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Roughly shaped human figure with straight arms at front sides. Legs are drawn up to torso with knees at hip level. Forelegs are straight and the feet are pointed. The chest is flat chest and the back and the bottom are rounded. There is a large bald head with oval ears, pencilled brows, an outline to inset the eyes and eyelashes. The black bead bordered on either side by a white bead forms each eye. There is a long straight nose, flat cheeks, an indented mouth, and a pointed chin. Red crayon on chest and arms, blue crayon on back. White, blue, yellow, and orange beads are strung together to form a necklace.
Brown bentwood oval box with lid (part b). Box is one piece, with bent sides with bevelled edges forming a flush side, sewn together with two parallel rows of baleen(?) and leather. Rectangular walrus tusk clasp between sewn rows with hooked appendage and six holes (or sets of holes), two form 'eyes' with hook as 'nose', attached through holes with leather strips. Two parallel grooves at top and bottom of sides. On opposite side is second walrus tusk rectangle with five sets of holes with leather strips attaching it to box. One top corner has wooden pegged (three) strip of wood; a longer damaged pegged (six) strip on end. Two holes on non-clasp side for attaching lid to box. Both are broken, remnants of one are on box, the other. Lid has a horizontal row on top of 7 beads with the central bead being light blue and the others being dark blue.
Flat bottomed canoe slopes upward at each end. Carved out interior has seat at one end. Decorations formed by pressing glass beads into beeswax. White and orange around rim of carved out interior. White, blue, and yellow cross at one end. The interior has a yellow, orange, white, and blue human figure at end opposite seat. Four animal figures at bottom (dog, coiled snake, insect, and lizard?).
Form is of graduating in size, having seven 'steps' on each side. Front and back surfaces are flat. Mirror with metal edging and outlined with two and a half rows of black beads at centre front. Small burnt circles outline form. On front, two crossing diagonal lines above mirror, two semi-circular lines below mirror, and a triangle on the base. On back, central line with paired lines curving away on either side. Beads, some loose and others strung together, are pressed into beeswax to form decorations: red and yellow cross above mirror, red and yellow diagonal line below mirror, three black rows below mirror on right, yellow bordered by red on left of base, black and red cross at centre base, five circles down each side, and four circles down centre back. Pink and yellow yarn pulled through hole at centre top, knotted with ends hanging free. Two red and two yellow pompoms on cord wrapped below mirror.
Forehead mask of a woman, whose head is a rattle, sits on the forehead of an eagle; hair, black wire wrapped around ends, is inserted into eleven drilled holes on top of the woman's head; black and orange-red paint are used to emphasize features; front human head has black brows and eyes; wide flat nose has orange-red nostrils; wide continuous orange-red lip band; prominent cheek ridges; ears on either side of head; back of head is yellow cedar with flat face depicted in incised circle; black brows; circular black eyes; broad flat nose with orange-red nostrils; wide continuous orange-red lip band. Body, shown only on front, has arms slightly extended and bent, elbows and forearms rest on eagle's brows, hands are downturned; legs are drawn up next to chest, four black claw-like toes on each foot. Eagle has black brows with horizontal rows of short orange- red lines; black bulbous eyes; thin sharp beak incorporates wide orange-red lip band, flattened semi-circular nostrils on either side; orbital ridge melds with cheek ridge which follows line of lip band; triangular depressed area under lower beak. On reverse, a leather strip is attached to either side by a singular stitch of white waxed cord, cord is also tied around leather. Signed inside: 'B' 'D'/87 'Dempsey Bob Tahltan Tlingit.' Unpainted wood is finished with oil.
Proscenium arch style curtain composed of 3 equal length panels (parts a-c). All panels are polychrome embroidered satin-finish silk backed with canvas. One panel (b) is hung horizontally with left and right vertical panels (a,c) hanging down each side. The horizontal panel has two dragons face-to-face over a ringed circle. The bottom edge is scalloped and decorated by multi-coloured tassels. The vertical panels are identical, but with the designs reversed. They have a dragon's tail and central 6 tiered pagoda. Other designs are all symbols in Chinese cosmos. The curtains are hung by numerous cloth straps (part d) which are looped through metal brads in the top of each curtain.
Cylindrical vase-like glass bottle with a woven covering; checker work and twining on bottom; body is wrapped twined. Bottom, warp, weft of crossed warp checker area are cedar; outer running weft is grass and bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Designs include three bands in various colours with duck and flower (?) motif. Colours include orange, red, brown, green and yellow.
Cylindrical basketry covered bottle (a) with lid (b). Bottom is twined; body and lid are wrapped twined; cedar warp; outer running weft is grass and bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. The body has a design band in various colours with the word 'tobacco' with a heart at each end. Lid has coloured circle in centre. Exterior is faded; interior shows original blue, purple, green, yellow and red.
Convex, triangular piece of animal hide with rounded edges covered with floral beadwork. Beadwork has white beaded background with floral design in blues, greens, yellow, clear, pink and reds; design depicts five flowers joined together by blue stems. Brown and pink floral printed fabric sewn onto the back.
Cloth pouch-pocket with beaded design; oval with tapered top ending in a point. Half circle pocket in lower portion, edged in green and yellow beads. Upper portion is black velvet with clear and green beaded floral design. Lower portion has clear beaded background, yellow beaded outline and black, green, yellow and orange beaded diamond in centre. Back covered in faded purple cloth, edged with purple ribbon. Inside pocket is lined with newsprint type paper on one side.