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Arrow with a double-barbed copper point that has two other barbs that point outwards perpendicular to the shaft of the arrow tip at the base of the arrow head shaft. Plain cedar shaft with remains of feathers bound to shaft near butt end with thin dark brown fibre.
Arrow shaft composed of a long piece of cedar that has a slightly flared notched end, a charred (?) spiral design on the shaft, and the end where the arrow tip would be is wrapped in off-white fibre with charcoal pigment (?) covering most of the fibre. Point is missing.
Wooden dish in the shape of a wolf. Tail protrudes from the back of the dish and curls inwards. Head of the wolf has a long snout and an opened mouth. There are Northwest Coast design elements painted on the outside of the dish in green, black, and red. On the underside of the dish, a handwritten inscription reads: "Charlie James." There is also a word written in Kwakwa'la below the name.
Arrow with a double-barbed copper point that has two other barbs that point outwards perpendicular to the shaft of the arrow tip at the base of the arrow head shaft. The shaft is wrapped with cedar (?) at the arrow end. Plain cedar shaft with remains of feathers bound to shaft at butt end with off-white thread. Further down the shaft there is also a band of thin dark brown fibre wound around feather remains.
Notched narrow ends, widening toward the middle with narrow handgrip in centre. Front side convex in cross-section; reverse side has ridge at center running length of bow.
Cedar bark head ring with a carved frontlet of a sun figure in high relief. Frontlet has a broad white face, heavy black eyebrows, a green band painted across the eyes, and is encircled by a green ring; alternating squares of abalone shell and mirror are set into the green ring around the face. Cedar bark head ring is lined with cloth and features three large squares of abalone shell fastened to the outside at evenly spaced intervals.
Bentwood box (part a) and lid (part b) with one side pf lid raised. Box has abstract Northwest Coast design elements painted on all sides, in red and black. Cedar bark rope is tied around the box. Killer whale and sisiutl-like designs in black on the top of lid and the raised portion.
Spindle whorl, orange-brown with a dark brown grain and carved into a flat disc shape with a circular hole at the centre.
Long and narrow wooden cradle, with a high rounded top and legs that would make it rock. The sides and the foot end were steam bent and nailed to the top end. All of the exterior sides are decorated with a Northwest Coast distributive design painted green, orange and back. The image is of a sisiutl with the central face at the foot end and the two serpents down each of the long sides. There is a wooden bar across inside at head.
Nuxalk style robe with woven designs. The design is like a three panel distributive, without the panels. The designs are red, yellow and black on natural ground. There are three eagle representations and two thunderbird heads in the centre, a human figure(?) near the top edge and killer whale motifs on the sides. The checkered border along the bottom edge is a raven’s tail design. There is a velvet band sewn along the top edge.