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Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Speaking staff. The carved figures are: a killer whale, eagle with folded wings, seated wolf, and raven with long down-turned beak and folded wings. The lower section is plain and cylindrical, slightly tapering in towards the base.
Small, cuff-style silver bracelet with face-like design across exterior. Face consists of thick brows, eyes on either side of a wide nose, and an open, grinning mouth; made up of engraved and cross-hatched formline elements. Cross-hatched triangles on either side; ends of bracelet are rounded and are decorated with incised split-U's. The central area appears to have the letter G inside a design element.
Very small translucent spoon made from an eagle beak. Wide, thin bowl with a short pointed handle. The handle tip is carved with what appears to be a small human figure wearing a robe.
Deep painted tray that is divided into four compartments. The sides of the tray flare out from the square base. The interior bottom of the tray is painted with a black design, a circle within four corners with a four point star at centre, partially covered by the divivder. One wall of the divider has a curved upper edge that extends above the sides of the tray and has a hole drilled through it with a fabric tie attached. The sides of the tray and the divider have all been painted with formline designs in black, red and green.
Ladle with round bowl and long narrow handle. The handle gradually flattens towards the end, where there is a triangle-shaped cutout. The ladle has been painted black and red, which has faded.
Dagger with long leaf-shaped blade. The blade has a ridge with a carved line running down the length of it on one side, and is smooth and concave on the underside. There is a narrow cylindrical handle followed by a flat end carved with a creature with two large round eyes with red centres. There are two labels adhered to the back, and faded writing in red ink.
Wooden mask depicting a stylized humanoid face. Long fibres are attached to the top of the of the mask; the fibres closest to the face are covered in a dark adhesive(?) similar in colour to the mask's face (paint or stain(?)). The face has a prominent forehead with a thin line portruding down the middle, from the hairline down to the nose where it widens to form the bridge. The nose portrudes off the face and has wide nostrils. Circular eye holes are carved through the wood and are surrounded by slightly raised circles on the mask's front side. There are horizontal indents on the face above the eyes (where the nose begins) and below the bottom of the nose. The face has large, portruding lips that are slightly parted, with a horizontal rectangle carved through the wood in the center of the lips. The back of the mask is concave and undecorated. There are 20 holes carved through the wood along the edge's of the face; all of which are visible from the back side, while only 10 are visible from the front (as the remaining holes are covered by the fibre).
Cedar bark cape or skirt. The bark at top is folded and secured with two rows of light yellow plant fibre. Top row ends in tight knot, against edge; plant fibre making up bottom row extends into a tail, tied off at base. Opposite side of band has a long red cloth tie; black, plaid-like pattern across front of tie, back is undecorated.
Cedar bark apron (part a) and two separate ornaments (parts b-c); apron made up of two panels. Apron's waist band consists of braided cords with fringe inserted in between them at centre; all bound together with red-dyed bark. Braided cords continue into long ties on outer edges; end in bundles of tied off fringe. Panels are bound together at centre with red-dyed bark; short braided cords cross over one another in middle of apron. Ornaments are braided pieces of cedar bark with tied off fringe at base; great, black, and white feathers inserted along length.
Cedar bark headband with woven central panel; loose strands at ends are bound together with red-dyed bark tie, close to panel. (Headband is folded in half.)