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Paddle with a carved serpent's head on the paddle blade, the body of the serpent winding around the shaft, and a pointed humanoid head at the butt end of the handle with round eyes, flared nostrils with plant fibre threaded through them, and an open mouth. The serpent has flat, ovoid eyes outlined in white paint, a pointed nose, and serrated teeth. A border of white triangles is painted at the edges of the paddle. The carving is emphasized by white, dark yellow, reddish-brown and dark brown paint.
Red and green wooden scoop with a short, carved, bird-shaped handle--bird's beak and eyes are marked with black paint.
Large masked wooden figure sitting on a stool. Dark wood with white paint only on face section. Protruding nose, elongated and covered in white shells extending down and attached to the chest area. Mask is fringed by long black feathers. Eyes are white circular cut shells. On figure's back and buttock area are pink stripes, also found on stool. Figure is represented naked and chest and genital areas are exposed. Tied woven cord or anklets at knee area.
Standing male figure wearing a black cap, a multicoloured shirt, a long skirt-like garment with a blue floral design on the front, and black boots. Figure stands on a circular base with a dragon painted around the sides.
Flute stop representing a male figure with a black and white painted face and a cylindrical post underneath its feet. The figure is wearing a tooth necklace with a cassowary feather skirt and a cowrie shell waistband. The figure is also ornamented with a cowrie shell headband, a circular piece of shell on the forehead, shell earrings, and a segment of tusk inserted through the nose with a strip of woven cord hanging from it. The eyes are inlaid with iridescent shell.
Mask depicting a long and narrow human face with protruding eyes, a protruding tongue and a recurved nose with the head of a boar-like figure at the chin. The face is heavily encrusted with shells at the edges, and ornamented with black cassowary feathers at the sides. Tusks protrude from the nostrils and the cheeks as well as from the cheeks of the boar-like figure. Sennit fibre tassels are tied through holes along the protruding rod running from the forehead to below the mouth. A loop hanger is attached at the top.
Carved wood mask consisting of a head with an elongated brow; a long nose, mouth and chin. The top of the head is decorated with cassowary feathers and a small tuft of human hair. The face is elaborately detailed with dark blue, light blue and brown stylized designs on a white ground. There is a long, cylindrical shaped piece of wood that stretches from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the mask; on the end is a small carved bird. The forehead and the side of the face are inlaid with rows of small shells; the eyes and sections of the forehead are detailed with inlaid cowrie shells. The nose has boar tusk on either side. The lower sides and bottom are lined with small bundles of sennit fibre. The bottom tip and the sides have bundles of black feathers.
Flute stop. Carved with an obal face with a handle extending from the bottom. Inlaid cowrie shell eyes are surrounded by a black tapering oval. Open black mouth with red lips and white teeth in a grin. Face is decorated with curvi-linear triangular lines painted red, black, and white. Cylindrical handle tapering at both ends. Handle is black with horizontal red and white bands at the top.
Painted wooden carving of a standing eagle with wings outstretched as if poised for flight (part a); the eagle is painted brown with a white head and tail feathers and yellow talons and beak. Part b is a segment of branch mounted on a thick wooden base with a short horizontal offshoot at the top to act as a perch; the base is covered with short dark brown inked lines.
Cylindrical-shaped tube with a cut-out design of a dragon down the side. Inside of tube is red. Outside of tube is gold. There is fibre wrapped around one of the ends.