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Wooden weaving or knitting tool (needle?; heddle rod?). Thin stick with an acute point and a knob at the other end. Slightly broken and cracked.
Wooden weaving or knitting tool (needle?; heddle rod?). Thin stick with an acute point and a knob at the other end. Slightly broken and cracked.
Fragment of a staff finial. Seated figure with animal standing on his back, forearms on his head. Traces of red and yellow paint. Not restored.
Small wooden spoon with seated man motif in handle. Male is wearing an animal headdress on pommel. Unbroken.
Round tube with flanged mouth piece at one end. Brown patina. One end shows traces of binding.
Socketed wooden handle with carved human figure. Standing male with elongated eyes and hands to the front. Polished surface.
Carved end of weaving sword. Elaborately dressed frontal male figure holding trophy heads in hands, curled waves in band below feet.
Tall, double-sided, three-dimensionally carved vertical panel on stand. Killer whale and crocodile themes; one side is inspired by coastal Salish themes/imagery, the other side is inspired by Sepik River (Papua New Guinea) themes and imagery. Made of yellow cedar, walnut and rosewood, with ebony inlay.
Violin (part a) and bow (part b). Violin has a scroll, four pegs, and an unmarked fingerboard with two strings remaining and attached to the tailpiece, one metal and one catgut. Tailpeice is fixed to the instrument by wire wrapped around a wood peg on the bottom of the body, and no bridge remains. Chinrest is small and made of painted but unvarnished wood, attached by two metal pins that wrap around to the back of the body. Violin is coloured rich red-brown and yellow-brown with a high-shine lacquer. Bow stick and tip are made of a single piece of dark brown wood, with a two-tone metal endscrew. Bow frog is made of ebony with a small inset circle of abalone shell on either side for decoration. (No bow hair remains attached.)
Noh Okina (翁) mask, depicting an old man. Mask is carved from wood, with exaggerated wrinkles on brow and cheeks, down-turning eyes, a wide nose, and incised lines on upper lip indicating a mustache. The mask is painted light grey with black accents and a red mouth. The separated chin (切顎; kiriago) is attached with strands of fibre on either side of the mouth, with a long beard, possibly of horse hair, falling from chin and lower lip. Bushy circles of fibre above the eyes represent eyebrows. A long, cream coloured, braided tie is attached to either side of the mask. The inside is painted black.