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Gelede mask (part a) that depicts a squat human face with horns; left horn is separate (part b). Face has protruding eyes, triangular nose, and pointed lips; carved ears rest flat against head. Pupils drilled out. Scarification on the cheeks, four diagonal lines, and on forehead, three vertical lines. Top and sides, of upper half of mask, are raised; right side is partially cross-hatched. Eyes are white, outlined in black, and scars are painted black; face is painted red-brown, and upper section is dark green-blue. White horns consist of large ovals that narrow into cylinders; cylinder sections attach to sides of head with nails. Hole drilled into top centre of mask. Interior is roughly carved out and undecorated. Ring attached to top edge, for hanging purposes.
Whirling wolf headdress (hinkeetsim), made of two planks with an adjoining nose piece, base, and five slats; three on top and two on bottom. Slats form a triangular frame, with headdress tapering towards front. Wolf face is carved and painted on exterior of planks, using formline design elements. High nostrils swirl above top edge of mask, with triangular cut outs. Curved line, made of U-shapes, extends from wide bared teeth and behind large eyes. Eyes are black and white, inside a red ovoid. Triangles and squares in negative space of face. Three circles, connected with a curved line, above eyes. Rows of multi-coloured semi-circles protrude from back of mask. Mask is painted white, with designs done in red, yellow, orange, black, and green. Additional pieces of wood attached to interior, to support circular decorations along top edge. Base has a circular cut out, for head, in between the two slats. Interior is undecorated.
Model totem pole with three carved figures; from top, figures are: human, kingfisher, kingfisher. The human is crouched on top of a kingfisher, with their fingers curled around its back. The kingfisher is bent over with its wings tilted upward, framing the human, and beak pointed down. Its head is framed on either side by the wings of the kingfisher below. Second kingfisher done in identical pose, with larger wings, and is standing on a rounded base. Base has a water creature, carved in relief, curled around itself along the bottom edge. Human is red, kingfishers are grey, and sea creature is black; formline design elements throughout in black, green, red, and yellow. Artist name and design name, Kingfishers, written on bottom.
Wolf mask, made of two planks with an adjoining nose piece, and four slats at the back; two on top and two on bottom. Slats form a triangular frame, with mask tapering towards front. Wolf face is painted on exterior of planks, using formline design elements. Nose is black, with a wide band along length of snout and brow; white crescents across brow. Additional band, with U-shapes and trigons, extends from long line of white bared teeth. Row of alternating red and black ovoids along the bottom edge. Eyes are white and black, inside a red ovoid; additional ovoids carved around eye. Semi-circular ears attached to top edge; divots carved in centres, and edges painted black. Short bundle of cedar tied onto nose piece; three bundles attached to top of frame, with cedar curving behind slats and underneath mask. Small feather inserted into top centre bundle. Top edges of mask are painted black; interior is undecorated. Artist signature, West Coast Wolf, and date made written inside of mask, towards back opening.
Wolf mask, carved from one piece of wood; face is triangular, tapering at chin. Wide rectangular ridge runs down centre, with black marks along length, ending at nose; eyes carved on either side. Eyes are oval-like, carved in relief, with narrow pupils; painted lines extend from sides of eyes. Small triangular divots at ends of nose, for nostrils; carved and painted lines on either side for whiskers. Wide mouth carved into bottom edge, with long red tongue sticking out. Wolf face is painted white; facial features highlighted with black. Four holes cut out of mask, two along top edge, on either side of ridge, and two along length of ridge. Interior is undecorated.
Crawling wolf mask, made of a single piece of wood; interior has been hollowed out. Mask has a circular open top and bottom; wide slit opening at back. Head portion extends into a long, rounded snout with high nostrils. Below are chevron-shaped teeth, carved in relief, pointing towards back of mask; painted white with dark red in between. Black and white eyes, set in a red ovoids, painted on either side of mask. Mask exterior is painted black, except for bridge between nostrils and snout. Three metal hooks drilled around sides of top opening, with a thick cord wrapped through each hook; cords knotted together in centre of opening. Wide band of cloth looped around knotted cords, and a small cord knotted around front hook. Additional holes drilled along edges of bottom opening, on left and right sides; each side has a long piece of cloth attached. Small tags attached to interior walls, with carved number, 707-555-645, next to them.
Wooden portrait mask, with long dark hair. Front surface almost completely painted in red, green and black designs; mouth slightly open showing a row of operculum shell teeth; two curved copper bands nailed on as eyebrows; four cut feathers at the top of forehead, with the ends of the quills projecting down through holes to the inside of the mask. The inside of the mask is plain wood, with a horizontal wooden mouth piece attached. Edge of hair pieces inserted in a cut opening along the full length of each side.
Wooden portrait mask, with long dark brown hair. Front surface almost completely painted in red, green and black designs; mouth slightly open showing operculum shell teeth. The inside of the mask is plain wood, with a horizontal wooden mouth piece attached; metal hanging fixtures on back edge of sides. Hair inserted into evenly spaced round holes all along both sides.
Oval-shaped face mask with protruding forehead. The the ridge of the forehead extends into a long, triangular nose. The eyes extend out and have horizontal openings, and there is a protruding downward peg for the mouth. Painted red on forehead and eyelids, and white from under eyes to chin, with some light blue spots showing in both areas. Small holes line the forehead. Three slanted lines carved on both cheeks.
Brightly painted portable retablo box altar with two doors that open to reveal a two-level religious scene. The doors have leather hinges, and are painted on both sides with blue, green and yellow floral designs on white backgrounds. The two levels have small painted plaster figures and animals arranged into two scenes. The top of the box is triangular, with a painted blue cross. The exterior of the box is painted yellow.