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Ceremonial bark cloth tunic. The garment is long and rectangular, open on the sides, neck rounded with a small V at front. Front and back are painted in a variety of shapes and lines coloured red, yellow, dark brown and black. On the chest are two decorative designs of blue, red and green feathers with strands of beads. Below is sewn a brown and yellow bird with green tail and red back, facing down with head and beak freely hanging, wings and tail widely splayed. A toucan is sewn to the back, also facing down, with blue wings spread to the sides. Below is a panel of densely placed coloured feathers which is edged in seeds, feathered tassels hanging from the bottom. The outer edges of the tunic are decorated with a line of brown and grey seeds, and large dark brown feathers hang in small groupings from the bottom hem. The inside of the garment is undecorated.
Ceremonial bark cloth pectoral. The garment is rectangular in shape with rounded bottom corners and a cut-out at the neck. A thong of bark holds the garment around the wearer's neck.The pectoral is decorated with vegetable dyed geometric patterns in yellow, red and brown. The body of a brown and yellow bird is attached to the front centre, head toward the bottom, wings and tail spread. Above and to either side is attached a design of red and yellow feathers under four strands of light grey seeds with a larger red one at centre. The pectoral is edged in a line of brown and grey seeds, with several macaw ? feathers attached at bottom. The back is undecorated.
Ceremonial bark cloth tunic. The garment is long and rectangular, open on the sides, neck is rounded with a small V at front. Front and back are painted in a variety of shapes and lines coloured red, yellow,dark brown and dark blue. On the chest are two decorative designs of blue, yellow and green feathers with strands of beads. Below is sewn a bird facing down with head and beak freely hanging, wings and tail widely splayed. A toucan is sewn to the back, upright with wings high and pointed behind the birds body and head. Below is a panel of densely placed coloured feathers which is edged in seeds, feathered tassels hanging from the bottom. The outer edges of the tunic are decorated with a line of brown and grey seeds, and large dark brown feathers hang in small groupings from the bottom hem. The inside of the garment is undecorated.
Ceremonial bark cloth pectoral. The garment is rectangular in shape with rounded bottom corners and a cut-out at the neck. A thong of bark holds the garment around the wearer's neck.The pectoral is decorated with vegetable dyed geometric patterns in yellow, red, dark blue and black. The body of a bright blue bird is attached to the front centre, head toward the bottom, wings and tail spread. Above and to either side is attached a design of blue feathers under a grouping of five long, dark brown seeds. The entire piece is edged in a line of brown, grey and white seeds, and seven single macaw ? feathers are attached at bottom. The back is undecorated.
Ceremonial bark cloth tunic. The garment is long and rectangular, open on the sides, with a rounded neck and a small V at front. Front and back are painted in circular and geometric patterns and lines coloured red, blue, yellow and black. On the chest are decorative designs of blue and yellow feathers and strands of beads. Across the shoulders on the back is a panel of densely placed coloured feathers which is edged in seeds, with feathered tassels hanging from the bottom. Each side of the tunic has a toucan sewn to the lower half, facing down with heads and large beaks freely hanging, wings and tails widely splayed. The outer edges of the tunic are decorated with a line of brown and grey seeds, and dark brown feathers hang in small groupings from the bottom hem. The inside of the garment is undecorated.
Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen
Small turtle shell mask. Shell is tan in colour with an organic linear pattern in dark brown, and is rounded with a slight ridge down the centre that serves as a nose. Small holes are bored through for eyes and a mouth. Dense feathers, and down, in shades of tan, light brown and dark brown surround the face, attached to the shell by rolled plant fibre thread on the interior of the mask.
Woven headband in black and yellow bark(?), forming diagonal patterns. Ends are tied together with a thin plant fibre string and some areas of band have been wrapped with black twine. Downy feathers are attached on the top and ends.
Bow and four wooden arrows tied together in a round bundle. Three arrows are made of reed with long sticks inserted into one of the ends, black and grey-white feathers on shaft and grey stone points sunk into the wood at tip. Black twine used to secure joins. One of the arrows is made of cane and has a pointed tip inserted into one of the ends. Wooden bow has a twisted plant fibre string tied to each end.