Gift of the Native American Art Council, Contemporary Art Council, and the Friends of the Gilkey Center.

Gift of Terry Melton.

Figure of Maximon/San Simon seated on a chair and festooned with offerings. The painted wood body is dressed in a green fabric army uniform and red scarf and is bound to a wooden chair with straw seat with a multi-coloured belt that ties a metal sword around his waist. The head with metal hat (part b) is on a metal post that sticks into the neck and is removable. Other offerings include a metal necklace (c), two paper money bills (parts d, g), a colourful clay incense burner (e), and a glass bottle of liquid (part f).

Cantonese opera tiger mask, to be worn with costume 2967/53. Mask has a bamboo under-structure, covered with coarse burlap and topped by yellow hemp. The mask covers the wearer’s face and head and has a long flap down the back to cover the neck. Several long strings connect the neck flap to the mask, as well as it being sewn on at the rear base of the mask. The face has an open mouth painted red, a small red nose, and holes for eyes with a large green wooden bead attached with wire. Small ears are sewn to the head behind the eyes. Stamped onto the fabric on the back of the head and the neck cover are a series of circles with radiating rays. The face is emphasized with eyebrows, whiskers, and stripes.

Blue fabric hat is a squared cone shape, topped with elaborate, shaped flaps. From the flaps at the side of the head hang long, light green tassels. The hat is decorated in copper, gold and silver sequins with floral and swirl patterns. Two ribbons, each approximately 72 cm long, dangle from the rear bottom of the hat and are also decorated on their ends with sequins. White cotton ties close the hat at rear centre. The interior of the hat is lined with white fabric.

Blue fabric hat. Hat is a squared cone shape, topped with elaborate, shaped flaps. The hat is decorated in copper, gold and green sequins with flower and swirl patterns. Yellow ribbon edges the flaps, with black ribbon on the bottom edge of the hat. Two ribbons, each approximately 76 cm long, dangle from the rear bottom of the hat and are also decorated with sequins. A long metal button holds the hat closed at the back along with two white cotton ties beneath. Two small detachable wings (parts b and c) fit into either side of the long button. The interior of the hat is lined with white cotton.

Pair of calf-high boots covered with sequins in blue, copper and gold. The boots have thick white soles curved upwards at the front. The foot is demarcated from the calf with white piping, and there are vertical lines of piping at the front and at back. The centre panel has a sequined geometric design with translucent cylindrical beads. There are white cotton ties on the top of the boots, at back.

Large metal cowbell with handle. A wooden tongue hangs inside from a gray leather thong. There is some white label residue on the tongue.

Carved wooden carnival mask depicting a man with a moustache and beard wearing a cap with flat portion of wood extends from the base of the brim with “E-NATAL / EM-OUZIHLAC” carved onto it. The face has a protruding nose and ears, and slightly open mouth with pointed teeth. The eyebrows, hair, moustache and beard are all indicated by a dark brown burnt decoration. There is a piece of paper attached at the back over the left eye opening with an eye image. Two orange push pins hold it in place, with a third orange pin off to the side.