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Band with an oval shape composed of plant fibre with a triangle design in black and white formed by painted clay applied to the surface of the plant fibre and outlined with strips of wood secured to the plant fibre with thinner strips of wood. Plant fibre ties at ends.
Rectangular, plaid-like mat with fringed sides (part c). The mat is natural coloured with thin brown vertical stripes and lighter brown horizontal stripes of various widths, creating a plaid-like effect. There is a fine, long fringe on the two ends. There is a medium-length fringe on one long side. There is a very short fringe on the other side. Rectangular, plaid-like mat with fringed sides (part d). The mat is natural coloured with thin brown vertical stripes and lighter brown horizontal stripes of various widths, creating a plaid-like effect. One woven side is longer than the other, causing the ends to curve inward slightly. There is a fine, long fringe on the two ends. There is a medium-length fringe on one side. There is a very short fringe on the other side. Rectangular, striped mat with fringed sides (part e). The mat is natural coloured with thin brown stripes and lighter brown stripes of various widths. One woven side is longer than the other, creating a trapezoid shape. There is a fine, long fringe on the two ends. There is a medium-length fringe on one side. There is a very short fringe on the other side.
Rectangular, striped mat with fringed sides (part a). The mat is natural coloured with thin brown vertical stripes and much lighter brown, thick horizontal stripes. There is a fine, long fringe on the two ends. There is a medium-length fringe on one long side. There is a very short fringe on the other side. Rectangular, striped mat with fringed sides (part b). The mat is natural coloured with thin brown stripes and lighter brown stripes of various widths. There is a fine, long fringe on the two ends. There is a medium-length fringe on one long side. There is a very short fringe on the other side.
Plain, straight, cylindrical, brown wood handle with woven bands and a star-shaped black stone head. Star type. The head is a seven-pointed star. Above the head, there is a long woven band at the end of which, there are feathers. Below the head, there is a woven ring band, a shorter woven band, and a darker woven ring band.
One piece handle and blade with cord used to decorate the junction of the blade and the handle. The dark brown blade has a flat, elongated trapezoid shape with angled triangular lower sides that create an inward pointing triangle along the bottom middle. The junction in between the blade and the handle is lighter brown and covered with strips of braided plant material that cross over each other at various angles. The dark brown wood cylindrical handle curves slightly concavely and has a thin straight ridge along the upper back portion.
Carved male figure hook. Black wooden hook in the form of a human figure with a crescent-shaped base, with inlaid cowrie shell eyes. The ears curl around. Underneath the large nose, there is a curving beak-like mouth that extends downward to the belly. Carved with upraised eyebrows and a hair line. From the wide shoulders, the thin arms rest to the sides. Has genatalia. The knees are slightly bent forward and the feet are resting on the base. A brown piece of plant fibre is tied around the upper body.
Open-work basketry woven mask of plant fibre that tapers from the sides to a long vertical point, creating the nose with a circular eye on either side surrounded by a vertical oval. From the top of the head, there are three flat levels of radiating zig zag bands. Natural brown.
Dart quiver and eight darts: a) quiver made from one piece of leaf that has been folded over and the sides sewn with plant fibre to create a long narrow envelope type container; b-d) three darts composed of long, thin sticks with pointed ends and a slightly conical piece of wood near the butt end of each; e-g) three darts composed of long, thin sticks with pointed ends; h-i) two darts composed of a long, thin stick with pointed ends and coated with a black, pithy material, and part i has part of another dart tip stuck to it with this material.
Wooden club made from a branch; knob on the bottom with a straight shaft leading to a curved end with spur. The underside of the curve has a roughly carved rectangular section. Length of thin braided cord is tied around the shaft.
Eel trap with latticework walls composed of strips of wood lashed together with twined plant fibre. The entrance to the trap is a cylindrical hole with a flap that opens to the inside of a rectangular compartment with an opening covered by a plant fibre net. There are two square flaps in the roof of the trap that open to the remaining space inside the trap. The roof above the opening is arched, and the roof at the opposite end of the trap comes to a point at the centre. Two wooden bars are attached vertically to both sides of the trap.