Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Black double spout bottle with a flattened base and polished surface. Blind spout has an incised bird motif and below there are small reed stamped circles in “brow" design, divided by a central whisker element, three vertical lines incised in nose, dotted circles below corners of mouth. Well preserved red-brown, orange-brown and yellow paint. Molded manufacture. Partly repaired and restored.
Polished bowl with a somwhat flattened base and flaring rim. Decorated interior. Painted designs of 23 sharks in grey and cream; orange-red and cream; and purple-brown and cream with black details. Broken and repaired.
Polished bowl with rounded base and flaring sides. Decorated interior. Painted decoration of two mice in black on cream ground. Red-brown sides with cream vertical lines. Breakage restored.
Polished bowl with flaring sides and a somewhat flattened base. Decorated interior. Painted decoration of two bonito fish in black, one with an orange-brown belly, other with a purple-brown on cream ground. Orange-red on the interior and on exterior sides. Black rim. Well preserved.
Stirrup spout polished bottle with flat base and compressed ovoid body. Modeled monkey at base of long vertical spout, two birds at base of stirrup. Red-brown slip. Molded manufacture technique. Restored.
Unpainted, wooden whistle that is oval in cross section and comes to a tapered end. Previously broken into four lengthwise pieces, now repaired so there are two pieces (parts a-b). The first piece (part a) is semi-rounded and whole except for the chipped tapering end. The second piece (part b) is semi-rounded with a vertical crack down the middle of the tapering end.
Large, round, wall panel carving in the style of a spindle whorl. The motif at the lower centre is a frog, whose back legs are composed of salmon heads, while the frog’s front legs are feathers from a pair of thunderbirds. Circles of oxidized copper make up the eyes of the creatures. The background, between the animals, is painted grey.
Painted drum made of stiffened skin stretched over a round frame of wooden slats, attached together with adhesive. Skin wraps around frame edges to the back, where thin strips of sinew are attached through holes to draw the material tight. These are lashed together with leather thongs at centre, making a handle. The face of the drum is painted red and black, with four salmon heads emerging from the sides, surrounding a series of concentric cirlces at mid-point with interspersed crescents and traingles .
Bentwood box made of yellow cedar, with separate lid (part b). Box is deeply carved with images of birds on two sides, decorated with inlaid circles and ovals of abalone shell for eyes and feather decoration. Into one side of the box is carved a wolf, painted black, with 8 shell operculua creating an even row of teeth in the open mouth. Abalone shell is used for the eye and other decoraton. A flower with foliage is carved beside the wolf. The fourth side is carved into repeating triangular and oval motifs, with black and rust paint accents. The lid (part b) is raised on one side, with 18 shell opercula in 6 rows of 3 shells decorating the high edge. Edges are painted black, while the top is coloured rust. Lid has an inset lip at bottom.