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Bentwood box (parts a-b) painted and carved with human/frog transformation. The box (part a) has a lid (part b ) with cedar rope lashings and yew wood toggle. The front edge of the lid is tall while the rest is flat. Three sides of the box are carved to have round fluting, the front has a circular transformation design framed in a blue painted rectangle; corners and top edge of sides are painted red-brown. Corners have been steamed, kerfed, and bent. Pegs at bottom are wooden. Rope lashings toggle together over lid.
Large wooden ladle with the top of the handle carved in the form of a raven with a long, downturned beak and two claws perched on the handle. The handle is rectangular in shape with a human hand, carved in relief, emerging at the base of the bowl as if to hold the ladle. The raven is painted red, green and black.
Carved paddle, painted green, red and black on both sides. Ovoid eye, feathers, head of an eagle, ovoid body and smaller ovoid with feather shapes painted on paddle.
Carved paddle painted on both sides; painted black, red and olive green. Eye, feathers, head of an eagle, ovoid body and smaller ovoid with feather shapes painted onto paddle. Rounded grip on end of handle is carved and painted with similar designs.
Square bentwood box with lid and two twisted root bindings. Formline design of faces and feathers painted in black and red. Lid is black. Parts c-d, the lashings, are inside box. A newspaper clipping is taped on the inside.
Apron, waist to calf length, made of four vertical sections of black cloth. Five horizontal rows of decorations sewn on lower half. The upper row is made of red felt with straight upper edge along which are sewn eleven large beads, with toothed lower edge. The second row is a crocheted green, dark blue and red-brown band sewn in an horizontal zigzag pattern with alternating gold or silver painted beads hanging on a thread at each point. The third row is a band of red felt with a toothed upper edge. The fourth row is white rickrack sewn in a zigzag with two long brown wooden beads and one round pink wooden bead tied to each upper point with a strip of skin. Bottom row is a red fringe which hangs below the lower edge of the apron. Two white ties are at the upper corners.
Circular drum with wooden frame. Skin attached to frame by thonging threaded through holes around outer edge. Six tension bands inside, all attached to small central block of wood. Painting of dogfish in centre. Part b is a drumstick: handle tapering toward padded head which is held in place by a leather thong wound around it.
Roughly rectangular wooden shield with points at both ends and a raised ridge down the centre. Bands of bamboo (?) laid horizontally across the shield at the top and bottom, held in place with zigzagging stitched of dark brown rattan (?); bands continue on reverse. Edges of shield are painted black; centre is painted red-brown. wooden handle on reverse.
Wooden picture frame with photograph of a ship glued onto the centre. Frame is incised and paintedred and green with Northwest Coast images. Inscription on reverse.
Tiandou Ershi altar figure with black hair standing on base, which has a purple, green and blue cloud design. Left hand raised with closed fist. Right hand loosely clenched. The figure is wearing a robe with a scroll design in blue on the arms and torso, and a bamboo design in green and yellow below the waist. The figure is also wearing an orange garment with clusters of three white dots underneath, which shows at the neck and ankles.