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Hollow globular calabash rattle with neck leading to a smaller globular shape open at one end. Sides of large globe are covered by a netting, incorporating dark brown seed beads which fit around neck at one end leaving the other end, the bottom of the globe, uncovered. A carrying string is attached to base of netting. Calabash skin is yellow and worn in spots to show natural calabash fibre underneath.
A calabash with geometric relief designs around shoulder, above, and on flat base. At the widest circumference are four supernatural beasts. Between and beneath the beasts are shield-like forms and above back tails are wedge-shaped designs. Texture on carved forms is achieved by fine incised lines. The animal portrayed has the body and claws of a cat, a bird-like head, and beak, and a long tail terminating in a spade-shaped tip. Above and beneath the animal are geometric designs consisting of wedge shaped bordered by seven straight horizontal lines encircling the container. The base design consists of tapering arms radiating from a circle. The negative background of the calabash is yellow-red and the positive areas are black. The black forms are outlined in deeper relief than the surrounding background.
Hemisphere or half a calabash gourd decorated on the outer surface with a painted and carved relief design of a large undulating serpent starting with the head above a small semi-circle hole near the rim and ending with the tail at the same point. Within the undulations, there are six birds and one lizard(?). Geometric pattern around rim, around a 2 cm hole in the centre, and around hole near the edge. All designs are blue.
Oval asymmetrical bowl-shaped calabash decorated inside and on base with a pre-amulating bird surrounded by a simple linear geometric design. The bird on the exterior has abstract stars around it and is surrounded by a darker circular band with four equally spaced radiating bands and circular lines all around. The bird on the interior has a plain background and is surrounded by a circular band of triangles separated by two vertical lines, and square grid lines all around. The decoration is burnt into the surface and varies in shades of brown.
Headdress composed of a piece of tapa cloth with rounded corners and decorated with bands of zigzag in red ochre. Woven and wound string with a linear pattern in light grey Job's Tears seeds and segments of black bamboo. The exposed string is rubbed with red, black and yellow pigment (?).
A bark cloth backed beaded panel. The beads are grey and polished and woven with plant fibre string in rows. There is a cross-pattern of black electrical wire pieces. The edges are dyed red, and the top is alternately dyed red, then has grey beads and yellow dye in vertical rows.
A pandanus leaf string headband with grey polished plane stem beads. The beads alternate with the string. Light horizontal rows with eight beads are on each vertical strip. The centre has two vertical rows of long cylindrical black beads with two vertical rows of grey beads. Each end has red dye on the string, and the braided ties.
A pandanus leaf string headband with grey beads alternating with the string. Eight horizontal rows with eight beads are on each vertical strip. The string is dyed yellow at either end, in between the beads.
Large fibre bag (bilum) in a rounded rectangular shape with the sides angled inward to the top. On either side of the slit opening is the end of a woven handle. The body of the bag is loosely woven in a fishnet style. There are horizontal bands that are slightly darker; natural ground.
Small, string, u-shaped bag (bilum) with long handle loosely tied in 'fish-net' style. White/brown overall, discoloured in some areas and some red patches of dye.