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Beluga whale with back portion raised and tapering to fluked tail. Ridge along centre of back portion. Head is u-shaped and bulges slightly at top. Mouth slit at bottom front with small eyes behind and just above mouth. Body expands out slightly behind head, with a hump just above fins on sides. Variegated green stone with a series of curving vertical stripes. 'E 9 325' inscribed on the bottom, which also has a sticker with 'CS.25.15.'
Black stone sculpture of a small water bird with its head turned a bit downward and at a slight angle to its left. Five characters and '96296' inscribed on the bottom.
Stylized, loon-like bird with pointed beak facing up at an angle. Small round eyes and head rounds into neck. View from top show oval body tapering to back. Profile view shows flat back behind head, then sloping to tail. Mottled green stone with '36162' and a series of characters inscribed in bottom.
Porous whale bone head on a round base. Features include the following: short, parted hair, oval eyes, triangular nose and a crescent-shaped mouth.
Six charms or amulets strung on a sinew string, tied to form a bracelet. Four charms are heads with hairline or hood indicated around faces. Foreheads and straight noses are in higher relief than facial plane, and eyes and mouths are straight lines. Sinew runs through holes in flange at bottom of each head. Small standing figure with hole through head and small phallic-shaped seal are on either side of one head. Small figure is darker than other charms.
Duck with body (a) carved from one piece of wood cut horizontally at right angle at head and tail, growth rings apparent. Wider where it joins with head (b) and tapering at tail. Wing and top of leg are carved on each side. Square hole for neck piece. Rectangular hollow carved out of bottom with a crack at each end. Neck and head are carved from one piece of wood and has round eyes with dot at centre; 2 small holes for nostrils on the top of the beak; beak slightly parted at tip. Neck has rectangular projection which fits into duck body.
A closing fan made of 29 split bamboo ribs and paper. Painted designs are 7 repeated stylized human figures; white to shoulders, red robes, mitred white hats with large star at top. On each side of figures is a stylized lotus with blue leaves, on a yellow background. Border of white with pink and blue broken ribbons along top and bottom of paper. Two lanterns.
Objects strung on a bark cord. Objects include six pieces of animal skin with fur (including one animal leg) each approximately 12 cm. long and one carving of a head. The back of the carving is flat and the top is perforated for string. The carving is made of wood and is rubbed with red ochre. Has a hooked nose, no apparent mouth, and is incised with straight, and curved lines.
Face painting stamp carved from one piece of wood with a plain handle, oval in cross-section. The stamp is of a hand with a concentric ovoid palm and four digits curved to one side and tapering to the ends, all carved into a flat surface. The reverse side of the stamp is plain and flat with sloping sides. A hole pierces through the back of the handle from side to side.
Small oval-shaped bowl made from horn. The front and the back sides slope upwards from a small flat rectangular base. The sides are almost vertical and terminate in rectangular open work handles. One handle has four vertical rectanglar openings surmounted by three rounded triangles. The other handle has three vertical rectanglar openings surmounted by four rounded triangles. A series of incised horizontal zigzag and solid lines decorate the area around the rim (two horizontal bands at either side) and from each handle to the base and around the base (multiple bands from one handle down along the bottom and up to the other handle). The interior of the bowl has a scratched surface with a white inscription.