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Wooden helmet mask depicting a human head; the face has round cheeks and a protruding forehead, nose, and mouth. The lips are parted to reveal teeth, with an almond-shaped opening carved through the wood in the centre. A hole is bored through the wood on the centre of the chin. The eyes are almond-shaped and opened wide, with curved lines incised above each to resemble eyebrows. Near the eyes are U-shaped ears on either side of the head, with a semicircular hole bored through the wood in the centre of each. The figure appears to be wearing a tall, intricate headdress composed of many curved lines, with carved-out sections of wood on either side, that connect to circles, ovals, or semicircles.
Small loom with bars made of two thin wooden sticks with a small woven textile attached between them. The top bar is made of a slightly thicker stick with a dark brown exterior and a light brown core, with the bark removed and rounded ends. The bottom bar is made of a thinner light brown stick with the bark removed and rounded ends. The textile is made with brown and light beige fibres, with rows of thin horizontal stripes at the top and bottom. The textile is connected to the bars of the loom with light beige string wrapped several times around each end and loosely wrapped across the bar. There are 4 stripes at the top and 7 at the bottom. The top half of the weaving is tightly woven in a complex pattern of wide bands, separated by thin stripes, made up of slanted columns patterned with triangular steps, wave motifs, circles, and zigzags. Two of the slanted columns in the second row contain bird(?) motifs, and the central slanted column in the bottom row contains a zoomorphic figure which appears to have a curled tail and paws. The bottom half of the textile is made up of loose, unwoven strands of brown and light beige fibres, which are woven into the bottom thin horizontal striped panel and connected to the bottom of the loom.
Carved wood female fertility figure with an elaborately painted face. Figure is wearing a long grass skirt and has a heart-shaped face with protruding ears, a large nose, and open smiling mouth; the eyes are inset cowrie shells. Face is painted white with semi-circles, floral and curvilinear designs, and comma-shapes throughout, done in red; eyes and nostrils are bordered with small white triangles. Ears have two grass ties knotted through each; similar grass tie knotted through figure's nostrils. Carved with large breasts, flat buttocks and pronounced shoulder blades; genitals carved in relief and highlighted with red pigment. Her arms and legs spread straight out from her body; grass ties around wrists and ankles. Each limb has two decorative bands carved into them; bands consist of two ovals bordered by wide bands; done in brown, red, and white. Small hole drilled into back centre of head.
Small lathe-turned wooden bowl (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Two rectangular panels are carved along exterior sides of bowl with formline designs that mirror one another; designs consist of ovoids with eyes and with teeth, and circles with small tapering triangles extending from the bottom edges. The ovoids with the teeth design are along the bottom edges of the panels with the circle designs above them. Small trigon and crescent cutouts along top and bottom edges of panels, toward centres. Panels and carvings done in mix of relief and raised styles. Interior of bowl is undecorated; small ledge for lid to rest on. Lid has a raised circular knob; short flange extends from bottom. Base of bowl has artist signature in pencil: "83 Cranmer".
Bentwood box (part a) with red painted corners and lid (part b). The box is lashed and sewn together with root along the seam. There is a notch cutout of the centre of the front panel. The lid has a carved geometric design on the top painted with red details and red corners that line up with the red corners of the box. There is a small x-shaped cut centred along the edge on the underside. Price penciled on interior with small adhesive price label overtop.
Replica house front boards, painted in red and black; reconstruction of image from a Tsimshian house screen board in the MOA collection.
Replica house front boards, painted in red and black; reconstruction of images from a section of a Tsimshian house screen in the MOA collection. Image shows the pair of boards mounted together (DC5.1 and DC5.2).
Flesher (part a) made of cut bone with hide tie around handle end, and separate leather cover (part b) for pointed end. The bone has been cut on an angle with a serrated end.
Small wooden carving in the style of a model totem pole. Base is rectangular with the front corners rounded off; above the base is a carved animal head that appears to be a mountain sheep ewe, with straight horns pointing up; then a plain pole section; at the top is another carved animal head, a mountain sheep with curved horns. Both animals have round incised eyes. The back is flat and plain. The base has an ink inscription: "WHiTEHORSE Y.T. July 1962"
Shallow, circular husking basket woven from plant fibre; done with herringbone twill weave. Rim formed with two wood coils, wrapped in plant fibre; main body of basket secured between coils. Plant fibre wrappings dyed(?) a dark brown. Additional external and internal coils, undecorated, are underneath the wood rim, for reinforcement; held to rim with twisted cords. Body of basket is golden brown, coils are grey-brown.