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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.
Cummerbund (part a) and chest covering (part b), both with multicoloured and copper ikat and lamak weaving geometric designs on black fabric. The cummerbund has a fringe at the bottom. The chest covering has a fringe at the top with a white plastic button at each top corner.
Ivory initials attached to a carved stick by a fibre cord and copper wire. Both items are carved. Stick is hollow in the centre and is carved in a spiral. One end of the stick is made into a fist. Inscription on the stick reads: "1901 St. Helena." Inscription on the ivory seal reads: "O.V.S."
Five (parts a-e) ornamental pieces that are made of light yellow cut circular glass (?) pieces attached with metal. Each piece has a short thin flat rod with a point at the bottom end and a diamond shape with sixteen light yellow cut circular glass (?) pieces. Chinese opera hair ornaments most likely from the 1920's.
An earring made of cut circular glass pieces attached with metal. From the top hook, there is a flower shape made out of one central red cut circular glass (?) piece surrounded by six clear ones. Below this flower, there is a small diamond shape made out of four clear cut circular glass (?) pieces. From this small diamond shape, there is a larger diamond shape made out of one central light green cut circular glass (?) piece surrounded by eight clear ones. Underneath this larger diamond shape, there is a design consisting of a central red cut circular glass (?) piece surrounded by twenty clear ones creating 'arms' with an arch above and two separate dangling pieces at the bottom corners. At the end of each 'arm', there is a hook. Chinese opera accessory most likely from the 1920's.
Two (parts a-b) metalwork pieces that have a long convexly curved fingernail-shape with the bottom ends folding over each other to make a circular enclosure. One piece (part a) has a design consisting of blue and turquoise enamelled flowers with leaves around the fingernail-shaped part and a circle around the circular enclosure part. The other piece (part b) has a design consisting of blue, yellow, and turquoise enamelled books around the fingernail-shaped part and a flower around the circular enclosure part.
Round copper scraper blade that fits into the wide end of handle (part a).
Pouch with steel and flint. The top of the pouch has a small rectangular dangling hook. The bottom of the pouch has a flat convexly curved edge. There are four Chinese characters across the upper front of the pouch, which read "peace is happiness".
A necklace of a large oval pendant and six smaller beavers separated by groupings of cylindrical glass beads, red beads with white centres, and red-and-white beads. The pendant and the beavers are strung with hide and wire. The arrangement of the beads between the beavers and between the pendant and the beavers on either side is one red-and-white, one red, four white, one red, one red-and-white. Pendant has an uneven raised edge and a central beaver figure. Above are a few branches, below and to the left of which are maker’s marks.