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Large wooden sculpture carved in the form of a bird and painted yellow or faded green with black, white and red stylized designs. Missing its wings. Has carved legs; only one claw remains. Its chest has a painted face, while the lower body holds detailing representative of a bird. The head has carved eyes and a large protruding beak; the sides have painted ovoids. The lower part of the beak is missing.
Large wooden sculpture carved in the form of a bird. Painted yellow (or faded green?) with black, white and red stylized designs. Missing its wings and legs. It has carved eyes and a large protruding beak. On its chest are design forms that depict feathers.
Bentwood chest with lid (part b). Painted distributive designs on all four sides, split symmetry on long sides. Heavy black formlines with red and black details. Complex designs on front and back; one short side has wide curving black bands with red outlined ovoids, split u's and a round eye shape; cross-hatched details. Other short side has wide curving black bands, a red circle shape to right, red split u's, ovoids and crosshatched details. Two drilled holes at top of each long side. Box lashed at one corner; metal patch nailed with square nails at top. Lid is thick and carved from a single piece of wood; rounded edges.
Bentwood box with painted designs in black and red; with a lid (part b) with edges that bevel inwards towards the base. The main decoration fills each of two opposite sides with a bilaterally symmetrical design. The other two sides each have a less elaborate abstract design formed by an ovoid with two u-forms centred on each panel, also in black and red. The side joint and bottom are nailed.
Figure representing an animal head with emphasized eye sockets, stylized eyes with eyelids, an elongated snout with a ridge along the top, protruding domed nostrils with a hole at the centre of each, lips emphasized by a recessed line, and bared teeth with four fang-like teeth at the front that taper to a point at the bottom of each. The figure is painted black with red nostrils and teeth.
Carved wooden, oval shaped dish (łuk’wa) with centre concavity. Made from a single piece of wood, the bowl represents the upper body of a killer whale. One end has the whale’s head in red and black, carved in shallow relief with its mouth open. On the sides, below the mouth is the blowhole, cutout and outlined in red. Behind the hole are the side fins incised with horizontal lines. At the opposite end is a crouched male figure with his head facing upwards and its arms outstretched holding onto the back of the killer whale. The figure has black hair, a black belt and wrist bands. (Repaired with copper wire).
Wooden wolf headdress with small bundles of branches tied to the top and long fabric ties hanging from the inside. The mask is rectangular in shape with a slight tapering at the snout; face is depicted on the sides. The nostril, teeth and top head form are cutout with stylized lines. The mask is painted in red, white, black and green with stylized forms. The inside has two rectangular pieces of wood that hold the box shaped mask together. The bottom section is lined with a thin and worn piece of fabric.
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.
Large, carved, wooden, hokhokw mask with a long beak and circular 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. Along the front end of the beak are ten, white, incised U-forms. At the back of the nose are two large black and red U-forms followed by smaller red and white split U’s outlined in black. 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 and side edges of the mask are lined with braided cedar. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. Intertwined in the cedar are a few feathers. The bottom has crooked beak depicted with black and white eyes, red and white mouth and a protruding, crooked beak. The mask is painted black, red, and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.
Large, carved bird mask with a long beak, a high bridge and ovoid shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of rubber nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. At the back of the nose is a large red split U-forms. The bridge has six red U-forms on the bottom and eight, white U-forms on top. The eyes are white, outlined in black, on a white, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. Underneath the eye is four white U’s. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak along with a fibre cloth. The top and side edges of the mask are lined with braided cedar. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. The mask is painted black, red, and white with stylized designs.