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Wood mask that has an open hollow mouth with four fangs. Pointed ears and straight, coarse, black hair framing red face. Eyebrows, pupils, and nostrils are black. Eyes and mouth are lined with purple. Whites of eyes and teeth are not painted or varnished. On the back, there is a square stamp in Japanese script. Hair kept in groups of strands by individual holes, each approximately one centimetre across. Green cord at back for hanging.
Necklace of wooden, oval, carved and inlaid beads decreasing in size to metal clasp; strung on nylon line. The three beads on either side next to clasp are carved, the rest are inlaid with circular multi-coloured glass (?) surrounded by black paint and lighter wood. Two black dots vertically placed between each circle. On both sides, two beads (the 12th and 13th from the clasp) are inlaid with two bands of twisted metal wire at each end. The centre three largest beads are also inlaid with wire bands as well as white and green beads and round pieces of shell. These circles alternate with painted black diamonds inlaid with metal crosses and a metal dot in each quarter of the cross. They are also inlaid with white glass beads.
A brown wood spoon with a narrow bowl and a painted fish handle. Thedownward facing fish has circular black eyes and an open red mouth showing twelve plain teeth. The body has horizontal black lines outlining four plain rows, the upper two of which have black dots. There is a small dorsal fin and a black tail.
Woman wearing red and blue kimono and carrying a child on her back. Standing on a circular wood base.
Carved Noh dancer with a white face. Red trim on kimono. Long black hair tied at back with ornament. Holding a gold object with blue ribbon in her right hand.
Carved Noh dancer with a white face. Red trim on kimono. Long black hair is tied at the back. Holding an open green fan upright in her right hand. Wearing a headdress at the top of her head.
Birch base with bark has carved figure of Ainu woman carrying a baby on her back. Wearing a blue cap and a white bordered blue kimono.
Stand made from the inside of a gourd carved in a geometric design of two interlocking oblongs with four square tips at each corner, one of which is missing. Centre is square with' v' inside loops. Incised with lines and a thin line of brown painted inside pattern following the design. Curves up at side (bottom of gourd). Very light weight.
Stand made from the inside of a gourd carved in a geometric design of two interlocking oblongs with four square tips at each corner, one of which is missing. Centre has ring inside a square with 'v' inside loops. Incised with lines and a thin line of brown painted inside pattern following the design. Curves up at side (bottom of gourd). Very light weight.
Carved from single piece of wood. Crutch handle has adze marks. Flat shaft rounded at grip, narrows, then widens to form a lanceolate blade. Central ridge runs from the grip to the point. Both sides have black and red two-dimensional painted design. Black band is on the handle. Killer whale is on the heavily varnished side. Reverse side has split u design and is lightly varnished.