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An arrow shaft, 62.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit or sword grass. The shaft has black coating. The round foreshaft of black palm wood is 25.5 cm.long between bindings. Bound at the insertion into the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven rattan 2 cm. wide and to the point with a band of bark cord 5.5 cm. wide. The palm wood is bound with a narrow sleeve of woven rattan less than 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is also bound with a narrow sleeve of woven rattan. The bark cord band is coated with grey clay. The point is a solid round bone projection 12.5 cm. beyond the binding and coated with a black substance.
Small basketry baby carrier, or cradle, with coiled construction and slat foundation. Rim is imbricated in black cherry bark and brown grass. Sides are beaded in light yellow-brown grass in two rows of coils around front half of cradle and red cherry bark along sides and front. Cloth loops are fastened inside with thread on both sides.
A rounded knitted headdress drawn in around the edges on a string. Top has a rounded rectangular panel, 19 x 17 cm, knitted in a ribbed pattern. Ribs have been coloured red and white with ochre and clay.
A bundle wrapped in many layers of thin papery bark. Contains one fossilized shell, packed in orange marsupial fur. Bundle is bound with bark strips. Blackened by smoke.
A rattle made of four tubular seed pods (parts b-e), each about 31 cm. Long with a 2 cm. diameter, dark brown and loosely bound together with coarse plant fibre cord ( part a). The tubes have seeds inside. The end of one tube (part b) is plugged with plant fibre like the cord, the end of the next tube (part c) is plugged with white plant pulp while the end of another tube (part d) is plugged with soft brown paper (?), and the end of the last tube (part e) is plugged with paper(?) at one end and plant fibre or bark at the other.
Short, cylindrical basket (a) with lid (b). Rim is twined; cedar bark flange looped with cedar bark warp strands. Sides are grass wrapped twining. Cedar bark and grass base, plain twined with checker work centre. Design has geometric motif around middle of basket in purple-blue, yellow and purple. Seven concentric bands at bottom in purple, yellow, and red-purple. The lid is wrapped twined grass with geometric design of sunburst circle at centre in dark purple, green, orange and purple. Geometric motif between centre design and edge, in blue, purple, yellow, and red-purple. Rim has seven concentric bands of blue, purple, yellow, red-purple, and purple-blue.
Cup-shaped basket with slightly flaring sides. Bottom has 10 rows of twining to start and the remainder alternates twining and plaiting. Sides are twined with raised parallel vertical rows of twill twined zigzags. Evenly spaced, overlaid (false embroidered) diamond shapes in 2 horizontal rows. Rim is twill twined with vertical warps exposed at top.
Part (a) Coiled, round basket (with bifurcated stitiches) with fitted lid (b). Watch-spring construction. Fully imbricated with light yellow-brown grass. Design of rows of large arrows in black and red cherry bark. Lid is watch-spring coiled with small hide loop handle. Completely imbricated with grass and design of five rows of dark and red cherry bark.
Mask with top knot of folded cedar bark wrapped with a strip of red plastic near the base. The mask is painted grey and has two indented diagonal curved shapes near the top of the forehead. Curvilinear eyebrow ridges extend beyond the side edges, and beaten copper is nailed to the surface of each. The eyes have circular hollow protruding pupils made of abalone shell, and the hooked beak-like nose has wide rounded nostrils. The open red mouth has pointed recurved lips. The mask also has a pointed chin and a series of black curved lines that accent the cheeks from chin to temple. Signed by artist on reverse.
A black lenticular-shaped hat with a wide flat brim and a small crown. Top brim surface is decorated with four embroidered flowers that have leaves and stems arranged in reflective symmetry in each quarter. Two brightly coloured tassels are attached to the junction of the brim and crown on opposite sides. The underside of the brim is covered with bright pink cloth surrounded by purple cloth. The brim is stiffened with an inner form of bound grass and an outer form of wire. A pink cord is attached to the underside as a chin tie.