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Four (parts a-d) gold foil isosceles triangles, stamped with a design of raised dots in curved and straight lines. To each are glued two lozenges of red fabric. Inserted through each is a piece of wire projecting 3.7 cm. from the base, perpendicular to it.
Five (parts a-e) rectangular sheets of paper, coloured red on right side. Glued near centre of each sheet, on longitudinal axis, is a rectangular piece of gold coloured metal foil, printed with the image of a god in red and green, with two Chinese characters in gold on red squares above his head. The area below has been cut in a set of rough geometric designs.
Pair of gold foil isosceles triangles, stamped with design of raised dots in curved and straight lines. To each are glued two lozenges of red fabric. Inserted through each is a piece of wire projecting 3.7cm. from the base, perpendicular to it.
A bamboo tube, cut open half of its length, with a loop, collar, and binding of fibre at one end. The other end is undecorated. The wood hook is carved as a curved-billed bird. The whole is pigmented black, though worn off in patches all over bamboo.
A wide flat coiled bark belt with a pattern incised into the outside surface of the outer coil. The inside coil is entirely unadorned. The curvilinear pattern has human faces within the rounded borders of both ends. Lime white accents the pattern. Fibre and string run through a series of holes in one area. The belt ends are tongue-shaped.
A horizontal wood element of wood stained dark brown and carved to two pointed ends with a repetitive pattern underneath. Bird-like heads dominate both ends. Legs are of bamboo cut and wrapped around the horizontal, then bound with fibre to form two a-shapes.
Carved wooden yipwon (hook figure). Downward pointed hook shaped in the form of a human figure (part a). The figure is wearing a triangular shaped, flat headdress. The eyes are inlayed with cowrie shells, the nose projects slightly with a hollow septum, the mouth is small and incised while the chin is long and pointed. The body of the figure consists of opposed hooks encircling a central protrusion and two upward facing hooks appearing like human ribs. The frame hooks or back of the figure curves in slightly then ends with one human leg with a small foot and carved toes. The hook is stained black. Covering part of the figure’s head is a cassowary feather wig (part b) with skin that has been has been pierced in two places and fibre strands tied through.
Rawhide bottle (part a) with spherical base and elongated neck. Lid (part b) fits over outer edges of upper neck. The lower half of the base is covered with brown haired cowhide with white patches. Upper half has five narrow strips of cowhide alternating white and brown, four of which are linear, with the fifth and uppermost curvilinear. The uppermost linear strip is detached at end close to handle. Two looped handles are at opposite side of upper half of base. Base of neck has six linear strips of alternating brown and white cowhide with brown and white linear strip at upper end, and looped handle at top.
Round leather drum secured to ceramic base by wooden pegs driven through the overlapped then glued leather. Drum head is white. The ceramic ring is red. There is a fibrous hook.
Large leaf-shaped nose ornament with soldered hook that loops through nose. There is an incision from base of the hook to centre of the face. The metal is bent out of shape at hook's base.