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Comb carved from brown wood which is topped by a carving of a human face and chest surmounted by a headdress to which small grey and white feathers have been attached with strands of plant fibre. This portion of the comb is carved and decorated with painted colours (white, sienna, yellow ochre). The human figure has a wooden nose bone of a lighter coloured wood. There are eight prongs on the comb which are not decorated, and are around 13 cm in length each.
Walking stick surmounted by a two-faced head. The two-faced carving has one face with a closed mouth with fangs, and another with an open mouth and protruding tongue. The eyes of each face are inlaid with shell. The staff is made from rough wood (or possibly root?). There is a thick fibrous cord attaching the top of the staff to the main shaft. The cord, handle and carving are all coloured with a reddish-brown ochre pigment.
Carved wooden fish with oval eyes. On the sides of the fish's body are other aquatic figures carved into the surface, with diagonal lines between the figures. On the bottom of the fish is a flattened base. The face of the fish is red-brown, with a dark brown line along the spine of the fish. The tail is dark brown, as well as the aquatic figures.
A wooden carving of a bird painted with patterning along its back, across the front of its torso, and on its face. It has a long narrow neck, a smooth and rounded body, and two long parallel legs which protrude from the body beneath the rounded point of the tail. The patterning on its back and across its torso is made up of cross-hatched yellow ochre, white, and red-brown lines. The bird's head is also painted red-brown, with white eyes and details.
A wooden carving of a bird painted with detailed patterning. It has a long narrow neck, a smooth and rounded body, and two parallel legs which protrude from the body beneath the triangular point of the tail. The painting on both sides of the figure are the same.
Figure carved from a single piece of wood, decorated with intricate painted patterns on all sides. In lines and dots, colours are black, yellow ochre, red-brown, and white. Mid-way down the arm on either side is a band of small orange and light-green feathers wrapped with plant fibre. The figure’s arms and legs end in flat surfaces, with no hands or feet. The head and neck are long and narrow, face flat with a small nose and angular chin. Round eyes are small, and mouth is shallowly carved.
Cup made of an orange wood, with a squat, round body and flared lip. The foot is surrounded by a brass ring that has been worked into a repeating floral motif.
Silver and wood cup made of an orange wood, heavily lacquered to a high shine. Body is squat and round with a slightly flared lip, fully lined on the interior and rim with silver. The foot is surrounded by a silver ring that has been heavily carved with linear details.
Hoof container with wooden stopper. Small, shiny black vessel is wide at bottom with a fitted oval of wood at base, thin on the side-view, narrowing irregularly toward mouth. Container tilts slightly to one side. Lid (part b) is made of a thin oval of wood that sits inset in the container mouth, and has a small strip of leather as a handle. Handle is threaded through a hole bored in the wood near centre.
Geru board, or headdress. Made of thin plywood in a large diamond shape at centre, with a partial circle at top, and to the sides two ‘arms’ branching off at angles both upwards and down, separated by a small triangle. The board is painted red, blue and yellow mainly in triangle and diamond shapes, with front similar but more complex than back. At bottom is a headpiece lined with red cotton fabric, and topped by a synthetic orange material. Two wooden handles are attached to the bottom of the headpiece and wrapped with plant fibre. Part b is a plywood piece that has broken off one side of the headdress.