From card: "Under lip of bear used for mole cases."Illus. p. 262 in Turner, Lucien M., Scott A. Heyes, and K. M. Helgen. 2014. Mammals of Ungava & Labrador: the 1882-1884 fieldnotes of Lucien M. Turner together with Inuit and Innu knowledge. Identified there: "Bear ornament. A bear lip ornament used by the Innu, possibly as a charm, collected by Turner at Ft. Chimo. It is unclear whether these are made from the skin of a black bear (Ursus americanus) or a brown bear (Ursus arctos)."

Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer

Gift of Adelaide Goan

Watercolour and ink painting of Guanyin, Mahayana Buddhist goddess of mercy, with two attendants, produced for the lunar New Year. The painting is adhered to a long scroll of heavy paper covered with white silk, attached to a wood scroll bar. A brown riibbon is attached to the top of the scroll. Image shows Guanyin seated, dressed in white and black robes with an intricate copper, green, and white crown on her head, and holding in her left hand a blue vase containing a single frond of bamboo. Beneath her is the yellow and green head of a lion. To her lower right is a standing robed figure looking away from the goddess, while to the left is a partially clothed figure with hands clasped and lifted toward her.

Watercolour and ink painting of Zhongkui, king of ghosts in Chinese folklore, produced for the lunar New Year. The painting is adhered to a long scroll of heavy paper covered with white silk, attached to a wood scroll bar. A brown ribbon is attached at top. The image shows Zhongkui holding a staff or sword, with a black tiger to his right, its tail wraped around to the left. Two attendants stand behind either shoulder. Zhongkui wears a grey and black belted robe, and an elaborate headdress.

Watercolour and ink painting of a Chinese medicine deity, produced for the lunar New Year. The painting is adhered to a long scroll of heavy paper covered with white silk, attached to a wood scroll bar. A brown ribbon is attached at top. The image shows the god seated on the back of a yellow tiger, holding a needle in one hand and grasping the beard of a gold and green dragon flying overhead with the other. Two attendants stand to either side of the god at his elbows, one holding a bottle, the other a box. All figures wear long, grey, belted robes.