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Large bowl with short, curved handle; the inside of the bowl is incised with design of a sea creature resembling a dogfish. The handle is carved as a bird, inlaid in four places with abalone. 'a9ka' and 'al' are incised into the lower part of the bowl
Curved piece of bone incised and carved with the figure of a sea creature, its head forming the top of the piece and the body most of the length. The lower end has the head and body of a human-like form. The creature has rounded bulging eyes and a large open mouth, six horizontal ridges across the top of its head, and four long scale-like features around its neck. The upper portion of the body has an incised grid-like pattern while the lower portion has a crescent-rib-shaped-like pattern. Horizontal ridges go along across the back. The human-like form has oval eyes with thick brows above, a flat triangular nose, and a thin closed mouth while the arms rest at either side.
Knife whose blade has been cut down from a larger blade or other utensil. It is hafted by being wedged into a slit in a wooden handle and bound with a leather strip. The butt end is carved with the figure of a bird above a human with ribs showing.
Wooden barbed fish hook. Roughly v-shaped, with bone barb projecting downward from the tip of one arm toward the junction of the two. The other arm is in the shape of a bird, with a hole bored through its back. The two separate arms are bound together at one end with split root and cotton cord.
Tall, cylindrical glass bottle covered with a woven sleeve. Design consists of horizontally arranged bands or rings--some with designs of birds in red and diagonal stripes in green--separated by bands of openwork and solid bands of yellow and red. Strips of glossy black material are inserted behind openwork.
Black coloured face with a hooked nose that attaches to the top lip. Black, green and red ears protrude from the top of the face. Face has prominent brow ridges, cheeks, and lips. A cloth flap and jute sacking is attached to the back, as is a rope harness for suspension. A wire with hooks and eyes is also attached to the back.
Mask representing a sea monster with large protruding eyes that each point outward, thick lips with a movable lower jaw, circular suckers on the cheeks, and horn-like protrusions on top of the head. Mainly painted blue and white with red-rimmed eyes, red nostrils and lips, and red on the suckers. Nail holes and fibre remnants on the reverse.
Human face with a wrinkled forehead and large protruding ears, lips, eyebrows, and nose. The circular eyes are inset with mirrors and metal rims that are sunken in orange eye sockets. Long curvilinear grooves extend down the sides of the face to the shin from the ears. Cedar bark fringe attached at top of the head is short in the front and long in the back. The mask is painted with orange and blue on the forehead and ears, black brows with white underneath that extends down in a curve on either side of the face that forks at the end beside the mouth, orange around the eyes and on the nostrils and lips, orange and blue on the grooves at the sides of the face, and the remainder of the face is painted black.
Face with wide protruding mouth, large hooked nose, bulging eyes, and markedly protruding ears. Animal fur attached at chin, eyebrows, and top of head where three loops of cedar root (?) are also attached. Rectangular piece of black fur sewn to black cloth hangs from back; another light brown cloth nailed to back, as are green and light brown cords.
Carving of a mask-shaped humanoid face that is somewhat flat, with a slightly protruding brow, eyes, nose and mouth. The figure is painted with a brown forehead that has an abstract design in light blue, white, red and dark yellow; a green brow with white edges; black around the eyes and over the bridge of the nose; white cheeks, nose tip, and chin; red nostrils and lips; a black moustache; and a black vertical band at the centre of the chin.