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Large round mask with slightly raised eyes. Upwardly curved mouth. The nose area has many small holes around it. Cloth hood nailed to the mask to fit over the wearer's head. Painted in colours of red, black, white and green.
Brown, woven, leather sandals (parts c-d) with an open toe and a high back. The tops are detailed with a woven geometric lozenge pattern. The heals are made of pieces of leather, nailed together. Each sole has a number "2" written in pencil.
Brown leather sandals (parts c-d) with a strap across the toes, top and back. The top has a pierced bird decoration with red and green velvet underlay. There are two buckle fastenings on the side. Slight tooling around the edges of the sole. The soles are nailed. Written in pencil on the sole of part d is the number ‘25’.
Birch bark wall hanger. Birch bark nailed together, painted with a floral design, varnished, and bound with dyed root. Hole in top for suspension. Triangular back with oblong basket at bottom for holding objects. Red binding on rim.
Mask (a) made from two pieces of wood joined down the centre of the mask at an angle and supported by a triangular piece of wood at the top. The mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows, light blue around the circular eyes with a red and blue design element at the temples, red nostrils, a black scalloped design that arches over the cheeks from the nostrils to the chin, a black moustache, red lips, and a black line under the lower lip. A tuft of off-white and brown feathers, some of which are painted blue at the tips, are attached to a wooden stick with blue string and adhesive fabric tape that has been painted blue (b), and the tuft fits into a hole in the top of the mask.
Chief's wooden seat with rounded back and two side panels with decorative edges. Three wood slats on bottom at ends and middle. One on top edge. Painted back panel of figure (?), side panels painted on both sides with u-forms, ovoids and split-u forms. Bark used to tie back side bar, on left side, to back and side panel. Colours: blue, black, and red.
Warrior dance knife, or baton in the form of Sisiutl. Central front-facing head with two upward and outward curling horn-like appendages at the top and a profile head on either side, each of which has another upward and backward curling horn-like appendage at the top. Each profile head has a red tongue that protrudes outward at a slight upward angle. Painted black, red, and green.
Model of a totem pole depicting an eagle with outstretched wings and a beaver(?). Painted in black, red, and yellow. Figures are secured to a round base with nails.
Long staff with carved standing human figure joined (with wiggle nails) to the top. Six miniature coppers nailed to the staff, the uppermost nailed to the figure's chest. The lowest copper is a t-shaped scrap. A piece of abalone is glued to the front of the staff below the two central coppers, and the entire staff is painted red. The figure stands erect with his right arm outstretched, the other at his side. He wears brown-painted clothing and a red painted skull cap decorated with four pieces of abalone at front, back and sides. The face carving is highlighted with red and black paint and is heavily shellacked. Rubber cap on bottom.
Mask with pronounced nose and upper lip. Eyes are teardrop-shaped holes. Moustache, chin beard, and eyebrows painted black. Lips and nostrils painted orange, and there is an orange design on the cheeks with two curved lines on the forehead.