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Small wolf mask with a long rounded snout pointed upwards. The lips and nose are painted red while the rest of the face and throat is green. The oval black eyes are painted in a natural coloured relief. A black band curves around framing the face. The ears are red and oval. Above the black band there is a natural coloured rim and a circlet of painted black and red oblong shapes. On the reverse ‘Tlingit Young Wolf' and ' J. David 80’ are printed.
Rectangular, coiled basket (a) with fitted lid (b), foot, and two handles at opposite ends (parts c-d, currently broken). Bundle and slat foundation and split stitching. Geometric design imbricated in dark red-brown and light red-brown on body. Light red-brown beading on lid, foot and on handles.
Winalagalis hand puppet. Articulated male figure is somewhat skeletal, with leather joints at neck, hip, elbows, wrists and ankles; humanoid skulls at knee joints; pegged shoulder joints. Head: long strands of hair are inserted into holes drilled at top and back; green face has black brows, white brow line; slightly depressed eye area has white circular hole pupils in red; sharply curved nose has rounded red nostrils; white moustache-like area on red rounded upper lip, moveable lower jaw, quill teeth; circular red and black ears. Body: green ovoid with white crescent at pectorals, exposed ribs, red navel; hips are attached to rib cage with thread loops; penis on wooden extension is screwed to back of rib cage; scrotum on separate cords; rolled leather at top of each leg is inserted into hips; long wide feet have 2 sets of parallel lines indicating bones, green toenails; long arms, hands with green fingernails hang to knee level. Single strand of red beads around neck. The puppet's genitalia manipulates body movements through the use of cord and wire.
Rectangular, coiled storage basket with foot; lid with looped handle on each end. Constructed of slat foundation and split stitches. Completely imbricated with light yellow-brown grass background and black and red geometric cherry bark design. Fitted lid has cherry bark beading in red-brown and black on top. Edge is imbricated.
Coiled, rectangular basket with slat foundation and split stitching. Sides are completely imbricated in light yellow-brown and black deep "v" design. Lid is attached to basket with two long hide thongs. Coiled rectangular lid fits over coiled rim. The lid is imbricated on the edge and beaded on top, in rows of red and light yellow-brown.
Rectangular basket (a) with a flat lid (b) and two hide thong handles. Coiled construction with bundle foundation and split stitches. Sides are completely imbricated with light yellow-brown grass with a deep v design in red and black cherry bark. Coiled rectangular lid fits inside basket and has a slat foundation and split stitches. Horizontal rows of light yellow-brown beading on top of lid. Rim of lid has light yellow-brown and light red-brown beading. Bottom has slat foundation.
An arrow shaft, 86.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is red-brown with black coating. The fore-shaft of the black palm wood is 13 cm. long between the bindings. At the joint, with the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven rattan 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is bound to the point coated with grey clay. The long bone point protrudes 14 cm. beyond the binding.
Dark brown wood spear, round in cross-section, with the shaft tapered to the butt. The tip is coiled with binding of flat plant fibre, now partially broken, covering the point to 48 cm. from the tip. In the binding, there are set broken remains of five sets of four bone barbs at 4, 13, 23, 35, 45 cm. from the tip. Thick plant fibre sleeve is 53.7-55.3 cm. from the tip. Carved with figures that have circular eyes and a large diamond-shaped nose with a wood ball below.
Dark brown wood spear, round in cross-section, with the shaft tapered to the butt. Large elongated pyramidal point is square in cross-section with the wood perforated near the joint with three holes in the shape of flattened ellipses 4 cm. long. Point is joined to the shaft with an end-lap joint, heavily bound, encrusted with dirt, and broken in several places. Several bands of plant fibre are 33.5-55 cm. from the point end. Broken 75 cm. from the butt end and bound with cotton cord.
An arrow shaft, 62.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit or sword grass. The shaft has black coating. The round foreshaft of black palm wood is 25.5 cm.long between bindings. Bound at the insertion into the shaft, there is a sleeve of woven rattan 2 cm. wide and to the point with a band of bark cord 5.5 cm. wide. The palm wood is bound with a narrow sleeve of woven rattan less than 1 cm. wide. The foreshaft is also bound with a narrow sleeve of woven rattan. The bark cord band is coated with grey clay. The point is a solid round bone projection 12.5 cm. beyond the binding and coated with a black substance.