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A flat hairpin made of gold-coloured metal tapering to an irregular point. A raised flower, and an engraved stem decorate the pin. Above the flower the pin widens into three discs, one above the other, each edged with a circle of tiny raised flowers. A small insect or flower shape is on the border between the discs. The top and the bottom discs are inset with flat green stones while the middle disc is inset with a rounded red-orange stone. The uppermost green stone is incised with a curvilinear pattern. Chinese characters stamped on the back which is flat.
A hairpin consisting of a flared tube of silver tapering to a long slender point with a translucent pink stone (rose quartz) inserted into the open end. The stone has an elongated double-lobed globular shape with a simple curvilinear carving. The pin is indented into three lobes at about one-third of the distance from the stone.
Winalagalis hand puppet. Articulated male figure is somewhat skeletal, with leather joints at neck, hip, elbows, wrists and ankles; humanoid skulls at knee joints; pegged shoulder joints. Head: long strands of hair are inserted into holes drilled at top and back; green face has black brows, white brow line; slightly depressed eye area has white circular hole pupils in red; sharply curved nose has rounded red nostrils; white moustache-like area on red rounded upper lip, moveable lower jaw, quill teeth; circular red and black ears. Body: green ovoid with white crescent at pectorals, exposed ribs, red navel; hips are attached to rib cage with thread loops; penis on wooden extension is screwed to back of rib cage; scrotum on separate cords; rolled leather at top of each leg is inserted into hips; long wide feet have 2 sets of parallel lines indicating bones, green toenails; long arms, hands with green fingernails hang to knee level. Single strand of red beads around neck. The puppet's genitalia manipulates body movements through the use of cord and wire.
A container made from a dark brown gourd shaped like a sphere, from which the top one-third has been cut away. A hole is bored near the rim for insertion of a cord of braided root(?) 21.5 cm. long. The main design consists of an incised band around the rim consisting of a single line with a herringbone pattern.
Beadwork square with patchwork silk border. Beadwork background of opaque white beads, patterned with yellow, green, red and blue beads; 2 horizontal and 2 vertical lines form 9 equal squares. The centre square is patterned with 4 geometric tree forms and a small, long tailed animal. The remaining squares are patterned with animal forms, either horses, lions or elephants; the 5 upper squares each have 6 similar animals, the lower 2 squares have 4 similar animals and the left lower square has 6 dissimilar ones. Beadwork is bordered with a row of diamonds and a linear margin, framed by 3 borders of silk patchwork, 2 green with red diamonds, separated by one of orange and red chevrons. Chevron border and textile edge is bound in purple. There are hanging loops in each corner. The backside is lined with red cotton.
A rattle made of four tubular seed pods, each about 13 cm. long with a 2 cm. diameter, tightly bound together with woven rattan in a loosely wrapped pattern. The tubes have seeds inside. The ends of the tubes are plugged with fibrous material.
Small beadwork square with silk border; background of opaque white beads patterned in yellow, blue and red with a central stylized geometric form, and with a bird and 2 different animals on each side; wide border of green and black beads patterned with small geometric forms in yellow, white and red; edged with a narrow band of white, blue and red beads. The beadwork is bordered by 4 light red, silk rectangles which are stitched together. There is a woven pattern of fine red and green stripes and with a gold-coloured metallic floating weft (?). Red cotton (?) backing and red silk binding. Hanging loop on each corner; considerable fading and disintegration of woven border and binding; many metallic elements missing; one small hole in lower silk border; lower right hanging loop is dissimilar to the other three.
White shell blade: one surface is concave, the other has traces of natural wavy pattern and is partially encrusted with brown-grey material. Has overall triangular shape with partially rounded corners, and is inscribed on concave surface in pencil.
Plain. Bow drill and mouthpiece. The antler drill (part a) is cylindrical and tapered to a rounded point at the bottom end and has a long point at the opposite end. The bone piece (part b) is that of a caribou foot. The bone bow (part c) is a curved piece and a loose band of skin across and knotted through a hole at each end of the curved piece.
Mask with top knot of folded cedar bark wrapped with a strip of red plastic near the base. The mask is painted grey and has two indented diagonal curved shapes near the top of the forehead. Curvilinear eyebrow ridges extend beyond the side edges, and beaten copper is nailed to the surface of each. The eyes have circular hollow protruding pupils made of abalone shell, and the hooked beak-like nose has wide rounded nostrils. The open red mouth has pointed recurved lips. The mask also has a pointed chin and a series of black curved lines that accent the cheeks from chin to temple. Signed by artist on reverse.