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Painted paddle with a wide and flat blade that has rounded edges and a rounded tip. Configurative painted designs in red and black on both sides of the blade. One side represents a whale, the other a raven. The handle is cylindrical near the centre, and flattens out slightly towards the round handle grip.
A pair of arrows (parts a-b). Each arrow has a thick wood shaft with a large bow string notch at the trailing end. The heads are made of lengths of brass rod, flattened to resemble a point and hafted by being forced into a split in the shaft which is bound with green fishing line. The shafts are decorated with a continuous red-brown barber-pole stripe lightly burned into the wood.
A double hollow, bottle-shaped, brown wood horn that is circular in cross section with a neck tapering to a square, beak-like mouthpiece. Bound with white twine and green twine in two sections, the former being around near the smaller end while the latter being around near the wider end.
Carved wooden, crooked beak mask. The beak has long, exaggerated, protruding red nostrils with two large circular openings in the front. Running from the brow is a large, protruding, central black, rectangular shaped frill that projects outwards then curves downwards to the top of the beak. On the top edge of the head is a smaller, rounded, black frill that tapers into the top of the head. The mouth is red, flat and protruding. The underside of the beak is black; beak is hinged with a thin piece of metal wire. The eyes are small and outlined in black and red, surrounded by a large white, sunken, ovoid-like shape; the brow is black with red vertical stripes. Back of mask is slightly cylindrical in shape; around the top, side and bottom edges are twisted pieces of cedar. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of pieces of fibre twine to articulate the beak; bundles of small branches with cedar strips and a piece of eagle down. The mask is painted black, white and red with Northwest Coast stylized forms.
Wood paddle that is heavily shellacked. Blade is deeply carved in relief and painted with yellow, red, black, and green in the design of a frog ? on both sides. Has black ovoid in yellow tapering oval eyes, red nostrils, an open mouth with a red tongue and yellow teeth, hunched legs, green sides, and a different creature at either side. Double handle grip.
Wood paddle that is heavily shellacked. Blade is deeply carved in relief and painted with yellow, red, black, and green in the design of a beaver on both sides. Has black ovoid in yellow tapering oval eyes with black brows above, red nostrils, an open mouth with yellow in the middle surrounded by red, hunched legs, and red-brown cross hatched tail parts showing at either side with green at the ends. Large double handle grip.
Rusted dagger-like blade inserted and bound between two pieces of wood to form handle.
Metal point with collar or sleeve imbedded in a squat, round-ended wooden handle.
Carved wooden pieces (parts a-b) from a duntsik or power board, used in winter dances; grooved detailing around the edges. The parts were once attached to each other. One piece is now a triangular shape with one side stretching long and tapering to a rounded point; the other piece is rectangular in shape. Both have remnants of red and black colouring and together form a cutout circle.
Carved wooden pieces (parts a-c) from a duntsik or power board, used in winter dances; each piece has grooved detailing around the edges. Part a was once attached to the two other pieces and is now in a slight T-shape with one side stretching long and tapering to a rounded point. Parts b and c are rectangular in shape. All have remnants of red and black colouring.