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Large carved figure. Erect zoomorphic figure, legs flared, hands on chest, fingers extended toward chin. Monkey face, open mouth, tongue slightly protruding between teeth. Large protruding circular ears, small nose. Toes splayed, toes and fingers elongated, narrow. Stomach rounded, upper arms and thighs heavy. Figure stands on base. All over black stain except for teeth and tongue. Crack between feet extending through 2/3 of base. Nose chipped and gouged areas over most of carving. Indications that teeth may have been white, tongue pink.
An all black Janus headdress; one of the heads has a multi-peg headdress, clean-shaven, open mouth revealing filed teeth, protruding lips, ears, eyes, short nose, and a vertical ridge high on the forehead. Second head has matted hair, beard, and other features similar to first. Both heads supported by a common neck merging into a round base. Skin covering wrinkled and broken in several places, revealing wood. Base hollow, interior painted black.
Carved wooden bust of a young person. Short curly hair accentuated with grooved hole-like pattern. Even realistic features with a high forehead. The eyes are wide open with a substantial nose and mouth. Back and sides of neck flow into base which extends slightly forward beyond the plane of the face. Base is decorated by striations on the vertical plane and peck marks on extension beyond throat.
Large, humanoid headdress; almond shaped eyes and protruding oval mouth with ten white teeth, both covered with traces of white pigment. Small chin, realistic nose and full cheeks. Three rows of incising below eyes and on forehead. Ears flat to head. Rectangular opening in top of headdress surrounded by raised carved ridges with traces of white pigment. Small square opening at the back.
Wooden bowl (part b) with curved shoulder narrowing to straight upright upper opening. Around the upper portion of the bowl, there is a horizontal band of incised rectangular shapes that have alternating spaces filled with horizontal lines. The exterior is stained, and the interior is partly stained. There are two crosses incised opposite to damaged area of the rim. There is a seven digit number incised at the base of the bowl. The convex lid (part a) has an inverted v-shaped handle, all carved from one piece of wood. The overhanging rim covers the bowl. Small white label with '3 (b)' written on it.
Carved, rectangular, dark brown hardwood chest inlaid with pearl-white shell inlay. All sides and metal hinged lid have relief carving in leaf and curl design; floral and triangular inlay along borders (6.5 to 9.0 cm. wide) and in relief panels. Key hole centre front at top, below lid, no lock. Top of lid and carved inlaid feet nailed; mortise and tenon side joints. Two hinges and two metal side handles; rusted.
Backstrap loom with wood and bamboo bars, and rattan backstrap, (parts a-h) held together with knotted string. In order that the pieces occur. Part h is a plaited backstrap with a braided border and that narrows to wrapped handles on both sides. Part g is a flat hardwood sword with rounded ends that are slightly tapering, use-wear shows numerous slight indentations along both edges from the centre, and gives a serrated appearance. Part f is a cylindrical, dark brown hardwood stick. Part d is a hollow, brown bamboo warp beam. Part a is a cylindrical, dark brown hardwood stick with a narrower 2 cm. wide section before each knobbed end. Part b is a wide notched ended hardwood stick with one concave and one flat surface. Part e is like f but of a lighter brown. Part c is like b. String, one side black, other faded to purple-brown tied together, knotted at each element.
Light wood shaft cut through and joined near the midpoint. Black iron flattened spearhead hammered around the shaft and secured with one nail. Coil of wire below the spearhead. Solid pointed metal butt, flattened and hammered around the end of the shaft, secured with a coiled iron band.
Carved wooden plaque, in open-work has two outward facing birds, each a semi-circle; both standing on a basin shaped base, from which an unpainted handle extends. A vertical groove separates the heads and tails of the birds; two rectangular perforations divided by a horizontal bar separates the backs. Birds and base are stained black with white outlines and white dots; the white has worn off exposing grey in places.
Part a is a long knife with a single-edged metal blade. Has a convex edge, slightly concave back to within 6.5 centimetres of point when it becomes convex and angles to a point. Green-stained wood pommel has two extensions, the longer one of which is at a right angle to the rest. On this, there is a low relief splayed human, face down, hugging the pommel with a floral pattern and incised geometric shapes. Both extensions are fitted with beige hair pieces, possibly horse hair. These pieces are circled with red and black dyed hair rings at the bases. Haft is wrapped with plaited metal inset, with hardened fibre and resin mixture? Sword fits into a larger wood slot of the sheath (part b) formed by two pieces held by a series of bamboo strip lashings along the length. Sheath lashed to a smaller hide sheath formed from a piece folded together along the length. Woven bamboo loop handle and woven bamboo and twined nylon rope handle with attached crescent-shaped wood piece. Part c is a smaller knife that fits in the hide sheath. Slightly curving dark brown wood haft with a silver metal band inset in wood, fibre, and resin? Incised scrolled character and lettering (Bujang nl 9). Double-edged convex metal blade, concave back to 5 centimetres of point where it becomes angled, both concave and convex to a point.