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Light grey-green glaze bowl that has a pedestal base and seaside scene painted inside. There is a "post" that sticks out from the middle of the dish. It is tree trunk-like with flower. There is a poetic phrase in red calligraphy on outer rim and three characters on bottom (unglazed).
A painted wood mask that has a red pointed brow and an open mouth in a figure eight showing ten black teeth with a bit of dark green above. Face is red. Has cut out oval eyes outlined by black surrounded by a bulging tapering red oval. Has a blue-black triangular nose. Top of the head has a horizontal black zig zag line.
A painted wood mask of a stylized carved head with a 'crown'. The plain face has cut out tapering red oval eyes, thick black nostrils, and a slightly parted red mouth outlined by black with red above. The base of the 'crown' is straight across and rounded at the middle and is black. The 'crown' has three protrusions, the outer two being wide and black and red with truncated tops and the middle one being an extended upward pointing red triangle. (Similar to A5286).
A painted wood mask of a stylized carved head with a 'crown'. The plain face has cut out tapering red oval eyes outlined by black with a black bridge across in between them, long wide red nostrils, and a slightly parted red mouth outlined by black. The base of the 'crown' flares outward at the pointed middle from the smaller ends and is black with a downward pointing red triangular centre. The 'crown' has two protrusions that are wide and red outlined by black with truncated tops. (Similar to A5288).
Hardwood rattle. Two complementary parts in from of a raven. The raven’s body is strongly curved, and its wings are folded; an unusual triangular pattern marks the tail. Reclining figure on a raven's back – likely a shaman, indicated by the prominent ribs. The whole is dominated by the long, serrated forms extending upward from two small side-by-side faces on the raven’s chest, reaching over the raven’s breast and into the hands of the human. On the raven’s belly is carved the stylized face of the supernatural being, with a small humanlike face below emerging from beneath the raven’s feet, a representation of the bird’s cloaca. Tied together with brass wire. (Interior likely holds pebbles, beads or lead shot.)
Two sides of face painted on uncarved wooden board. One front piece representing nose and mouth. Design painted in blue and red. Cedar fringe at the back. (Similar to A4494).
Standing figure of a man wearing a loin cloth. Black hair protrudes backwards from head. Red and black details around waist, head, and ears. Extended ears (ear spools?).
Metal bell with a protruding flat handled knob on top of a dome shape. From the dome, there is a thin raised ridge attached to ten claws that curve inwards. There is a metal ball attached to the inside of the dome by metal wire. The outside of dome is decorated with a leaf designs emphasized with red and black.
Figure representing a standing crane with its beak pointed upwards. The figure is composed of four iron pieces joined together with screws: the body (a), the head (b), the right leg (c), the left leg (d). The crane has been painted black and the top of the crane's head has been painted red.
Sake container (a) in the shape of a cylinder that tapers towards the bottom with two flaring arms at the top that are joined with a crossbar for a handle. A tapered stopper (b), fits into a hole near the edge of the top. Bands of twisted bamboo, two near the top, and five of differing widths at the bottom, hold the staves of wood together. Stained reddish-brown overall with a Japanese character inside a circle painted on the outside of each arm, and Japanese characters painted around the centre of the base.