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Large, burnished, round clay pot in the shape of an opening bud with eight points around rim and distinctly footed base. Blackened areas resulting from the firing process cover both the shiny exterior surface and the dull interior surface. The exterior surface ranges in colour from off-white to almost black. Signed and dated by artist on base, inside foot.
Stencil used for decorating tapa cloth. Designs of a large palm leaf and a row of squares have been cut into an X-ray film negative. Stencil has been used and is coated with multiple layers of black and brown paint.
Hand made and burnished dark orange clay pot with squared double handles on opposing sides of the neck. Rim flares slightly from the neck which has lines of three raised bumps that run down to a jagged ridge of pinched points around the shoulder. Rounded bottom is slightly flattened
Wheel thrown brown pot of cream coloured clay covered with green resin. A shallow carved design of four walking stick figures with linked hands encircles the pear-shaped pot with flat bottom and slightly curled lip.
Dark orange unglazed water pot (a) sits on small basketry ring base (b). The boat-shaped vessel has a chimney-spout opening in the middle of the closed top, flanked by two raised radiant sun?, and a jagged pinched trim around the top of the rounded hull. Hanging net-like V shapes are carved into the sides below two horizontal rows of face-like circles of clay.
Colourful headdress with a turtle on mulberry fibre, wrapped around the front of a corrugated cardboard and plastic head ring covered with white fabric and decorative elements. A long blonde hair wig and pink feathers are stitched on to a frame at the back. Around and above the nose of the turtle are bands of green and red metal beads and brown shells, from the top of which project five black fabric-covered wood sticks with white shells and ivory coloured polished coconut shell rings adhered to their lengths.
Rectangular model village spirit house (haus tamburan) on 14 dark brown carved stilts has a basketry and clay mask with Cowrie shell eyes hanging at each end and a fringe of reddish grass along the bottom. Woven grass rope roof and walls with two small square openings in each are supported by an inner bamboo frame and floor boards. Wood house post finials carved in the shape of birds sit atop the roof peaks at each end; (b) stands upright with engraved markings on chest and light brown open wings while the darker (c) bends forward and looks down, scalloped wings with dark brown markings pointing upwards.
Portrait mask. Red, blue and black facial features and tattoo are painted onto the natural wood background. Abalone shell discs and a thin band are glued to the eyes and mouth and a thick coil of red bark rope is attached along the chin line. Long twists of dark hair and tied bundles of painted red bark strips with blue ends drape across the forehead and down the sides.
Mandala painting on primed, stretched canvas. Canvas is strung onto small painted wooden rods which are bound with purple cord to a varnished wood frame and mounted onto a white background within a gold coloured metal frame. The concentric diagram of outer circle, inner square, and centre circle created with mineral based shades of blue, gold, green, red, ochre, yellow and black. A pink and white flower fills the centre circle.
Colourful wooden mask with two long ear panels and a red crested headdress of plant fibre. The red painted face, tattooed in yellow and black, is triangular-shaped with round shell eyes placed into the hollow eye sockets. The large mouth has two boar-like teeth amongst the smaller ones. From each nostril, a ring or band connects to the spotted ears, into which are carved a crested bird (rooster?) with shell eyes, a yellow and black snake and a small red flying fish. The headdress has an interior frame of rattan onto which are tied leaves and fibres.