Finely woven circular basket with lid. The weave uses cedar bark and grass, in the technique known as wrapped twining. The decoration consists of circular bands in dark brown, red, yellow and cream. The rim of the basket is strengthened with a band of cedar bark, the base is more coarsely woven than the sides of the basket.; Good

Five tightly woven burden baskets, of different sizes, with undulating rims woven with holes, and decorated with dark brown, red, yellow and cream imbricated designs. A) Medium sized with three V-shaped lined designs that have pale central section. B) Medium sized basket with three V- shaped designs descending from rim, with light central section, edged by reddish brown line, yellow line and bordered with dark brown stepped edge.C) Small sized basket with single and double diamond pattern descending from rim. Diamonds are alternately red and black with checkered appearance, the background is cream. D) Medium sized basket with banded V-shaped designs in yellow and dark brown, interspaced by elliptical designs edged with dark brown, yellow inside with a red centre. E) Large burden basket with joined V-shaped stripped design edged with red and dark brown stepped design. In the centre of the downward pointing V' s are small stripped yellow and black triangles. In the centre of the upward pointing V' s are dark brown, yellow and red diamonds. The overall background imbrication is cream, while the stripes are yellow. There are no leather thongs present on any of the baskets, which would have been used for carrying .; Good

The catalogue card contains information presumably acquired by McIlwraith at the time of collection in Bella Coola. Painted wooden mask with dyed bark hair (red) representing a combination of eagle, the hooked beak and ravens. The mask has two raven heads on the temples and their beaks stretch across the forehead to a bundle of cedar bark. The eyebrows are thin and taper almost to the jawline. The eyes are pierced and the nose very prominently hooked, painted blue and has flared red nostrils. The mouth is closed and painted red, but is accentuated by a white border. The chin is large and painted, together with the cheeks, with green, red and white U-forms.; Good

A bent and tied cedar head ring with cedar bark wrapped and knotted around it and two salmon carved from flat slats of cedar secured to the top. The salmon have small cross-hatched fins, gill slits eyes and mouths, they are also painted black along the upper edge. The cedar bark wrapping is very loose and fragile.; Good

A sample of cedar bark which is red coloured and flattened.; Good

A: Wooden ceremonial drum or ' gujaaw' , painted by the well known Haida artist Reg Davidson. Goatskin stretched over yellow cedar hoop. Caribou horn handle at back of drum. Round design on front depicts front view of eagle face, in red, black and white acrylic paint. The drum is used to accompany traditional singing at many celebratory occasions. B: Beater, made from cedar wooden, with end bound in red cloth. The drums of this type are used to accompany traditional singing at many celebratoryoccasions such as feasts, potlatches, and pole raisings. The unpainted drum was not made by the artist but purchased ready for painting the design. The drum maker was from Vancouver Island; Good; Complete

Oval shaped open basket with two large wrapped wood handles tied on with skin. On the outside wall, black and red cherry bark and light yellow grass have been interwoven with the basket weave to create a checkerboard design.

Large, deep rectangular basket with handles (a) and lid (b). A cross with a diamond shape at the end of each arm is woven into each of the sides in black or red cherry bark. A long foot or platform protrudes out from the edge of the base. Diamond and linear designs in red and black cherry bark on top and sides of lid.

Shallow bowl-like basket with woven-in handles. Designs in grass and red and black cherry bark on the interior bottom (perhaps birds) are surrounded on the sides, both interior and exterior, with multi-level verticals of V shapes.

Small, round open basket with four diamond designs on the exterior sides in grass and red and black cherry bark. The rim is braided.