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Spoon carved from one piece of black mountain goat horn with a humanoid face inlaid with brown glass (?) carved at the junction of the bowl and handle. The handle is carved with transverse parallel lines.
Shallow oval bowl of mountain sheep horn joined with rivets to handle of mountain goat horn. Handle carved from tip down with: killer whale; human ?; bear; human ?; and whale.
A ladle with the bowl rounded, narrowing and curving at almost a right angle to the handle. Mountain sheep horn bowl is riveted to mountain goat horn handle. The handle is carved from the tip with the following: a chief in a three-ringed hat, a raven, and a bear. Handle is inlaid with abalone shell, most of which are for the eyes.
Bowl approximately round; hollow handle follows natural curve of horn and darkens in colour at tip. Designs from tip down: raven; bear; bird. Eyes of bird, and bear, and back of bird, inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Bowl approximately round; handle follows natural curve of horn, darkens in colour toward the tip. Carving from tip down on hollow handle: raven; bird; bear; and bird.
Deep red-brown wood bowl in the shape of a seal. Shaped as a smooth, rounded seal's head at one end with inlaid oval abalone shell eyes surrounded by a carved tapering oval, a nose that has inward bored circular nostrils with a vertical ridge in between, and an open mouth showing a tongue. The other end is shaped as a tail enclosed by u-shaped piece representing flippers consisting of a central shell inset ovoid and three horizontal bands with eight, nine or ten small circular insets. Flipper design carved at each side behind the head consisting of a central shell inset ovoid, a split u, and four curvi-linear lines with four or five small circular insets along the upper three. The tail is also outlined by small circular insets. In between the side flippers and the back flippers, there is a central shell inset ovoid. Flat rim is inlaid with nine opercula. Back of seal is concave, forming a dish. Carved areas are inlaid with opercula, abalone, and beads.
Wood bowl in the shape of a seabird, probably a loon, with the neck extended outward and forward and the back hollowed to form a dish. The bird has circular abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a beak covered with red ochre. The body of the bird is painted black with eight oval opercula inset around the rim. On the upper surface of the tail, there is a face design that has small white circular inset bead eyes surrounded by an oval and a tapering oval, a nose, and an open mouth coated with red ochre showing four plain teeth.
Slightly elongated rectangle with an animal's head carved at either end. These heads may be used as handles. The design of the body of the animals is carried on the outside of the dish by incised lines; they appear to delineate wolves.
Formed from a single plank by kerfing three corners. The fourth is sewn with rootlets. The outer surfaces are incised with fluted lines and crest designs which may represent bear. The surface has been dyed red with cinnabar (mercuric sulphide).
Mottled white-grey and black stone figure of a human head that is relatively oval in vertical cross section with the lower surface grooved and worn upraised facial features including eyes, a large nose, and a closed mouth.