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Divided tray, or box. Square as viewed from above, with sides that angle outwards towards the top edge and upright walls that divide the box into four sections. Both upright walls have curved edges, but one is much more pronounced and higher than the other. Distributive design in black and red, overall. The top edges are painted black and the outside edges of the base are painted red.
Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a flaring semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded heart-shaped rattle. The top has a leather strap attached for hanging. Designs consisting of a face on both sides. One face has black eyes with black brows above, an outward pointed nose, an open mouth showing eight white teeth, and a red triangle on each cheek. The other face has black eyes with black brows above, two small red triangles for the nostrils, an open mouth showing twelve white teeth, and a red triangle on each cheek.
Brown wood rattle roughly carved with the top piece in the form of a bird and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval. The two pieces are tied on the sides with sinew ? and bound together with white string and beige cotton cloth around the handle. Painted with a black eagle design. The black head has rounded eyes with dots on the beak. The body has a pair of black rectangles that have dots within and from which flow three s shapes down along the lower back side with dots all around. The bottom piece that is the belly of the bird has a pointed black ovoid in ovoid with curvilinear lines and dots all around. Fourth piece is missing. No noisemakers inside.
Walking stick of yellow cedar wood. Stick has three sections: 18 cm. of plain wood from the base; a central section carved in 3/4 round (as a totem pole); and an upper section (15 cm.) that is plain, expanding to a knob handle. The central section has a vertical series of sketchily-carved figures depicting a bird, an animal, a bird, a whale, and a figure (from top to bottom). The bird at the bottom has circular black eyes surrounded by a red area with black brows above, red and black ears, a red lined yellow beak, and two-feathered side wings that consist of a long black u form that has a yellow detailing with a yellow ovoid along the upper part. The upward crouching animal above has circular yellow eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a red tear drop shape, red dot ears within a black u form, a yellow dotted black face, an open red mouth showing sixteen plain teeth, and a yellow body with black limbs. The bird in the middle has circular yellow eyes outlined by black with black brows above, red and black ears, a yellow beak with a closed red mouth, and two-feathered side wings that consist of a black u form with a red and yellow dot within and a black semi-oval along the upper part. The downward facing whale has circular yellow eyes surrounded by a black oval and a green oval, red nostrils, an open red mouth showing sixteen plain teeth, a yellow dotted black back with a small dorsal fin, a red and black dotted plain body, and a face on the upward and downward curving tail. The figure at the top has circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above, black nostrils, a red mouth surrounded by a yellow area with a black chin, and a black body. The figure is holding a plain copper ? that has red and black face on the upper portion with a vertical red line at either side of the lower portion. The figure wears a two-tiered hat that has black u forms with red in between the plain split u within and a yellow dot at the top.
Carved and painted model pole with a halibut as the base. The figures above the halibut are: crab, octopus, bear holding a seal, killer whale with a seal in its mouth, and eagle. The halibut base is grey with black circle-in-circle eyes, a sideways mouth, black dashes on the side fin, black dashes along the top and the bottom and at the tail. The crab is red with circle-in-circle black eyes and its legs curled under. The octopus has black circle-in-circle eyes surrounded by a tapering red oval and a green area that connects across the bridge of the nose with black brows and black on top of the head; it also has a black outlined open red beak showing a plain tongue. The bear holding a seal has a black body, black circle-in-tapering-oval eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above, red and green u form ears, green nostrils, an open mouth showing twenty-six plain teeth. The seal has a black body with black circle-in-circle eyes, red nostrils, and an open mouth showing eight plain teeth. The seal has a side fin and a tail, and curves to the left side. The killer whale with the seal in its mouth has a black body with black circle-in-circle eyes, a green nose with red nostrils, and an open mouth showing nineteen plain teeth. The killer whale has side fins and a dorsal fin with a frontal face and red u form within a larger black one that has a red ovoid within at the top. The seal is black with rounded eyes and nostrils and a curving body facing to the left side. The eagle at the top has oval black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above and a red lined beak. The outstretched side wings have four feathers with red u forms within larger black ones.
A yellow-brown wood ladle with a deep, curving bowl and a handle that is flat on the interior and rounded on the exterior.
Rattle with two complementary parts in the form of raven (a). A reclining red figure with a green face and black ears on raven's back is connected to another bird head near the handle by a protruding tongue. The rattle sits with its handle in a stand that protrudes diagonally from a rectangular block of wood with bevelled edges and a red painted design (b).
Mask in the shape of a fish's head with incised curved gill-like lines on the cheeks, a pointed face, a movable jaw, and two copper thunderbird-like ears with curled tips on top of the head. A cedar bark fringe with a twisted cedar bark border and off-white feathers are attached at the top of the mask and extend down the back. The mask is painted a metallic grey with black eyebrows, white gill-like incisions, red nostrils and lips outlined in white, silver around the eyes with two dotted lines at the bottom of the eye sockets, and black and red designs on the ears.
Arrow with a double-barbed copper point that has two other barbs that point outwards perpendicular to the shaft of the arrow tip at the base of the arrow head shaft. The shaft is wrapped with cedar (?) at the arrow end. Plain cedar shaft with remains of feathers bound to shaft at butt end with off-white thread. Further down the shaft there is also a band of thin dark brown fibre wound around feather remains.
Nuu-chah-nulth style dugout canoe with fine overall adze work. Most of canoe is covered in paint (currently pink; originally red) except for the bottom interior of the hull. Two original seats are still in place; the two missing seats were replaced with new boards in 2006. Original prow (wolf's head) no longer with canoe; new unpainted prow carved and added in 2006. The stern piece has become detached (part b), but is sitting loosely in place.