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A drawing on an off-white bookmark. The front-side is a horizontally oriented, hand-drawn image of a killer whale in black ink. The whale's head is comprised of an exaggerated eye-shape, and a lower jaw decorated with two stars and one smaller creature with an eye and teeth. Air exits from a blowhole at the back of the whale's head. The body of the whale is decorated with stripe patterns, four stars, and three creatures. The whale's tail is decorated with three small creatures and one star in the bottom tail fluke. A creature with an eye and square teeth is drawn between the two tail flukes. The reverse-side of the bookmark is machine-printed in brown ink. On the left half is an image of a house surrounded by trees with the text "The Baker House" printed below. The right half of the bookmark lists commercial information including the bookstore's name, "Poor Richards Books Ltd."
A hand-drawn image of four vertically oriented beings: a human woman(?), a thunderbird(?), a serpent-bear being(?), and a fish. The woman, drawn at the very top of the paper, has long hair and is unclothed. Below is a thunderbird with a dash design at the back of the head and around the eye. A branch(?) and an arrow extend outwards from the bird's open mouth towards the human. Underneath the bird is a serpent-bear being(?); the being's mouth is open, it has a snake-like body, and an arm with a claw reaching towards the fish below. At the very bottom of the paper is a diamond shaped fish decorated with stripe patterns. The artist's signature, a "M" with a line through it and a dot on either side, is in the bottom right corner. The reverse-side of the drawing is blank.
A drawing on part of a white ticket from a convocation ceremony. The front-side is a vertically oriented, hand-drawn image of a killer whale and two lightning serpents(?). The outline of the whale is drawn in dark blue ink; the interior of the whale is decorated with light and dark blue shapes. A light blue arrow extends from the whale's mouth. Air, drawn as light blue dashes, exit from the blowhole at the back of the whale's head. Both serpents are drawn in orange ink. One is positioned under the whale's jaw, swimming with the whale, and the other is above the whale's tail swimming away from the whale. A harpoon tip(?), drawn in orange and dark blue ink, is positioned near the underbelly of the whale. On the reverse-side of the ticket, a fish graphic and text is printed in light blue-grey ink on a white background.
A drawing on an off-white bookmark. The front-side of the bookmark is a vertically oriented, hand-drawn image of a killer whale and a lightning serpent(?). The killer whale's body is in the bottom half of the bookmark; an exaggerated dorsal fin extends from the back of the whale to the top left corner of the bookmark. Swirling dashes are drawn rising out of the whale's blowhole. The whale's body is coloured dark grey; an unshaded band filled with small circles extends from the whale's head to it's tail flukes. A small human skull is drawn on the underbelly of the whale. The serpent is drawn in the top right corner. The artist's signature, a "M" with a line drawn through it and two dots, is in the bottom right corner of the bookmark. The reverse-side of the bookmark is machine-printed in black ink. There is an image of a man and a female child looking into a bookshop window. Listed below is the commercial information including the bookstore name "Bestsellers Bookstore".
Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a wife. Carved from wood and painted. Woman stands with her hands down in front of her body. She wears a green top with white ties and a long red skirt. Her skin is pink and she has painted black facial features, and black hair, which is tied back into a bun at the nape the the neck. She does not have legs or feet. Figure mounted on a wood dowel and base.
Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a musician with a janggu (drum). Figure is cone-shaped, with a long greyish-blue robe and painted red ties at waist. His face and hands are light pink, and he holds an hourglass-shaped drum in his hands. He has painted black features and black hair, and wears a low black hat with a wide flat rim. Flat base with round hole for dowel.
Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a musician with a Korean oboe(?). Carved from wood and painted. Figure is cone-shaped, with a long green robe and painted red ties at waist. His face and hands are light pink, and he holds a woodwind instrument in his hands. He has painted black features and black hair, and wears a low black hat with a wide flat rim. Flat base with round hole for dowel.
Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a single woman. Carved from wood and painted. She wears a long light green robe, with darker green hems, and sparingly decorated with yellow and red flowers. Underneath the robe she wears reddish-brown trousers. She is holding something in her hands - light pink with red dots, and a green circle filled with yellow, and then red dots in her hands. Her black hair is braided down the length of her back and tied with red ribbons. Mounted on a wood dowel and base.
Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a musician playing a flute while riding on the back of a mystical creature. Carved from wood and painted. The musician wears a long black robe with red ties at the waist, and green pants. He has short black hair, and wears a small black hat with a wide rim. The mystical creature is tiger-like in appearance, orange with black stripes and a white chest. It has large round yellow eyes and red mouth baring teeth. Mounted on a wood dowel.
Pair of matching dragon face end boards or kkokdu (꼭두). Semi-circular panels, each with one side carved and painted. The central design is a large red-faced dragon with a bulbous pink nose, bushy black eyebrows, large circular eyes, green with white moustache(?), and a wide tooth-bearing grin. Top, centre, are four layered U-shapes. The outer arch is painted with a thick red border, and a black line borders the bottom edge. The exterior edge of the arch is painted white.