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Painting of St. George on a white horse, spearing a coiled dark green fire-breathing dragon or serpent below. There is a stone structure in the background, on the right. Canvas on wood frame with paper around edges. Frame slightly bent.
Bull, or water buffalo, headdress or mask. Carved and painted with off-white and blue designs, with orange-red inside the ears and hollow, traingular snout area. The horns form a closed circle at the top, with small notched ears projecting from the sides next to the horns. There are mirrored white triangles at the base of the horns, and a large white triangle on the forehead. The head section is round, and hollowed out at the back, with large white circular eyes on top. Repeating white triangles line the edge of the face and snout, with two rows of smaller white triangles across the base of the snout.
Large stone multi-figure carving, with walrus tusk projections standing upright at each side (parts b-c). Tusks are incised with drawings and attach to stone with wooden dowels. One tusk (part b) is incised with four brown ink drawings on one side: fish, loon, person, walrus; the other side has three harpoons and syllabics in brown. The other tusk (part c) is incised on both sides with black ink drawings. One side has a seal, bird, 2 wolves, and walrus; the other side has drawings of three types of clothing (k'arlik, koliktar, amautik).
Tall 'tree of life' style, multi-figure carving in dark wood, on somewhat rounded base; base is dark wood centre with a layer of lighter wood around the outside.
Carved wooden sculpture of whale, painted on a rounded, rectangular painted base with a tall dorsal fin. The fin has two carved and painted humanoid figures carved and painted on the sides of the fin, with their hands are carved, as if holding onto the edges. Mainly painted black, with red and pale blue design elements.
Bark cloth body mask; conical shape top with long raffia fringe hanging from circumference of wide end. Tubular extensions out each side from midway of conical top. Each tubular "arm" has rigid circular shaped opening with a small bunch of short raffia fringe attached at lower edge. Geometric painted design around conical "body", with a linear depiction of a face on the front side of the rounded top portion; designs done golden brown with black highlights. Additional raffia fringe and fibre loops attached to top centre of "head".
Child size birchbark canoe. Wood frame, with lengthwise wood slat construction; sheets of birchbark stitched together using long strips of root. Black resin applied along base and seams.
Fertility figure (akuaba) with a flat, disc-shaped head. High oval forehead, curved brows, oval eyes, a long vertical nose, and a small mouth at the very bottom. Eight rings are carved around the neck. The short horizontal rectangular arms are outstretched straight to the sides with carved breasts between them. The lower half of the body is cylindrical and ends with a slightly wide round base. A single strand of very small yellow beads hangs around the body, just above the base. The back of the round head has horizontal lines across the middle, with two elongated half-ovals between.
Large, kidney-shaped, hand-woven basket; cedar slat construction, wrapped with cedar root; decorated with alternating stipes of imbrication in black and red cherry bark and pale yellow grass. Small half-circle handles attached near top edge at each end. Fourteen vertical stripes around all sides of basket; each set consists of 2 bark, 2 grass, 3 bark, 2 grass, 2 bark, some in black bark and grass, others in red bark and grass. Remains of secondary handles at both corners of the indented side (small root remains in four holes at one end; holes are empty at other end.) Old repair runs along the top edge on the outer side.
Circular, handheld drum made from hide stretched over a wooden frame. Drum has four lengths of wire across the back with cloth covering the centre juncture, forming a handle. Drumstick (part b): head of drumstick covered with black cloth; small section next to head painted green.