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Wooden ornament in shape of a killer-whale fin with sea-bear's face painted at base. Cotton fringe attached to holes along the back edge. A face is carved on both sides, just above the base with painted red lips and nose, traces of blue-green paint around the face, and traces of black on eye brows. There are two rounded holes carved in the upper 'fin' area. Base of object carved down as if to fit in a slot. Two-ply thread as hair, possibly handmade cord of nettle fibre? Abalone shell inlay for eye and mouth.
Mask carved from one piece of wood in the shape of a human face. Pronounced brow ridges and cheekbones, nose and lips. Eyes have holes carved through the centres and are painted black around the holes. Brows are black. Lips, nose, forehead and ear areas are painted red.
Tall square bentwood box with lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different distributive Northwest Coast style designs. The lid is slightly flared and painted black. The box has dark patina over the wood that has been scratched or worn off on the inside.
Round coiled cedar root basket (a) and lid (b). Base and walls have parallel slat construction, while lid has root splint foundation. Both basket and lid are decorated with imbrication in cherry bark and beading in white grass. The lid has a knob on it, which is beaded with red cherry bark.
Cedar bark basket (part a) and lid (part b) with white grass and black-dyed cedar bark accents. The square base of the basket and the top of the lid are woven with checker board plaiting. The plaited areas are outlined with double strand twining. The walls of the basket are plaited with a row of twining separating each row of plaiting from the next. The visible vertical elements are overlayed with grass and dyed bark in an alternating black and white pattern. Three horizontal rows are overlayed at the top of the basket also (black, white, black). The lid (part b) has a decorative edge that features a row of triple strand twining in black dyed cedar bark. It is followed by plaiting that is overlayed with the white grass. The lid has a dome-shaped appearance. The assembled basket resembles an acorn in shape.
Cylindrical basket woven with double strand twining in spruce root. The walls of the basket are separated into seven horizontal design fields of equal thickness by eight rows of triple strand twining. Diagonal lines and criss-crossing shapes are introduced into some of the design fields by weaving over two warps instead of one at regular intervals around the basket. In each successive row, the stitches are moved over by one warp so that the overall effect created is a diagonal line.
Wooden mat creaser carved with two bird-like heads facing in opposite directions. Both surfaces are engraved with thunderbirds, dotted lines (rain?) and diamond shapes. An oblong opening has been carved into the centre of the piece to create a handle. The heads of the two birds are also decorated with incised lines, but different patterns. One has a series of criss-crossing diamond shapes enhanced with a white powdery substance and a circular eye, while the other has a slit-like eye and a diagonal slit on each side of its mouth. There are two incised thunderbirds on each side of the creaser, at the same end, for a total of four. They have dotted lines to represent their wing feathers and Xs on their tails, the ones in the middle of the creaser (beneath the opening) are upside down. Diamond shapes and dotted lines are likewise only represented at one end of the object, but on both sides.
Woven tumpline with wide band in middle. Coloured oblongs and braided tie at each end. Black, white and blue bands of pattern.
Oval wooden rattle with handle carved in one piece and remainder split and hollowed out. Pebbles(?) inside. Two halves are bound with twine at handle and attached through two sets of holes at each side. One side has black and red design, at outer edge, of head, eyes and ears. Other side has two large, double U-shapes and horizontal form lines in black and red.
Rectangular-shaped burden basket that tapers slightly towards the bottom. The base of the basket is missing. The basket is decorated with alternating rows of horizontally stitched black and reddish-brown cherry bark. Near the top of the basket, there are evenly spaced sections of black coloured cherry bark stitching. Near the base, there are evenly spaced sections of red and black cherry bark stitches that are in vertical rows of two.