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Large storage jar with round, full body, narrow shoulder and short, wide neck. Base is concave. Design is polychrome red and black on white. Two flower medallions are on opposite sides of the body connected by a scroll, in reverse white on red, strip along the middle. There are curvilinear geometric designs above and below this median strip. The body and the neck are two separate design fields. 80% of the rim is broken off.
The object is also referred to as a war club. Its head is a large elongated rectangular stone that is inserted into a carved wooden handle. The handle has three faces, one on the top and the second and third on either side of the ax head. These faces have three rows of hair in small "ponytails" protruding from the ridge above the eyebrows. One of the hair "ponytails" has been cut off, leaving a stump of frayed hair sticking up on the proper left top side of the face. The underside of the handle has a carved seal and midway along the handle is a filled break. The object is painted black with white and red accents. There are inlayed areas of abalone shell around the base of the handle, the sides of the head, and in the eyes and teeth of the faces. The only missing shell inlay is from the base of the handle. The overall condition of the piece is fair and stable. According to Robin K. Wright, Burke Museum, 4/16/03, the face looks more Bella Bella (Heiltsuk).
The name of kachina is by Culin and may not be correct. This kachina has no visible arms and wears a long, almost sarong type, painted textile dress with yarn tassels on the bottom sides. The kachina wears leather boots with turned back cuffs. He has google, textile eyes sewn into the wooden mask and a long wooden snout with painted teeth. He wears a shell amulet painted on both sides and feather boa around the neck. The headdress is a large spray of striped feathers sticking out around the head.
Somewhat oval-shaped bowl with brown and dark brown glaze pattern inside. The outside is painted with black Northwest Coast designs over the light brown surface. Base signed JC 84.
Model canoe with central mast. There are two figures, one standing and one seated. The seated figure is holding a paddle and has a bailer at his feet. Decoration on outer walls of the canoe are in red and black; figures are decorated in brown, red, black,and green. Repaired.
The paint is black and red.
The paint is brown, orange, and white.
The paint is brown, orange, white, and yellow.
The paint is brown, orange, and white.
The paint is green, black, black, red, orange, and dark red.