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Thin brown wood figure of a crouching human on a rectangular base with the elbows on the knees and the chin resting on the hands. Face has circular eyes, a large nose, and a horizontal line with upward pointing triangles for the mouth and teeth. The brow is decorated with a zig zag line and there are carved ears at each side. Traces of white clay overall.
A wide flat circularly coiled bark belt that has elaborate linear geometric designs filled with white clay. Fibre cords are looped through holes at one end and near the middle.
Carved wood drum, cylindrical in shape narrowing in the centre. On the side is a handle with rectangular projections on either side that are incised with a stylized fish design; white pigment in the cuts. There are two vertical ribs on either side of the handle that have holes drilled through. A piece of skin is attached to the top with cotton binding.
Pig with straight tail. The pig has geometric designs carved into sides, consisting of spirals and zigzag bands filled with white, pink and black pigment.
Five carved dark brown wood prongs with multiple overlapping, triangular carved barbs lashed to the brown wood shaft. Each prong is triangular in cross section. From the upper portion to the lower portion, the prongs are lashed with the following: two sets of string coiled around four times and connected to one another; braided stem?; coiled stem?; and a larger section of coiled stem?
Six carved dark brown wood prongs with multiple overlapping, triangular carved barbs lashed to the brown wood shaft. Each prong is triangular in cross section. From the upper portion to the lower portion, the prongs are lashed with the following: five sets of string coiled around three or four times and connected to one another; coiled stem?; a smaller section of coiled stem?; and a larger section of coiled stem? Plain brown wood shaft.
Club with a cylindrical handle that tapers to a rounded point and a black stone disc head that sits between plant fibre (?) or bark (?) bands on the shaft.
Club with a tapering handle that comes to a point at the base and a disc-shaped black stone head mounted on a band of woven plant fibre or bark (?) with a narrower piece of wood protruding from the top, which is ornamented with orange-brown, grey and red feathers attached via twined plant fibre.
Human face possibly representing Vedda Sanniya (the bubonic plague). The face is painted pink overall with black hair and a moustache, red lips, and an orange line on the chin. The mask has a short convex nose, a wide mouth, tear-drop shaped eyes with eye holes beneath them and yellow-white eyeballs and teeth. The eyes, nose, mouth and nostrils are enhanced with red and black lines. The reverse of the mask is painted black, and a label on the reverse reads "(Possibly) Vedda Sanni: bubonic plague. 30". Plant fibre ? string is secured through holes on either side of the mask.
Cylindrical bamboo tube in two parts: top (part b) slides into the bottom (part a), not an accurate fit. The cylinder tapers towards both ends, each of which has a concave depression. A plaited loop is inserted in the centre of the top (part b) and is knotted on the interior. The design and the foot and the rim have been painted black. Geometric designs are incised on the sides. The bottom (part a) has three horizontal bands with the following patterns from top to bottom: four-lined inward pointing triangles to create a zig zag in between; inward pointing triangles that have horizontal lines within and that create a zig zags in between; and diamond shapes. The top (part b) has vertical bands of x-shapes, zig zags, and diagonal lines.