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Carved bird mask with a long beak and circular, cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of rubber on either side, nailed to the jaw. The beak and nostrils are painted black with red edging. There are five orange U-forms and four red U-forms carved at the back of the beak running towards the nostril. The eyes are white, outlined in black on a white, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. Attached to the top of the head are five rounded edged, rectangular cutouts with red U-forms painted on a white background. Behind the cutouts is a fringe of cedar bark; tied bunches of cedar bark are adhered to the back and side rim with twine. Strips of cedar line the bottom rim and dangle down to cover the body of the wearer. The bottom of the beak has a white U-form painted on it. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of an attached twine cord that assistants the beak in opening and shutting. The mask is painted black, red, white and orange.
Wooden, carved bear mask with a long snout painted black and red circular cutout nostrils. The jaw is hinged with a piece of leather nailed, on either side, to the lower mouth. The face is black with white edging; black outlined eyes on a green, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. There are two holes on the top where the ears used to be. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of a twine cord that attaches to the mouth and a rubber lining. Baleen framework at back of mask to facilitate wearing. The mask is painted black, green, red and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.
Carved, wooden speaker's staff, or talking stick, with six figures in colours of black, red, green and brown. Abalone shell pieces are inlaid on all of the figures. Top figure is a supernatural eagle, or Kolus, in human-like form, with a crooked beak and a labret. Below that is a human wearing a three-ringed hat. His body morphs into a whale, whose mouth touches the back fins of a sea lion. The bottom bear figure is mounted on top of a short, cylindrical base.
Small wooden canoe with two figures (part a). The canoe is black, yellow and green. The figures are seated with raised arms. A string is tied around the wrist of the front figure, leading to a barbed harpoon inserted into a whale (part b). The whale is black with red and green designs. Two small woven hats (part c-d) for the figures.
Mask with shredded cedar bark tied to top of head. The mask has round eyes, an open mouth, gill symbols around the mouth, and a black moustache. Painted in black, brown, red and white.
Long, wooden club with an elongated, diamond shaped base and a cylindrical shaped head. The base has a continuous spiral band design burned, midway, onto the staff. The head has two, carved, back to back human faces sharing a headdress marked by deeply carved diagonal lines. The head is carved and painted in black, red and green.
Red and black staff decorated with an upward pointing snake at the bottom and five human figures above. The snake has black-outlined recessed eyes and cross hatch incising on top of the head. Above the snake, there are two faces one on top of the other with a feather on top; a round-bodied human with a feather on top; two humans that have their rib lines drawn with recessed eyes and a mouth and a feather on top; a cedar bark ring; and another human with black eyes and a feather on top.
Wood paddle with a marquise-shaped blade with the widest point near the tip and which narrows to a shaft which is round in cross section. Butt is rectangular in cross section with an indentation cut near the top which is carved as a transverse cylinder. Blade has a painted design in black that consists of an ovoid in tapering oval eye with a pair of u forms below that have diagonal lines within and an elongated black u form below; a black panel at the base of the blade; and a black tip.
Wood paddle with an expansive design in black and yellow on both sides of the blade. Design consists of a black ovoid in ovoid in tapering oval eye in ovoid with a split u at either side; a pair of red and a pair of black u forms below; a three digit claw-like feature with an ovoid in ovoid behind; and a black split u at the tip of the blade. Spaces are mostly filled in with yellow.
Wood paddle that has a fine design carved in relief on the blade and painted in red and black on both sides. Design consists of an ovoid in tapering oval eye in an ovoid with a split u in front; a pair of red and a pair of black u forms below; a split u behind with a four digit claw-like feature with a central ovoid in ovoid below; a u form at either side; a black split u at the base of the blade; and a red split u at the tip of the blade.