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Squat round painted pot with round bottom and short, flared neck. Pot is orange in colour, with black geometric designs forming a wide band around its centre.
Large painted pot with rounded bottom and tapered rim. Pot is painted with typical southwest motifs, including flowers, chickens and stylized feather designs.
Carved wooden wolf mask with a long snout painted red and black with white edging. The muzzle was hinged to the lower jaw and is now nailed shut. The face has white edging around the green ovoid with black eyes on white background. The head of the mask has been covered with a piece of hide. Ears are attached to the top of the head and are decorated with black spots. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of carved, rectangular shaped handle used to hold the mask when worn. The handle is tied to the rim of the mask with twine. The mask is painted black, green, red and white with stylized designs.
Gourd rattle with seeds(?) inside. The wooden handle of the rattle has been painted orange-brown to match the colour of the gourd. The gourd is painted green, red and purple in diamond, heart(?) and leaf shapes, edged with a zigzag etching. The band across the centre of the gourd reads, 'SOUVENIR DE BARRANQUILLA'. A hook is screwed into the end of the handle and a metal plug is in the top of the gourd.
Set of 8 plaques in two sizes. All are elongated boards with a series of jutting edges, depicting the stylized figure of a spirit familiar. The four larger plaques (parts a-d) have a stylized head on each end, no features. Their bodies are painted with geometric designs of zigzags and dots, painted in brown and pink. The four smaller plaques (parts e-h) have similar designs in brown only, along with a painted image of a simplified human figure. Painted decorations are on one side only. Each plaque was tied to one of four poles, each time a red one and a black one, opposing each other.
Pair of men’s leather sandals (part a-b). The sandals have a full back backs and a tongue piece attached by leather thongs to the sides. The tongue piece is red with an upper green stripe and five incised metal rings. The toe strap is pulled through a hole and threaded back through the tongue piece. The sandals are have black rubber tire soles and are held together with metal nails.
Rectangular-shaped tapa with repeating, square, breadfruit designs covering almost entire front surface. The design squares are repeated 3 wide and 5 long. The first lengthwise row has a single dotted circle at its centre, with four leaves around it - two painted in ochre, two in black. The middle row has a double-circle centre with all four leaves painted ochre. The last row has a triple-circle centre with same coloured leaves as first row. There is a thin unpainted border around all edges.
Shadow puppet of male figure with gold face in profile. Represents the character Arjuna, Pandhawa Prince. Long neck with six black lines, projecting out from body. Long nose, open mouth with three teeth. Hair tied into curved plait that joins at top of head with two purple, white, green, gold, yellow and red attachments. Skirt is gold and brightly coloured with bird motif, torso is bare. Hair and skirt finely perforated. Long, jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Each hand has one red and two blue rings. Feet are joined heel to toe by red strip.
Carved and painted model totem pole with mask, frog and eagle figures. All figures have unusually large wide eyes. The base is a longitudinally cut piece of bone. The back of the pole is flat and uncarved.
Large figure head mounted on a wooden staff. Figure appears to have a wooden core, covered with clay and cobwebs. Vibrant blue, red and white paint cover the main surface of the face. Figure has a cone-shaped head wrapped with coir rope, protruding cylinder eyes and a long red nose. Two boar tusks curl upwards at each side of his mouth. Three vertically striped birds stick out from his forehead. Sticks with wound tufts of bushy grass fibres hang down over his ears.