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A light yellow pipe in two parts: a cylindrical bowl made of a segment of bamboo and a stem of narrow bamboo pierced through the centre. The stem is slotted into a hole halfway up the pipe bowl. Several strands of blue cotton thread are wrapped around the stem of the pipe and extend to the loop around the small wooden protrusion on the base of the bowl.
An assortment of 1200 unstrung beads. Most of the beads are green, blue, grey or blue-green in colour. Their shape is generally discoid or cylindrical.
An assortment of 542 unstrung stone and shell beads in a container. Colours range from blue, to green, orange, black, grey and white. There is a single bead of rolled sheet metal.
An assortment of 630 unstrung beads in a container. Most appear to be made of shell. There are a few cylindrical beads and the rest are disc-shaped. Colours range from white through grey, orange, purple and light red.
Human face mask carved from one piece of wood. Stylized with two planes. Eyes are horizontal slits at meeting of cheeks and brows. High domed ridged forehead. There is an upturned nose and a closed mouth with parted lips having four perforations in the rim of the upper lip. Nylon string tied across back.
241 assorted mineral and stone beads, mainly turquoise; strung on monofilament. The stone beads vary in shape, size and finish. There is no discernable order to the stringing. (Plastic fishing line was added by the collector for holding the beads.)
Twelve hollow, spherical gold beads, each constructed from two half-spheres. There are three small gold beads of the same type. There are also twenty-four irregularly shaped grey pearl beads and four disc-shaped stone beads (two light yellow and two blue/green).
Altar or shrine composed of three square slabs of slate laced together with string threaded through holes on sides to form a triptych. The central slab is surmounted by a crown shape; indented squares on front; two matching geometric incised designs on outer surface of squares, when closed. The inner surface has Christian images, representing angels, Mary and her child.
Twenty-four beads of assorted sizes, predominantly blue and green in colour, threaded on monofilament. The largest beads are well finished barrel-shaped bead and a disc with a central hole. One bead has a human face carved on it and an eccentrically placed hole. Three beads have drill holes in two directions.
Nine mottled blue and grey stone beads in various shapes and sizes, strung on monofilament--five are hefty cylindrical beads and four are smaller, oblate forms. Some beads are chipped.