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A drawing on a single-sided piece of white paper. The drawing is vertically oriented. At the top is a crescent moon-like being with a decorated eye patch, and a mouth. Protruding from coastal mountains is the head of a thunderbird(?) with an arrow extending outwards from its mouth. The mountains divide the scale of the images; the images above the mountains are distant and aerial, and everything below the mountains is at close range and is underwater. Just below the surface of the water is a harpoon tip on a rope; the rope has a single loop with a small human skull lightly drawn within the loop. To the right of the harpoon tip is a human-like being positioned headlong in the water; the human-like being is decorated with hair, dots descending down the neck, a small human skull on the forearm, and a rib-like pattern drawn on the torso. Kelp, intermixed with fifteen human skulls of varying sizes, extends from the head of the human-like being to the seabed at the bottom of the page. Within the kelp is a fish appearing to ingest a human skull. The fish body is decorated with curving lines with intermediate dots, and the tail fin is drawn as a human-like face. The artist's signature, a "M" with a line through it and two dots, is positioned in the bottom right corner. The reverse-side of the paper is blank.
A drawing on a whitish grey coloured bookmark. The front-side is vertically oriented and is hand-drawn in pencil. The central image is an underwater human-whale being. The being has human facial features and limbs; bubbles rise from a blowhole at the back of the head and a fin extends from the humped back. The being is surrounded by a school of small fish, one jellyfish and one larger fish. The artist's signature, a "M" with a line drawn through it and two dots, is on the bottom right corner. The reverse-side of the bookmark has a machine-printed image of a black cat with sheet music extending from the right-side of its face. The commercial information, including the bookstore's name, "Clarion Books & Music" is printed on the reverse.
A drawing on a bookmark. The front-side of the bookmark is a hand-drawn image of a salmon on a white background. The drawing is horizontally oriented. A blue wavy line, representing the waterline, extends horizontally across the upper part of the page. The salmon is centrally positioned on the page. Most of the salmon is coloured in with green ink; the side of the salmon is decorated with crisscrossing assemblages of orange lines in varying lengths and thicknesses. The lateral line running the length of the body is decorated with a green crisscross design. The dorsal, pectoral, pelvic, anal, and the caudal fin of the salmon are white with a green border and a green dash pattern. A human-like being is drawn in orange ink in the bottom right corner of the bookmark; the being has a human-like face. Orange bubbles rise from its mouth. A human-like arm extends from the top of the being's head. The human-like hand, decorated with an unshaded ovoid, is drawn holding a black fishing line. A black-brown fishing hook and a small orange fish are drawn at the end of the fishing line. The reverse-side of the bookmark is machine-printed; the background is orange, and text is in red and black ink. At the top, an open cartoon book displays the bookstore's name, "Clifford's Wake." Printed below is the store's commercial information.
A drawing of a human skull and a flame on a one-sided, vertically oriented, piece of paper. The top edge of the paper is cut at an angle; the right-side of the paper is shorter than the left. The background of the drawing is filled with crisscrossing assemblages of line patterns of varying lengths and thicknesses in light green, light blue and dark green ink. In the middle-section, a human skull is outlined in dark green ink with the interior space left white; the eye sockets are coloured in with dark green ink. Dark green dots outline the right half of the eye sockets and the skull. The flame, drawn in red-orange and yellow ink, is positioned at the bottom of the drawing and extends upwards so that the upper sections of the flame overlay the skull. The reverse-side of the paper is blank.
Carved door panel made of two wooden rectangular panels, held together by three horizontal wooden boards nailed to their backs. Right side of left panel is jagged, it extends slightly over the right panel. Left panel has spindle extending from bottom left corner. Top left corner of left panel has round extension. Left panel has carving of large male figure with his hands upraised, holding ceremonial pots in each hand. Below him are four figures, in two rows of two, facing inward and carrying staffs. Right panel has carving of large female figure with her hands upraised, holding ceremonial pots in each hand. On her left there is a small figure holding a curved object. On her right there is a small figure with characteristics of the deity Eshu-thumb in mouth and phallic hairstyle. Below the large female there are five figures, two rows with three above two, facing inward and holding offering pots. Three of the five figures have the deity Eshu's hairstyle. Between the two figures on the bottom is a carving of a divination tray, known as Ifa. Tray is circular, made of cross-hatched lines. All designs carved in high relief. There is a small square cut out on the right panel between two figures holding offering pots. Nails securing boards on back are visible from front. Three nails for each board. The nails in the centre are straight, the nails on either side are bent over, to lie flat against the panels. Additional nail along right edge of right panel, bent to lie flat.
Carved and painted wood mask. Dome-shaped head with two large curved horns - one orange, and the other off-white. Below the horns, on either side, are two large folded ears. On top of the dome, two small raised circular eyes, separated by a triangular design, which extends into a large human-like nose. The flat mouth is wider the the head, and has a wide opening between the jaw. Two holes are drilled through the rim of the mask on each side, with a string tied through the top two holes.
Animal figure made of wood, with a long, flat, and slightly concave back. The head has carved eyes and ears, and an open mouth; the tail is bushy and turned down. The sides of the body are decorated with carved geometric patterns. A length of twisted plant fibre is tied around the neck and tail, with a small hourglass-shaped piece of wood wrapped in the middle.
Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a musician with a hand drum. Carved from wood and painted. Figure has a white face, with a sad expression. The black hair is tied neatly on top of the head in a bun. They wear a bright orange top with white ties, and blue pants. A burgundy with black and yellow drum is held in the left hand, and a matching burgundy stick in the right hand. The feet are a yellow pedestal. Mounted on a wood dowel and base.
Pair of matching wooden phoenix figures or kkokdu (꼭두), carved and painted. Each depicts a phoenix from the neck upwards. The phoenix has a yellow neck with black and red zigzag designs, and yellow, green, and red feathers extending out from the back of the head. Extending from its white head are a large red comb and wattle, which has a hole drilled horizontally through. The eyes are almond-shaped, and the small beak is black. Mounted on a two-tiered wood base, with the second tier angled and painted blue-black.
Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a woman. Carved from wood and painted. She is depicted wearing a long bluish-black skirt, orange-red top and a long-sleeved top over. Her hands are held together in front of her body. She has a long nose, and very small painted eyes and eyebrows high up on the face, as well as small red mouth. Her black hair is cut short like a bob style. Mounted on a wood dowel and base.