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Wood carving of a man, woman, newborn child and bird. The woman crouches in a birthing position, a baby emerging from behind her grass skirt. She wears an elaborately painted mask, and holds her arms above her head where a long bone is grasped between her hands. A large white cockatoo bird sits on the bone near a cup that the woman holds in her left hand. A man stands behind her with hands on her wrists. He too is masked and wears a skirt of braided grass. Man and woman both have long twisted fibre for hair. All figures have eyes made of shell. The base of the sculpture is a rounded circle of wood.
Tall wooden sculpture of female figure, bird and snakes. Figure has a human torso with a long, eel-like tail in place of pelvis and legs. A large snake is wrapped around her waist and bites her tail at front. The woman wears an elaborately painted mask with an ornate headdress extending from the top. Upon it is wrapped an orange snake gripped in the beak of a large grey and white bird with a yellow head and beak. The figures balance upon a thick, rounded base.
Wood carving of a man and moon woman. The woman, painted white, stands slightly crouched at front and her head is in the shape of a large crescent moon, with sharply pointed chin and forehead, and carved facial features. She wears a grass skirt and twisted grass loops around ankles, neck and through nose. The man holds her from behind. He is painted orange and wears an elaborately painted mask and braided loop embellishments. His hair is made of twisted rope. The eyes of both figures are made of shell. They stand on a rounded brown base.
Large pottery sherd attached to a wooden plinth. Sherd appears to have been from the shoulder of a vessel. Bottom portion is slightly curved, painted with 4 designs of concentric circles. The neck of the pot flares outward and is painted with a row of three concentric circles bordered by a thick line. On the back of the piece at top are three thin black lines. All edges of the object are broken.
Large pottery sherd attached to a wooden plinth. Piece is roughly rectangular in shape, the proper right side containing a large point at centre edge that flares slightly away from the left side of the piece. Decoration is painted on the exterior, with concentric circles at top proper left and smaller circles bordered by a thick line at right. All edges of the object are broken.
Cloth and wood puppet of a male figure. Head is wood, with white face and painted eyes, brows, mouth and hair. Long mustache and beard of plastic fibres emerge. Figure wears a tunic of patchwork fabrics in blue, red, green and pink, with a stripe of shiny red around neck to waist. Under this are padded legs attached to black and white boots that show under the tunic. Arms are held outstretched, with wooden hands attached. Thumb is stationary, while fingers are able to bend and flex as a group. Puppet can be controlled by inserting hand up the back of tunic to a hole in head and spaces along arms.
Large human mask painted and with leather and copper applique. The eyes rotate and have black eyeballs on one side, and red with copper bands on the other. The pieces of copper sheet are applied in patterns composed of lines, diamonds and eye-shaped sections. The lips and eyebrows are also made from shaped copper, the teeth are painted white and made from wood. The hide arranged in strips down the cheeks, across the upper lip and under the chin could once have had hair, giving the mask a beard. The reverse of the mask has a crossbar for the wearer to grip in their teeth, there are several leather thongs, and a lever attached to leather lines to operate the rolling eyes.; Good
Catalogue card description, Coloured mask with moveable eyes and elaborately carved stick. The mask has inlaid moveable eyes, and an articulated jaw, red lips and haliotis shell inlaid teeth. The eyebrows are prominent and painted black. The nose is fine with slightly accentuated nostrils which are painted red. Through the centre of the forehead a ridge rises to the edge of the mask. The mask has face-painting designs consisting of blue and red double U- forms across the cheeks on the chin. The catalogue card has been updated with notes on the state of the mask, the wood of the nose and lips are splitting, one eye inlay is missing, a gash on right cheek, and there is no sign of the elaborately carved stick.; Good
Felt headband with carved wooden frontlet of eagle. Band is made of red felt, with balsa wood carving of an eagle head at centre. Bird has two feathers atop the head, with large eyes rimmed in blue, and an open beak with slightly protruding tongue. Neck is painted with feathers in black. The head is attached to a piece of black leather that is sewn to the band with hide strips. Three shell buttons are sewn to band at both sides of the eagle head.
Long spear. Shaft is made from a light grass material, maintaining diameter until its proximal end where it narrows to join with the spear neck. Strands of fibre are wound tightly many times around the connection, as well as at the shaft’s distal end. Remnants of glue here indicate further fibre wrappings. Spear neck is of a dark brown wood, while head is made of a lighter wood and lashed to neck with fibre. Head takes a leaf shape, flared at centre, narrowing to a pointed tip, concave on one side where it is painted black with box designs at centre. Opposite is decorated with a line of ‘v’ and diamond shaped designs. Remnants of red and yellow feathers can be seen in the lashing of head and neck. Neck holds several sets of engraved encircling lines.