Totem pole model featuring a squatting man holding seal, top has salmon and eagle with outstretched wings. Painted in colours of green, red and black. Signed: Charlie James, Alert Bay. Has piece of printed paper attached to the underside of the base. Pole is secured to the base by two nails.

Heart-shaped brooch with heart-shaped centre cutout and cross-pin. Peaked top, possibly representing a crown. Engraved line design. Hallmark in square cartouche at base of brooch.

Brooch fragment with four pointed ear-like extensions on top. Some engraving. Hallmark in square.

Elliptical brooch with three lobed ears at one end. Large central ovular cutout with one point, leaving very narrow outer band. Zigzag engraving around outer edges. Cross-pin. Maker’s mark at bottom.

Heart-shaped brooch with four points on top. Centre heart-shaped cutout, and zigzag line engraved around edge of inner cutout. Green and white mottled glass stone set at top of brooch. Cross-pin bent around brooch side in notched band. Maker’s mark stamped in rectangular cartouche.

Heart-shaped brooch with central cutout and zigzag engraving. Top set with black glass stone. Cross-pin attached to left side. Maker’s mark at lower tip of brooch.

Owl-shaped brooch with three ear-shaped extensions on top and engraved details. Cross-pin at heart-shaped cutout. Hallmark in square cartouche at base of brooch.

Woman’s(?) black, floor length, a-line, sleeveless dress with standing collar and side closure. Made of heavy, very densely woven wool textile. The left side front overlaps the right side front; it fastens at centre front neckline, then overlaps the right side and fastens under the right armhole with a green plastic button and white fabric loop. The collar, front edge, armholes and hem are faced with strips of off-white silk brocade. Hand stitched. Unlined.

Object is a long, yellow-orange, brocade robe. Robe is decorated with images of dark red and light pink lotus blossoms and bats, located symmetrically on front. Large lotus blossom on back of robe. Robe has an overlapping front with one metal ball-and-loop fastener. Underflap has grey geometric patterns on it. Robe has long and tapered sleeves.

Man’s short multicoloured ceremonial jacket constructed from a patchwork of colourful brocade textiles and trimmed at collar and cuffs with velvet. The jacket is voluminous, with very long sleeves; a T-shaped garment with centre front opening, without closures or fasteners. The front opening is finished with a very wide border (approximately 23.5 cm), which extends to the back of the jacket to form a high collar at centre back. This border consists of four different bands: a 2.7 cm wide band of striped, multicoloured embroidery; a 10 cm wide band of red silk brocade embellished with gold metallic figures of cranes and Chinese(?) characters; a 5.6 cm wide band of finely embroidered blue, green, red, pink and white stitchery in a T-shaped repeated motif; and a 5.1 cm wide band of black cotton velvet textile. The same multicoloured embroidery and black velvet is used to finish the cuffs. The jacket is lined with blue and red light weight silk brocade.