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Small, wooden humanoid mask painted in glossy dark green. Rounded forehead, black painted eyebrows. Large white painted eyes outlined in red with large black pupils; the plane of the eye socket slopes sharply backward and the eyes are bulging out of their sunken sockets. Slits for vision under the eyes, small bulbous nose with red nostrils; black beard and moustache of applied fabric, possibly wool. Open, downturned mouth with red lips; applied upper teeth cut from a single piece of plastic tacked to back of mask with the words "Perfumed Talc 100 gm" printed on back. The jaw is movable and affixed on either side with wire and red cord threaded through small holes. A fabric cord of red and dirty white is tied through each eye slit to attach mask to head of wearer. The mask appears to have an undercoat of orange paint. At the rear of the mask at the top is written in pencil, "abata undness".
Mask representing a tamil man ? with the face painted black, slightly bulging eyes with red rims and a crescent-shaped hole under each, a mouth with upturned corners, four teeth, and a large bottom lip that protrudes over a very small chin. Very small ears at either side of the mask each have a red centre and a hole through which is threaded a multicoloured fabric strap. The words "tamil man" are inscribed on the back near the top in black ink.
Mask depicting a humanoid face, painted dark green with a large red mouth that takes up roughly half the mask, and with large whitish teeth and curving fangs. High arched eyebrows with a lotus petal design protrude at the top, and the mask also has bulging white eyes with large black pupils that each have crescent-shaped slots beneath them. The nose is large with exaggerated open nostrils. A piece of string is attached at the back.
Axe with handle made of one piece of wood that has been hafted in a bent splint, reinforced with resin and bound with plant fibre string. Handle tapers toward end; stone axe blade affixed between wood by resin.
Two piece wood frame construction with three wooden crossbars. Pointed heel and toe, with the toe sharply bent, starting at the top cross-bar. Toe piece is open, otherwise hexagonal hide netting covers the spaces between the bars. Centre netting is attached around the frame, over cloth and leather. Diagonal strips cross over and under the horizontal strips in all sections, except adjacent to the toe hole. The section above and below the toe and foot section attach through the holes in the frame, to the outside. A hide strip runs the length of the outside, for these sections. The bent toe section has a hide strip which attaches through the side, on the inside to the bottom of the frame. Hide strips hold the toe and tail ends through holes in the top and the inside of the frame. 'b' has copper wire at the bottom lashing.
Mat needle with long narrow shaft, triangular cross section, and one pointed end. The pointed end widens briefly before narrowing to a point, creating a diamond shape. Large eye in opposite end is broken and edge of needle is also damaged at this end. Wood is a yellow brown colour.
Rounded wooden rattle composed of two complementary pieces. One side is marked by a carved line with eight small holes in it.
A hollow, bottle-shaped, brown wood whistle that is circular in cross section with a neck tapering to a flat, beak-like mouthpiece. Bound with brown twine around near the wider end. Carved with a raven design. Has oval in oval eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and an ovoid. In between the eyes, there is a u form that has an oval within. The beak has a large split u with a smaller one at the pointed tip. Each wing has an ovoid at the top with two feathers below. Feathers are consisting of a pair of split u's with a larger one below and an u form that has an oval within at the tip. Inner wings curve around to a pointed corner while the outer wings are continuously connected underneath the beak around to each other.
Two complementary parts in form of a raven. Reclining figure on raven's back connected to a frog by protruding tongue. Small bird's face is on back of tail. Belly emphasized by a bird's face with recurved beak. Colours are red, green and black. Raven's head connected to neck by small nails.
Carved wooden paddle. Leaf-like blade with straight handle; the blade has some scroll and geometric design emphasized.