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Sickle-shaped sago pounder of stained wood, and cane. The wood handle has an animal figure with striated nostrils carved on one end. The centre is covered by an upside down v-shaped plaited cane fibre matting topped by a small ringed wooden knob. The removable part is solid cane held on by a wrapping of cane fibre.
Inside ball is stuffed with dusty plastic which is held together by white canvas twined in a square pattern, diminishing to tied ends. The centre of the ball has three lines of red cotton cloth horizontally twined.
Slim wooden club tapering from the notched head to the grip. In section, the blade is a very flat diamond, with slightly concave faces and a ridge at the centre on both sides. Handle is a flattened hexagonal shape, wound with alternating tan, blue, and yellow thread. Extremely small ridges at top of grip. Handle ends in a widened pommel with a pointed end. Blade has rough rectilinear patterns incised on each side (different) in mirror image around the central ridge. One side is typically parallel and perpendicular to the major axis of the blade; the other side is in diagonals to that axis. Overall dark brown; possibly a resin, oil, or other stain has been used. Probably chonta palm wood. Different geometric design on each side.
Circular ring consists of a core tightly wound in a machine-like manner with fine brass wire.
Circular ring consists of a core tightly wound in a machine-like manner with fine brass wire.
Circular utility basket with braided rope at top. Two strand twined openwork weave with warp strands alternating double bound: wool yarn bound round weft strands at top. Four horizontal bands in blue with red dotted lines in interior resulting from wool wound around weft strands.
A beadwork necklace of trade flannel wound with string of pink glass beads coiled around the fibre with brass beads in the middle of each strand. The end pieces are of hide and are wrapped with yellow cloth trim.
Strands of small white beads wound around seven tubular cloth cores. The seven beaded pieces are attached at either end to a leather strip with brass beads at the joint. Two leather thongs for ties.
Coiled cedar bark head ring with four carved wooden skulls attached to sides of headdress; skulls are painted white. Four bundles of cedar bark strips are attached to the sides in between the skulls. Brown ribbon ties attached at the bottom.
Twisted cedar bark ring with fringes on two sides.