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Wooden drum. The outside of the drum is carved and painted with coiled motifs and possibly representations of beings with heads and hair. These are painted white and raised above the red background. The lower portion of the drum is separated from the upper by a raised, thin, white band running around the midsection. The lower end of the drum ends in four roughly pointed projections while the upper end is carved to form a rounder shape with a smaller circular opening. This top opening is darker in colour and undecorated. Part of the midsection is painted light yellow, while the others are white.
Necklace made from a single large, crescent shaped piece of shell with ochre pigment on one side. Attached to a thick, woven, ochre-coloured woven band; one cowrie shell attached to band at each end. Three tufts of possum hair (on the skin) hang from the strap on short woven strings, also coloured with ochre.
Bag, roughly rectangular, made of pandanus fibre with rounded corners at the bottom and a thin, folded lip at the opening. The front is adorned with a pattern of rectangles and red ochre sections of the same but smaller shape, surrounded by a border of lime. Three vertical lines, constructed of a raised weave running perpendicular to the main body, are painted with red ochre. An ochre stripe continues horizontally, around the middle of the back. The braided strap overlaps the body by 20 cm at each end; interwoven into the body and knotted on the backside just under the lip and at the ends.
Grass skirt consisting of long ruddy-brown blades of sago leaf attached to a broad, woven waistband of 5 rows and 24 columns, alternating between yellow-brown and dark brown fibres with remnants of red ochre. Four long tassels of tight braids drape from the top of the belt; two with cockatoo feathers at the ends. An undulating double row of coix seeds and a several yellow, blue and green plastic beads are threaded with fine, bright green nylon twine over the top of the belt. The waistband ends are broad loops; the right end has a long, broad, loosely woven braid of tight braids of sago leaf.
Wood citak shield, oval-like shaped with a slight taper at both ends but one has a straight edge while the other is pointed. Detailed with a bilaterally symmetrical stylized design carved in relief. The recesses of the curved geometric design are painted orange and white with a black outline. The pointed top is white with an orange trapezoid on either side. The side edges and bottom are painted black. The back has a carved out handle; piece of brown synthetic twine attached.
Wooden coastal shield, rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slight taper at the bottom. Detailed with a bilaterally symmetrical stylized design carved in relief. The recesses of the geometric design is painted orange and outlined in black all on a white ground framed in black. White stripe on top and bottom. Small carved head sits on the top middle edge. Two sets of four bundles of sennit attached along the side edges, one is missing. The back has black painted, triangular design on either side of a carved out handle; piece of twisted fibre twine attached.
Wood citak shield, triangular-like shaped with a slight curve on one side. Detailed with a stylized design carved in relief. The recesses of the triangular geometric design are painted orange and outlined in black. The triangles alternate with white recessed v-shapes and horizontal lines of white rectangles in between. The pointed top is brown with a white triangle near the tip. The sides and bottom are painted black. The back has a carved out handle; piece of brown synthetic twine attached.
Wood citak shield, oval-like shape with a bilaterally symmetrical stylized design carved in relief. The recesses of the c-like shape geometric design is painted white and outlined in black all on a brown ground. The top is brown with a white line running vertically through a black triangle. The sides and bottom are painted black. The back has a carved out handle; piece of twisted fibre twine attached.
Leather bag with blue flannel trim along one side and the bottom. Stuffed with paper, skin (?) and ochre.