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Ancestral male figure standing with right arm raised above head. Right hand has a hole in the centre, indicating it may have once held an object. The figure's left arm rests at its side. He wears a hat or crown with a point in the centre. Almost all of the paint is worn off the figure.
Jug used for pouring chicha. The vessel has a bulbous body that rests atop a simple round foot. The shoulder is decorated with 3 flower embellishments. The neck is sculpted into a human-like figure with protruding legs and protruding arms, one of which is holding a mug. The arms appear to be singed. Figure wears a pronounced coat and scarf, with ends of scarf carved as fringes. The face is small with large round protrusions in place of the ears. The top of the head is hollow and serves as the lip of the jug. A handle is connected to the jug at shoulder and figure’s lower back.
Round, wide-mouthed bowl. Bowl flares slightly out from the rim and narrows sharply at the halfway point toward a small round base. The outside surface is a light yellow colour, covered in a pattern of finely drawn brown lines interspersed with small brown-orange blocks, lines and dots. The base and the interior of the bowl are painted brown. Both inside and outside have a shiny glaze.
Shallow wooden tray. The object is made up of a base piece, two long narrow side pieces, and two shorter side pieces that flare outward to serve as handles. All are joined by nails. On the base is a line painting, black and red, in stylized Northwest Coast design of a bird with wings spread, surrounded by a variety of designs.
Male figure standing on a red base. He is wearing a gold jacket, a green shirt, yellow pants, and a white hat with a red stripe. His right arm is bent at the elbow and there is a hole in his right hand, indicating it may have once held something. His left arm rests at his side, and there is also a hole in his left hand, indicating it may have once held an object. His eyes, eyebrows and mouth are painted. Something like a pompom appears to be missing from the top of the figure's hat.
Small decorative bull, thick at neck, with curved horns on top of the head and triangular ears pointing to the sides. Figure has round, raised spoke decorations in the centre of its forehead and on both cheeks and shoulders. Two serrated bands run sideways on its neck, and 6 rings hang from the chest. The tail curls around itself, resting on the lower back of the bull, and ends in a large tuft. The body is painted with reddish brown lines in triangles and waves, and splotches of yellow glaze cover some of the decorated areas as well as the face and spots on the torso. 2 handles are incorporated into the figure, one on the top of the head between the horns, and one on the centre back. A hole is found in the centre back behind the handle.
Shadow puppet, representing the character Bima, Pandhawa Prince, made of skin. The figure wears a large gold and black headdress. The headdress has decorative holes cut into it and scalloped edges to mimic fine metalwork. The figure’s flesh is dark red. His face is in profile and looks to the left. He has a long black sideburn and a small black moustache. The figure’s eyes and tongue are red. His chest is bare and has a small patch of chest hair. On each of the figure’s upper arms and forearms he wears gold bracelets. In each of his hands he holds a white spear. Each of his arms is composed of an upper arm piece, a forearm piece and a hand piece of skin. These pieces are attached to each other using small nails. His wrist joints are also attached to long wooden sticks; this results in his arms having movable joints. Tied around his waist, the figure wears a loin cloth. The fabric is red, black, grey, white, blue and green. The red, green and blue elements of the garment have black stripes on them. The black, grey and white elements of the garment are arranged in a check pattern with gold trim. The puppet’s thighs are large and bare. Black thread attaches a wide wooden stick to the middle of the puppet’s body. The stick is pointed at the bottom end.
Shadow puppet made of skin. Represents the character Kresna (Krishna). The figure has green skin exposed at its face, arms, chest, stomach and legs. He wears an elaborate gold, red, blue green and white headdress. The red and blue elements of the puppet are striped with black lines. The gold elements of the puppet have small holes through them and scalloped edges to mimic the shapes of fine metalwork. The figure’s face is in profile; it has long black sideburns and a thin curly moustache. His eyes and tongue are red. A large gold necklace hands down the figure’s chest. He also wears a gold chest piece that wraps around his torso. There are gold bracelets on each of the figure’s upper arms and wrists. On his fingers, there are gold rings. At each of the figure’s shoulder joints, elbows and wrists, there are metal nails the pieces of skin and attaching the skin of the hands to wooden sticks. One of the sticks is on the front and the other is on the back of the puppet. These allow the puppet to have movable arm joints. Wrapped around the figures waist is an elaborate skirt with red, blue, green, white and gold detailing. The fabric of the skirt also wraps around the upper left thigh of the figure. The toe and finger nails of the puppet are painted white. There are gold bracelets around each of his ankles. There is a dark brown stick which is pointed at the bottom end attached to the front and back of the puppet with yellow thread.
Small wooden casket to hold bones. Object is made of a long, cylindrical piece of wood, hollow and open at both ends. The interior is raw and unfinished, while the exterior is smoother and painted in a pattern of black and white dots, white zigzagging lines, and a linear pattern in orange at one end.
Decorated wooden paddle-shaped club, narrow in profile, with a wide head tapering into a thinner handle. At the end of the handle a small hole has been bored partially through the wood. The paddle head is painted on both sides with patterns of dots, lines, circles and colour-blocks in yellow, white, rust, and brown, and the handle is painted rust.