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Wooden slat body armour which has been painted and has small faces carved in a line round its middle. The slats are bound together with string-like binding; Good. Additional description: Armour consists of curved front and back pieces, each with an upper flap. Rear piece is shorter, but curves into a tongue shape at centre. Body sections secured together with four horizontal bands of lashing. Flaps secured with two bands of lashing. Front and back body sections decorated with a row of carved heads. The two flaps have a single head at centre of each. Armour also painted with geometric shapes. (J. Tanner, 1999).
Three bent wood hooks with bone barbs lashed on with bark. The hooks have the remains of sinew leaders on the lower arm. A) B) are halibut hooks, C) is a cod hook.; Good.
'B: Exhibited in the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby in 'Smoking Coasts and Ice-bound Seas, Cook's Voyage to the Arctic' Feb- November 2008'A: Made of goat's horn from the Dene and B: made of sheep's horn, from Prince William Sound. From notes by J.C.H. King June 2014B: Exhibited: On loan to Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage, at the Anchorage Museum, Alaska, 27 March- 7 September 2015; and the Washington State Historical Museum Tacoma/Seattle 16 October- 10 January 2016
Double headed rattle. The birds have thin pointed beaks, and flattened tops to their heads. The eyes are round and inlaid with haliotis. The body is globular with small projecting wings and a squared-off tail which has a faint black edge at the rear. The handle is lashed together with cherry bark. The rattle has had wood worm at some point in time.; Good condition but very fragile.
A bundle of tassels, or fringe from a garment that has been cut off and tied together. The tassels are made from lengths of skin wrapped in porcupine quill and ending with copper cones and very coarse hair. The catalogue card states this is a bunch of Indian bells which probably resulted from the fact the tassels are partly made from small copper cones which jingle when shaken (G.Crowther).; Good.The cones are made of iron not copper
Large feast bowl which is boat shaped and has a prow in the shape of a bird, ?eagle, and a high stern. The edges of the bowl are grooved on the inside, while the outside rim and edge is slightly notched. The eagle is stylised with an eye that is a hole bored through the wood. Fair condition. There is a crack running from the stern to the middle of the bowl - old repair consisting of two holes on either side of crack attached with string.
A boat shaped grease dish with roughly carved animal heads at either ends. The dish is very dark and impregnated with grease. Unusually it has been carved across the grain, therefore the grease has migrated along the grain of the wood and appears on the sides of the dish rather than more usually at the ends.; Good.
A harpoon head made of a piece of mussel shell fixed in between two hollow pieces of wood, the ends of which are lashed with bark. The shell is coated with spruce gum and is badly chipped.; Fragile.
Whalebone club with characteristic open-mouthed bird-like handle end which is carved in profile with an elongated eye. The blade of the club has a serrated band pattern running down its length terminating in a tongue. The blade is thick and has been severely worn on one side, and there are several notches in the edges. The carved grooves appear to have had some reddish substance colouring the design. A piece of twine is wrapped round the neck of the club.; Good.
Wooden slave killing club decorated with hair. The carved wooden head has an open mouth from which the wooden blade protrudes in the form of a tongue. Set into the head are teeth, and tufts of hair (?human) on the scalp, cheeks, below the nose and chin. Some tufts are missing.; Good.