Fish lure engraved with fine lines zig zag down the middle and triangles along both sides

This small bowl has a white background with a red rim and the figure of a kachina in the center. The Hopi visit 1997 identified the figure as Hihie Mana.

Two lures tied together with cord. Both have black V-shaped engraving on them.

Wooden cup or kero decorated with polychrome designs in which pigments are inlaid in the wood. The scene on the upper register depicts a Chuncho dance, which was performed throughout the colonial period and into the 20th century, to commemorate the Inca defeat of the Chunchos. The Chunchos or Anti were a tropical highland group who were regarded by the Inca as savages. The human figures in the upper register are shown in Spanish dress. The middle register consists of tocapu designs and the lower register is decorated with images of flora and fauna.

Standing male ancestor figure, carved out of wood. The large head is pointed in back, topped with a flat, decorated hat, and sits on a long neck carved with a regular pattern of rectangles. The figure’s arms are bent and the hands attach to the body at the hips. Four fingers are carved into the right hand. A narrow chest tops a protruding stomach at front, while buttocks are carved prominently at rear. The legs are short and stocky. The right foot is a rounded block with the carved toes; the left foot is half the size of the right, due to missing portions. The figure wears a carved belt.

Carved wooden fetish figure. The standing figure has large eyes and a mouth with teeth carved into the face. It wears a tall, decorated, wedge-shaped hat. Most of the protruding nose and ears have been removed, with bored nostril and ear holes remaining. The figure’s arms are bent, with forearms and hands resting on the chest, and each hand has three carved fingers. The torso is rounded and protruding at both front and back, and a hole has been bored at the stomach’s centre. The buttocks are angularly carved. Legs are thick and bent in a squatting position, and end in large feet with carved toes. A sash of woven plant fibre is wound several times around the figure’s waist, with another surrounding the front of the chest and inserted through holes in the wood between the upper arms and torso. It is knotted together at back.

Kanaga mask. Wooden ceremonial mask that takes the form of a large head attached to a body made of crossed wooden slats. The body forms a double cross. The long, two-toned face has holes cut through the wood for eyes and ears. There is a conical protrusion at the forehead, which sits atop a blade-shaped nose, leading into a prow-shaped jaw with no mouth. Two points hang down on either side of the jaw. Several small holes are bored into the edges of the face. The neck is made of three small columns of wood and is attached to the body by adhesive and thin skin straps with remnants of white fur. The body is made of several slats of wood, one vertically placed, crossed by two horizontal with small vertical slats at both ends, marked to represent digits. The slats are tied to each other by skin and/or fibre straps. The body is also two-toned in colour.

Standing female ancestor figure, carved out of wood, red in colour. The face has large eyes, a narrow nose, and a small mouth. On top of the head is a pointed projection. The figure’s neck is very long and thick and is carved with a semi-regular pattern of rectangles. The arms are topped with pointed shoulders, and hands are attached to the hips. The figure is pregnant, shown by a sharp protrusion of the belly. Legs are short and stocky, ending in large blocky feet. A thick milky coating has been applied to the lower outside portion of the feet.

A fragment of a fresco painting, mounted in a clear plastic frame. The composition consists of a man and a woman seated beside one another. The female figure is holding the right arm of the male figure. The right side of the composition contains a small table, which is supporting a yellow and red vessel, as well as a lotus flower in a small vase. The male figure is holding the blue stem of the flower. The colours were derived from natural pigment, and the fresco is in stable condition.

Fetish figure carved out of wood. The standing figure’s head has a flat top, with large protruding ears, large eyes, a square block nose, and smooth forehead and cheeks. Deep holes have been bored for the nostrils and ears, and the areas underneath the nostrils and inside the ears have been blackened. A thick neck leads to a square shoulder area and then to a round and protruding stomach and back. The legs are thinner at the thigh and thicken more toward the large feet. There is white residue on the front and inside of the legs below the knees.