CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLACH. JONAITIS, ALDONA EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1991 FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988

Tall, completely sculptured poles were almost entirely a development of the early twentieth century. Before that time most Kwakwaka'wakw totemic monuments were either interior house posts or single figures of birds, animals, and mythical beings perched on the house gables or on tall, plain masts. This carving of an eagle is of the latter kind. The outspread wings are separate attached pieces, as is characteristic of many large Kwakwaka'wakw sculputured figures. From the character of this painting and of the sculptural form, the piece can be attributed to Arthur Shaughnessy, a prominent carver and contemporary of artists Mungo Martin and Willie Seaweed. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

The paint is red, blue, gray, and black.

Wooden, storage chest (parts a-b) with a brown wood frame bottom, metal side handles and a flat wood lie (part b). The box (part a) is painted on three sides with a white background and Northwest Coast stylized figures in black, green, grey and red. The front design depicts a front facing whale with its body split to either side, its dorsal fin on top and its tail fin at the bottom. The ends each have a whale in profile.

Mask with a scalloped edge, slightly raised eyes, a bird's beak as a nose, a mouth with slightly downturned corners, and two long, slightly tapering ears with rounded ends that protrude up from the top sides of the head. Above the head are a series of triangular pieces of wood arranged in a semicircle and attached together at the outside edge with a strip of leather. The wood pieces are controlled by strings at the outside corners that can be used to pull the triangles down to form rays around the outside edge of the mask. The mask is painted white with black details on the scalloped edge, red and black designs on the forehead, black eyebrows, green around the eyes and on the nose, red nostrils, black dashed lines, scallops, and a curvilinear line on each cheek, a black scalloped moustache and chin beard, and red lips. The triangles above the head are painted white with designs in red and black that form a uniform design when the triangles are closed to form their overall crescent shape.

Wooden frontlet featuring a large bird's head over a small human-like head with two paws to the sides; paws and bird's curved beak are three-dimensional, protruding from the surface. Painted red, black and green, with parts left in natural wood.

Loon headdress. Loon is positioned as if in a swimming/seated position, and has a red and yellow beak, light green around its eyes, a grey body and black, red and light green ovoid designs on each wing. There is a hole carved through the central upper back area. The underside is carved out to fit on top of a person's head.

Carved cedar chest with hinged lid, dove-tailed corners. Lid has thunderbird design and border of geometric designs. Front of box, on either side of a bear(?) crest are carved totem figures. Also, attached at each front corner are identical totem poles with a thunderbird and bear. Otter is carved on the side panels. Plain back.

Black, white and red Hamatsa raven mask featuring an elongated beak with a hinged lower jaw. Red nostrils in the centre of the beak are flared, open, and surrounded by a simple design. A thick, twined cedar bark cord is nailed along the upper rim of the mask, augmented by a loose cedar bark fringe at the back.

Large off-white cotton curtain with black painted design. The curtain is made from three pieces of fabric sewn together, creating long horizontal seams. The design is a thunderbird motif with outspread wings.