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Wood paddle with a marquise-shaped blade with the widest point near the tip and narrowing to the shaft which is round in cross section. Butt is flared and rectangular in cross section with an indentation cut near the end. Handle is cut in the shape of a transverse cylinder, one end of which is broken off. Design is of a fish (?) painted on blade in green and black on one side and in turquoise and white on the other side.
Wood paddle with an elongated marquise-shaped blade, widening to a butt which has a flat handle. Design painted in black and red on the blade with two pairs of semi-cricles at either side with a vertical row of red dots in between and a black split u at the tip of the blade. Hole drilled near the butt of the paddle.
Human face mask. The orange-brown face has circular cut out hole eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a plain tapering oval with triangular, black brows above. The cut out nostrils are red as are the lips. Chin area is black. Sixteen nail heads in forehead. Attached, there are two screw eyes with a piece of cord threaded through them.
Human face mask. The green-brown face has circular cut out hole eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a plain tapering oval and surrounded by a deep red area with black dashed brows above. The nostrils are deep red as is the open grimaced mouth showing eight plain teeth. Has a black moustache and goatee. Along the prominent cheekbones, there is a curving deep red u form that has black dashes within. Very smooth surface finish. A pair of holes is at either side through the ears and one at the top middle.
Rectangular coiled cedar root basket (part a) with rounded corners and a lid (part b). Slat foundation used for both the lid and the base, but bundles of cedar roots were used for the sides. Lid (part b) fitted flush to slightly flared sides from which single handle is attached, one end to each long side. Handle is composed of bundles reinforced with cotton cord. Sides of the basket (part a) are decorated with imbricated panels of light yellow brown grass with alternating red brown and black dyed cherry bark in four "V" motifs. Panels are outlined in black, two each on longest sides and one on each end. Sturdy rim around base edge elevates basket. Beading in red and black cherry bark on the lid (part b) top and sides with grass at the lid's rim.
Dark brown wooden headdress carved in the shape of a bird. Furled, striated wings and triangular tail with grooves. Knob-like eyes. Carved beneath to accept head.
Oval-shaped cedar mask. Face with lozenge-shaped eyes placed close in to sides of wide nose, large turned-up nostrils, and puffed-out cheeks surround small round mouth. Eyes, nostril, and mouth are pierced holes to underside. Only slightly recessed eyebrow to eye area. Sharper and deeper cuts for bridge of nose and cheekbones. Facial features placed low form large forehead. Two pierced holes one at each temple, are for tying cord. Traces of white at central forehead and cheek on the left. Large split up centre of back and smaller cracks on face are recent.
Mask with protruding angled eyebrows, nose, lips, cheeks and chin. The mask is painted black with white, black and orange scallop designs over and beside the eyebrows, heavy black eyebrows with white edges, white on the cheeks and around the mouth, red nostrils and pointed lips. There is a collar-like chin that projects to the sides and may represent a fish's tail. There is a series of holes at the top of the head and along the edges to the sides.
Warrior dance knife, or baton in the form of Sisiutl. A long thin downward curving wood piece with a central frontal head and a profile head on either side. The profile heads at either side have scales along their backs with long upward curving protruding tongues. The central frontal head has two upward and outward curling horn-like appendage at the top, and each profile head on either side has another upward and backward curling horn-like appendage at the top. Painted black and red.
Carved wooden frontlet. Central figure is the face of an eagle, over a whale. The dorsal fin of the whale is represented by a small face with upright crest on the top edge of the frontlet. Flat margin around the main figures is inlaid with rectangular and circular pieces of abalone as are the eyes and various other parts of the main figures.