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A labret made from white stone, which has a flange at one side.; Good
The central section of a flute carved in argillite. At both ends are pieces of metal (lead or pewter) set into the argillite, one end is a tube-like section covering a slightly narrower end, the other is a shaped inlay. Along the length of the flute are three frogs (one has had its head broken off). In between the frogs are the stop holes, positioned in decorative bands of curleque and leaf motifs. At the metal inlay end is an eagle with a protruding belly, tail flat against the flute barrel, and wings and legs wrapped round the back and sides. The eagles' beak is slightly open and its head is raised from the surface, behind the head is grooved fan-like design.; Good
Stone mortar made from heavy black stone, possibly basalt.; Good
A slave killing club. The handle is in the form of a human head with teeth, driven in scalp locks from which protrudes a large ground blade forming the tongue of the head. Good.Stone tongue and club detached and separate when loaned in 2009
Necklace of ten individual argillite plaques, varied slightly in size and shape, showing animal crest designs (grizzly, eagle, hawk, thunderbird, killer whale). Thin brown leather strip onto which they are strung is bound together at ends with purple thread. Each plaque has a description, place, date and artist signature incised into the back, e.g., "Haida Eagle Crest 69 Skidegate McGuire."
Carving of female figure in porous dark stone with flat base and roughly hewn back. Figure has squared head with shoulder-length hair and her arms are cinched into her sides by a wide rope(?) wound around her body below the breasts. She wears a head band and a V-shaped skirt.
Small, rectangular carving of a farm, of mottled orange and cream coloured alabaster. Lining the sides of an empty quadrangular patio in the centre are four huts, each with two doors and roof tiling etched into them. At the back of the two smaller ones are a row of six cattle-like animals, one with curled long horns; behind the longer huts are walls, with engraved lines and squares, and square towers at their sides.
Stone carving of a man struggling to pull his walrus kill over the ice.
Sculpture carved in polished greenish black stone, depicting a creation story of Raven the Creator pulling man from a seedpod. Flat base area of sculpture is unpolished gray.
Trade axe (part a) with stone blade (part b). The axe handle is light coloured, smooth wood with a slight curve. The head of the axe has a dark coloured wood piece on one side and a black stone blade on the other. Both are wrapped with plant fibre and resin attaching them to the handle.