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An arrow with a shaft (part a) made of rounded light brown wood. There is a small lance-olate-shaped iron arrow point (part b) that has an incised line down the middle on both sides. A dried leaf fits through a slit at the end of the shaft.
Elongated gourd rattle with stopper and leather fringe. Neck and pointed base of gourd are stained black. Elaborate decoration of mid-section consists of three panels each repeating the same linear and curvilinear patterns separated by crosshatched forms and bordered top and bottom by two parallel lines enclosing interlocking forms. Black decoration is burnt and stained. Light yellow of gourd is exposed where incised, skin is light brown. Stopper is red, and fringe is black striped.
Tumbuan body mask/costume. A tall conical fibre, woven mask with two faces. At the top is a bird-like face crowned with cuscus fur and cassowary feathers; it has a long, protruding beak with a large feathered tassel at the end. At the centre of the body is a black human head made of clay with inlaid shell eyes and decoration; the top has human hair and feathers. Above are open eyeholes for the wearer, on the sides are armholes. The mask is of woven rattan over a bamboo frame, painted with red and white stripes and other detailing.
Six rectangular sheets of red coloured paper, to which pieces of gold foil in irregular shapes, are affixed. Both short ends cut in zigzag pattern; paper punched in several places with irregular pattern of lines and dots.
A pair (parts a-b) of gold isosceles triangles with scalloped edges. Each is glued on a bamboo stick which is bound by a piece of wire which projects, 5.4 cm. (a) or 4.3 cm. (b), beyond the base of the triangle, perpendicular to it. Raised from the surface of each triangle by means of three paper cylinders, there is a smaller foil triangle printed with a multi-coloured design of a butterfly and other shapes. Wired to this is a tuft of red fibres.
Shirt, pull-over with a stand-up collar, a slash neck opening, slashes at the bottom sides, underarm gussets, and gathered sleeves with cuffs. The cuffs have a cord and reinforced hole for a closure.
Light blue sheer blouse with embroidery. The blouse has long sleeves, a centre opening and a long angled front hem. The neck, sleeves and hem have satin stitched blue lilies and pink flowers with open work (fabric removed) in dark blue between the flowers. The inside is unlined.
Bamboo tube, cut out along more than a third of its length, with faint zig zags and lines carved around the socket end. The other end is a carved wooden plug with a conical tip and string looped through a hole. Fibre binds the plug and hook to the tube; it also forms a collar near one end. The hook is a wavy loop of wood with contour lines and an eye-like hole. Pigmented brown, lighter, and worn on the tube.
Bamboo tube, cut open more than a third of its length, which is undecorated but pierced by a hole near one end. Wood hook is carved like a bird profile, with incised 'eyes', 'crest', 'beak', and 'body marks'. The hook is bound to the tube with fibre. Painted brown but the pigment is worn off the bamboo on the sides and the underside.
Spear (a) with sheath (b). Spear (a) has a long steel lanceolate-shaped blade, shiny with some tarnish and etched lines echoing its shape. Blade is connected to a shaft by a corroded metal fitting. The shaft appears to be a broom handle wrapped with bark. At one end the bark has uncoiled. The black sheath (b) is two pieces of wood held together by five bands of metal wrapped and beaten together. Nose and eye shapes are incised into the wood to achieve a bird-like face. The narrow end is carved with a geometric design.