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Parial mask, or headdress, with small carved human face on top with the mouth opened as the blow hole. The mask has large circular black eyes, a mouth with downturned corners, and a hooked nose. The mask is painted grey with black and red designs on the forehead and cheeks, green scallop designs on the cheeks, green around the eyes with a scalloped bottom edge, red nostrils and lips, and a black chin. The face on the top of the head is painted black.
Bowl is in the shape of a seal and has painted images on its sides. The left side has fish shape with an animal head and plant motif near the tail. The right side has two fish, one larger fish chasing a smaller fish. The entire bowl has a thin black outline.
Chief's wooden seat with rounded back and two side panels with decorative edges. Three wood slats on bottom at ends and middle. One on top edge. Painted back panel of figure (?), side panels painted on both sides with u-forms, ovoids and split-u forms. Bark used to tie back side bar, on left side, to back and side panel. Colours: blue, black, and red.
Small, carved wooden totem pole with a concaved back. The pole is rectangular in shape with a slight taper through the middle and a large, wide figure at the top. The figures from top to bottom: eagle with its wings spread holding a killer whale in its talons; the body of the killer whale runs horizontally; small green frog sitting sideways with its head facing in opposite direction to the whale; black bear; human-like figure holding its hands to its face; green frog facing downwards; human-like head. The pole is painted red, green, yellow and black with northwest coast stylized designs.
Warrior dance knife, or baton in the form of Sisiutl. Central front-facing head with two upward and outward curling horn-like appendages at the top and a profile head on either side, each of which has another upward and backward curling horn-like appendage at the top. Each profile head has a red tongue that protrudes outward at a slight upward angle. Painted black, red, and green.
Model of a totem pole depicting an eagle with outstretched wings and a beaver(?). Painted in black, red, and yellow. Figures are secured to a round base with nails.
Long staff with carved standing human figure joined (with wiggle nails) to the top. Six miniature coppers nailed to the staff, the uppermost nailed to the figure's chest. The lowest copper is a t-shaped scrap. A piece of abalone is glued to the front of the staff below the two central coppers, and the entire staff is painted red. The figure stands erect with his right arm outstretched, the other at his side. He wears brown-painted clothing and a red painted skull cap decorated with four pieces of abalone at front, back and sides. The face carving is highlighted with red and black paint and is heavily shellacked. Rubber cap on bottom.
A double hollow, bottle-shaped, brown wood horn that is circular in cross section with a neck tapering to a square, beak-like mouthpiece. Bound with white twine and green twine in two sections, the former being around near the smaller end while the latter being around near the wider end.
Mask depicting a fish with round eyes and exaggerated, protruding ears (one is missing). Facial features are painted black and red.
A dark wood ladle that has a deep bowl with a round bottom. The cylindrical handle is incised around both ends with soft diagonal grooves around the outer edges and a horizontal band made by two grooves further inward.