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White cotton dance screen with black design. The design is a raven motif in profile with wings and legs extended. There is a bear-like figure in the torso. The motifs are painted in black with an oil spread into the fabric beyond the black outlines. The design is cut off on both sides. The top and bottom edges are hemmed. There are holes along the top edge for hanging.
Large, ceremonial dance screen. Painted with a circular design in black on ecru-coloured cotton. Split image of a sisiutl encircling a central human figure. Cord for hanging attached along the upper edge.
A closing fan made of twenty-eight smooth flat ribs of split bamboo narrowing where they are attached to the fan of yellow brown oiled paper. A curvilinear design is burned on the base of each side of each rib. End pieces of the fan are strips of bamboo with the nodes prominent and a design burned on of dots and curvilinear motifs. Handle of the fan is of black wood fastened by a metal rivet with a small ring on one side.
Mask with a ridged brow, eyes oriented downwards, a curved and simplified nose that comes to a point at the tip, and a protruding mouth with lips open to reveal two rows of teeth. The mask portrays the tranquility of motherhood.
Traditional style harbour canoe. The designs painted on the outside are Thunderbird and Killer Whale, with a black background.
Petroglyph rubbing done in oil on canvas (white), oils: black, green,brown;attached to two wooden dowels, painted black, with leather thong tied onto top dowel for hanging. Cardboard tube case. Design is circular face with triangle ears; semicircle "cap"; insect shaped body with four "legs"Associated item documentation: Three pages of sample rubbings in accession file.
Ritual spell or curse on a platter. Food platter is white with silver decoration around rim. Covering the dish is a drawing of a human figure made of a mixture of red ochre and oil.