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Small paint brush with bristles inserted into the end cleft of a narrow cedar handle. The cleft is bound with black thread. The bristles are cropped on an angle.
Three figures, each in the shape of a skull. Each has a cedar bark fringe at the forehead and is painted white with only the top part of the jaw. Either side of the top part of the jaw is a hole: part b has off-white string threaded through both holes, and part c has the remains of a length of off-white string attached to its right side.
Long braided neck band with three long fringed ends.
Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has large red, ovoid shaped nostrils outlined with a row of black and yellow u and split u forms running towards the eye. Running from the brow is a large central frill that protrudes outward and curves inward to the centre tip of the beak; detailed with black u-forms. The mouth is red, flat and protruding; bottom part of jaw is hinged with rectangular pieces of rubber. Inside of the beak is lined with a row of copper, u shaped teeth. The face is black with white detailing. The eyes are black and white, outlined in white and red on a white, ovoid shaped ground; brow is black. The underside of the beak is black with a white stylized design. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twisted twine pieces through the lower beak to articulate the mask. Attached to the top is a wooden crest with red split u-forms on a white ground; small bundles of cedar line the edge of the crest. Along the bottom of the crest and side of the mask are thin twisted cedar braids. Hanging from the top and sides are long strips of cedar that would cover the wearer. Intertwined in the long pieces are a few feathers and eagle down. The mask is painted black, white, red and yellow with Northwest Coast stylized forms.
Carved wooden, oval shaped dish with a triangular shaped end and a central concavity. Made from a single piece of wood, the bowl is shaped like a killer whale’s body with a tail fin carved in shallow relief with two thin red ovoids for detail. Above the tail is a small, rectangular shaped protrusion, possibly representing a dorsal fin. The opposite end has a red circle in circle design with a triangular shaped image radiating from two sides. The painting design is of an eagle. The sides have faded black and red lines.
Carved canoe paddle. Elaborate design painted in red and black on the blade, on both sides. Entire paddle heavily shellacked.
Small paint brush with bristles inserted into the end cleft of a narrow cedar handle. The cleft is bound with black thread. The bristles are cropped on an angle.
Small paint brush with bristles inserted into the end cleft of a narrow cedar handle. The cleft is bound with black thread. The bristles are cropped on an angle.
Carved wooden sisiutl headdress is in 3 pieces that are attached with wire. Two side pieces are nailed to a thick circular leather band. Sisiutl face has red horns (parts b and c) and snake faces have red tongues that stick out the rear of the headdress. All have green around eyes.
Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle nailed together on the handle which is also bound with brown string. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with white string and cedar bark fringes. Pieces are also bound together at the top with white string and cedar bark fringe. Sketchy designs of waves and dots are painted in black on both sides. One side has double wavy black lines with three green dots within at either side and green dots all around it with a central black triangle at the narrower end and a horizontal black band across near the middle. The other side has mirror image s-curves at either side with black dots in between and a pair of black dotted panels above and a horizontal black band across near the handle end.