Low truncated cone hat woven from spruce root and painted with a design in black, red and blue. The design painted on the crown of the hat is of an animal' s face with small eyes surrounded by blue, with a toothy mouth bordering the rim. the design on the rear is highly stylised, having two circular faces and many lines.; Good.Condition: Poor and in need of conservation. A large split in the spruce root runs horizontally across the crown and through the eye designs.

Carved wooden labret or lip plug.; Good.

Necklace of copper and shell beads strung on twined wool. The copper beads are long cylinder beads and are spaced by groups of short cylinder - disc beads of white dentalium shell. The necklace has been mounted on perspex due to its fragile nature.; Good.

Woven string back covering with a fringe of blue and white feathers attached to the fringed end of the strip. The upper end is sewn onto leather thongs. A design in lozenge pattern is carried out in brown on a natural background.; Good.

A) Skin bag with a central strip of red and white quill decoration. The bag has a long cord attached made from plaited gut, with a blue, white and red woven end decoration. B) Similar bag to A) inside which it is kept. It has a central fringe of red cotton but no quill work.; Good. Additional description: A) Flattened, creased and slightly warped. Very fragile and brittle. A number of small holes over surface and a small circular repair on one side. Red edging at mouth of bag. Toggle at end of cord. B) Flattened, creased and slightly warped. Very fragile and brittle. Paler in colour than A. Red edging along top and sides. (J.Tanner, April 1998).

A) Medium sized hook made from bent wood, possibly hemlock with a bone barb lashed to the upper arm with root. The tip of the lower arm is also lashed with root. A length of nettle fibre cord is wrapped between the two arms, possibly for securing the bait on the hook. B) A slightly larger hook made from bent wood, possibly hemlock with a bone barb lashed to the upper arm with root. The part of the lower arm is also lashed with root but the tip has a portion of much finer material which could possibly be a regional style (other hooks with this are Z 34969 and Z 34973). A length of nettle fibre cord is wrapped around the barb lashing. C) Missing 1993, but described as Bone fish hook made in two pieces, the barb being lashed to the shank with sinew. Sinew line attached. D) Large wooden halibut hook made from hemlock with a bone barb lashed to the upper with root. Near to the barb a length of sinew has been roughly tied. Attached to the lower arm is the twisted nettle fibre leader which would have anchored the hook to the line and a weight. The leader is secured to the lower arm with an extra binding of root and possibly cherry bark. E) Missing 1993, has the following description on the catalogue card, large wooden halibut hook with straight bone barbs and line attached . F) Whaling harpoon head made from two prongs of elk antler hold a mussel shell Mytilus californianus. The shell is bound in position with bark and spruce gum. Attached to the harpoon head is a length of line made from whale sinew or some such material, the end of which is looped and bound with cherry bark. G) Missing 1993, catalogue card description states, shell and bone harpoon head. Good

Whalebone club with a bird' s head handle, the eyes inlaid with abalone shell. Some inlay lost. An old label on the reverse of the catalogue card, possibly from Wisbech reads, War Club of carved bone. The head which rudely represents a Native Idol, inlaid with the iridescent Shell of Haliotis splendens. New Zealand. 1836. Capt. Swaine, RN. The club was erroneously given the wrong provenance of New Zealand.; Good.