a set of sharp, pointed teeth.

Carved, wooden eagle mask with three large faces stacked vertically. The face at the top is blue with thick black eyebrows, a pointed nose and wide lips. The oval eyes have black pupils decorated with unpainted half-crescents. The nostrils and lips are black. There are unpainted shapes against the blue of the forehead, cheeks and chin. The face at centre has thick, gently sloped, black eyebrows and a slightly open mouth. The holes bored as pupils are lined in black. The lips and nostrils are painted red. The figure at the bottom of the mask has a blue face and a large, curved beak. The underside of the beak and the lower jaw are painted black, as are the nostrils and pupils. There are small red designs below each eye and unpainted shapes on the cheeks. There are two small blue bird figures with black beaks, nostrils and eyes on both sides of the mask. The feathers on the sides and top of the mask have thin red lines and have small carved three-point shapes. There are two long green hide straps on both sides. Threads of cedar bark have been woven into a braid around the sides and bottom of the mask. Long strands of cedar bark are sewn in five overlapping bundles to the bottom of the mask. On the back is written the title, artist name and year, as well as a carved insignia.

The paint is black, red, and blue.