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Wooden pit-house ladder. Large plank of wood, with five cutout notches, creating six steps. The bottom end tapers slightly, and has long notches cutout of each side. The first step is 46 cm from the bottom. Above the sixth step is a long flat area.
Model totem pole depicting a bear, a figure holding a copper, and a thunderbird on top; nailed to a square base with a rounded top. The thunderbird has separately carved and attached wings spread out at its sides. The bear is in an upright seated position; front paws are resting on top of the human figure, whose body is covered by the copper. Pole is painted dark brown-red with black, red, dark green, and dark blue-grey highlights throughout. Formline design elements painted on the copper and across the bear and thunderbird. Inscriptions carved along back of pole and on base.
Brown wooden hinged box (part a) with a set of weights inside; hinges are brass. The wood inside has carved holes that hold twelve brass weights of descending sizes (parts b-m); another hole holds five small, light, aluminum weights (parts n-r), and a narrow slot near the front holds metal tweezers (part s). All brass weights are circular with knobs on their top centres; aluminum weights are flat and pentagon-shaped, with the tips bent. The short tweezers have wavy arms. All weights have their unit of measurement and two designs engraved on them; designs are a bird-like outline and an "N" inside a six-pointed star. Tweezers are undecorated; "24" burned into interior of box.
Thin, irregularly-shaped black wooden box (part a) for metal scales (part b); hinged lid slides open from left side. Lid has elephant motif carved in relief across entire surface. Design consists of a large elephant walking towards a split tree trunk. Main body of box is undecorated. The metal scales rest inside the box; walls carved to fit scales. Scales consist of a metal beam and two circular pans, attached on either end with three pieces of thread each; beam has shears and pointer protruding from the top centre edge. Looped cord threaded through top of shears. Ends of beam have triangular cutouts along the edges, giving them a tiered diamond-like shape; similar cutouts towards base of pointer. Shears and pans are undecorated.
Strung wooden bow with carved tips and grip; string made up of plant fibre. All elements are stained(?). Carvings on tips of bow consist of a curved plant motif; space between plants is cutout. Grip protrudes from belly of bow and is shaped like a sitting bird. String is twisted on either end, to secure loops around string nocks. Woven diamond in centre of string; bottom half of diamond is cutout, top is solid. Space between string nocks and carvings on tip are wrapped in plant fibre; grip wrapped in same fibre.
Large chest (part a) with hinged lid, rectangular handles on either side, secured with ornate clasps, and on wooden wheels. Interior has thin compartments on either side, with hinged lids; removable tray fits in between compartments (part b). Chest has metal inlayed decorations across front; back and sides are undecorated. Designs consist of two rectangles framing a central circle with an "A" inside it. Rectangles are filled with curvilinear, geometric and dot motifs. Additional curvilinear designs around keyhole and clasps. Rectangular metal panels are attached to edges on front of chest. Large cutouts along bottom edges on all sides, in centre; left and right side cutouts are semi-circular, front is scalloped, and back is trapezoid-like. Interior of chest lid has a raised design of four columns with five alcoves in between. Outer alcoves have circles filled with flower petals, inner alcoves are empty, and central alcove has a square mirror; columns are filled with flower-shaped pieces of cloth and sequins. Removable tray inside chest is divided into six sections; two vertical ones on either side, two horizontal ones in middle with two small square ones in between larger horizontal sections. Top centre section has a hinged lid. Linear, floral, curvilinear, and geometric motifs carved throughout interior.
Three-legged wooden flower stand; exterior facing surfaces painted red-pink, interior is naturally coloured. Stand has an hourglass-like shape; top of stand is triangular, has a squat neck, and a triangular carved skirt that flares outward. Top and bottom sections of stand are decorated with floral motifs; done in dark yellow. Neck has white panels nailed to sides; dark brown dots painted along edges. Skirt consists of scallops and triangular protrusions. Curved legs extend past skirt and have rounded feet; foam pads on front foot.
Decorated quiver (part a) with blow darts (parts b-d) inside. The quiver consists of a cylindrical body, open on one end. It is filled with curled plant material, with three darts (one with plant fibre wrapped around it) inserted into the space. A small gourd is attached to the side of the quiver by two metal pieces that are held in place by threads wrapped around both the metal and the cylinder. The threads create two blue bands, each with a red stripe down the centre. The tube and gourd are both decorated with black geometric patterns. A small plaited cord of blue and light yellow is attached near the open end, knotted.
Goblet-shaped drum (part a) with animal skin stretched over the top. Skin is secured with seven removable wooden pegs (parts b-h) and fibre cords. Bottom edge of skin is trimmed with braided cotton(?); loops knotted throughout trim. Two braided plant fibre bands wrap around body and are strung through loops; pegs fit in between cotton and plant fibre. Thick braided cord attached to bands at top and a plain piece of plant fibre tied around base; used as a carrying strap. Long neck in between head and base of drum; protruding lips where sections meet neck.
Round betel nut container (part a) with a telescoping lid (part b); made of wood and decorated with lacquer. Main body of container is covered with two bands; top band is decorated, bottom band is plain red. Decorated band is trimmed with groupings of plain lines and the main design is of four-petaled flowers on a dotted background. Bottom edge of container decorated with rows of plain and wavy lines. Identical floral and dot pattern done on sides and top of lid; flower designs alternate around sides of lid. All decorated sections of container are black, designs done in light blue-grey. Base of container is plain black; interiors of both container and lid are dark red.