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Seal-shaped toggle with two holes through centre of back and a hole connecting eyes. Flat snout on rounded head with incised mouth and lines above. Deeply drilled nostrils. Short flippers on each side parallel to holes. Oval-shaped body tapers to flippers at back, divided by a longitudinal incised line splitting to a v-shape on top. Each flipper has three short longitudinal lines on top surface.
Flute consisting of hollowed bamboo held together by crisscrossed fibre. Three rings of cassowary feathers, one at the bottom, middle and top. Just below the top ring is a small hole carved out of the bamboo. The top feather ring is woven on tightly with fibre which covers this area. The stopper of the flute, above the top feather ring, is a human male figure standing full front with arms down to the side. His head is disproportionately large to the rest of his body. Standing behind him is small bird which is resting its hands on the shoulders of the human figure. Its long beak extends over the head of the human figure. The creature has ridges along its back. Tassels come out of these ridges. The bamboo and the fibre ties are covered in a black stain.
A deep wood scoop with parallel handle ending in a knob. Carved lines on the scoop curve from the mid-point to the base of the handle, joining at a human-like image. Stained black.
Canoe prow that tapers from the concave back to a rounded point at the front where it is carved into a crocodile-like head capped at the nose with a rounded point at the tip. Behind this is a carving of a head with notched rows along the forehead, large eyes and a recurved beak-like nose. The underside is carved with geometric and scale-like designs, and the surface is stained dark brown.
Carved wooden yipwon (hook figure) set in a concaved rectangular piece of wood. There are three hooks, two pointing one direction the other one pointing towards the others. In the centre there is the base of a hook which appears to have broken off. Both of the edges are carved from high to low in opposite directions giving a slightly twisted look to the piece.
A solid wood stick tapering from a thick use-worn butt to a point at the other end. A wavy, eye-like pattern is carved along the narrow half and is separated from the undecorated butt end by two encircling grooves. The design is stained black on the raised parts and pigmented grey in the incisions. The undecorated wood is light brown.
Cylindrical, tapered, hollow wood piece. The bottom third has been carved with geometric designs, the top has texture from the carving. The carved area is narrower than the top. The base has two points that the drum rests on. Fibre is tied around the bottom and halfway up.
Carved wooden yipwon (hook figure). Flat, rectangular wood piece with a slight curve at the bottom and a taper to a rounded end. The front has three dimensional carving, starting at the top: two hooks facing each other, elongated human face with shell inlay eyes, three carved projections, one hook facing up. The base of the hook is carved in relief with a stylized geometric design. In the cuts is a white pigment.
Single piece of wood roughly carved into a bell shape with a deep round bowl tapering to a protruding base. Carved line encircles the rim and another encircles the bottom third of the bowl. Two holes pierce the base.
Basket hook with a shaft formed by a male figure carved in profile with an extended nose and mouth that down to his belly, and his hands hold the nose. A cord is attached for hanging through a hole at the top of the figure's head. The hook is double-sided.