Mwana pwo dance mask with long reed-like hair. The female face is carved of a single piece of wood; the facial features protrude. The eyes are almost closed, with thin slits; the surrounding eye area is emphasized. The nose is small with a thin bridge, the mouth also small and contains small carved teeth. Facial scarring is indicated under the eyes and across the cheeks. The forehead is decorated in incised motifs and line patterns. Ears a small, each with a large hole in the lobe. Attached to the wood face panel is a thick netting of grass that covers the back of the head, with a braid encircling the chin. Attached to the net by long twists of grass are cut pieces of hollow bamboo reeds, strung on to hang like hair.

Carved wooden portrait mask. The face is flat and broad, with a small rounded mouth above a prominent pointed beard, with vertical line decoration and two holes in the tip. The nose is small, with two large closed eyes to either side with wide slits for viewing holes. Brows are incised and rounded. Hair is indicated at the top of the mask by a checkered pattern carved into the wood. A series of small, regularly sized holes puncture the bottom portion of face at the edge. A support of crossed bark strips creates a stiff grid at the back of the mask, to which pieces of a canvas-like material are attached to cover the wearers head. Feathers are sewn to the fabric on the right side.

Abalone shell covered with basketry on the outside. The shell has been broken at one edge, and has an iridescent shine. Basketry has been applied around it, covering the entire piece. The basketry begins at the thick end of the shell, and works its way toward the flatter, more open portion. It has lines and colour blocks in colours of purple, yellow, orange, and black, with undyed grass interspersed.

Rectangular medium-brown tapa cloth with geometric patterns in light brown. Decorated with alternating four-point stars and pinwheels. One half of the tapa cloth is significantly more faded. Three sides have a broad un-pigmented border with irregular edges.

Rectangular tapa cloth. Geometric patterns in dark brown and light brown, on a medium brown base. The pattern alternates between crosses and two converging triangle. The edges of the cloth are un-pigmented, and somewhat ragged. There is a border along both top and bottom with swag shapes in light brown.

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric patterns in dark and light brown on a medium brown base. Designs are organized into a 4 x 5 square grid, outlined in dark brown. Each of the squares contains a diagonal cross and two diamond and two triangular shapes. Two sides of each square are bordered with a line of triangles. The two remaining sides are decorated with a series of revolving hour-glass shapes.

Large, rectangular, finely-woven tan mat with fringed grass borders on all four sides. The fringe consists of a regular, thin, short grass with a few long, thick strands. Inside the fringed edge is a decorative triangle-based pattern painted in grey. Along the long sides blue and blue-green fibres are woven into the edge. The short sides have a few sporadic green fibres at their edges, focused primarily in the corners.

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric patterns in dark brown and yellow on a tan base. Dark brown pinwheels are bordered by diamond patterns. These sequences alternate between two yellow diamonds and a black diamond with the black shapes falling at the corners of the pinwheels. Shapes are separated from one another by dark brown lines, giving the cloth a grid-like appearance. One edge is decorated with a series of dark brown hour glass shapes.

Large rectangular tapa cloth with black light brown geometric designs against brown background. The designs are organized in a three-by-four grid. Each of the grid’s rectangles contains, at centre, a black four-point star and, in the corners, two black spades-like and two black clubs-like designs oriented diagonally away from the centre. Each rectangle is bordered by dark brown lines and the entire tapa cloth has a black border. The brown base areas are decorated with light brown linear patterns. One edge is un-pigmented with irregular, somewhat ragged edges.

Rectangular tapa cloth. Eight star-like geometric designs in dark brown, brown, and light brown on a medium brown base, organized in two rows of four. Each column is separated by a thick border of dark brown chevrons. The tapa cloth has a dark brown border on three sides. Brown portions are decorated with light brown linear and triangular patterns.