Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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A carved wooden mask which has a very rounded appearance, a pug nose, down-turned mouth and ball- shaped eyeballs. The eyeballs have been painted black, and are ringed by a black line, eyebrows are painted as lines which accentuate the rather startled or angry expression. The inside of the mouth is painted red, and a tongue projects to the rear of the mask and serves as a means of wearing the mask, by holding it in the mouth. The wearer would have been able to see through small slots below the eyes. The mask is not typically Northwest Coast in form.; Good
A carved and painted mask in the form of the noohlmahl, or fool. The mask is characterised by a large nose with flared nostrils, the cheek bones are high and rounded, the mouth upturned in a grin and the chin is pointed. The eyebrows are large, and painted red with cross-hatching while the eyes are rounded and staring. Around the edge of the mask is a carved rim, at the top appears to be carved in the form of hair, while below the pierced ears the rim has the appearance of twisted rope. Themask is painted, the lips and the eyes are red, the rim is black, and the forehead has two black curling designs with a central ovoid, similar curling designs extend below the eyebrows and accentuate the cheeks. The chin is similarly painted black, with a central cleft which accentuates the pointed appearance, the nostrils are also outlined in black to a similar effect. The inside of the mask has been finished to a high degree.; Good
Large halibut hook with metal point which shows signs of having been re-sharpened and is still very sharp. The point is lashed into place with root, there is string wrapped between the arms, and a cord leader line attached. The lashing on the lower arm is very fine at the tip.; Good
Hemlock halibut hook with bone point lashed to the upper arm with root. The hook has been written on in ink, Halibut hook , Westcoast and the initials P.A. .; Good
Hemlock wood halibut hook with bone point and bark lashing. The hook has been written on in ink at some stage, much illegible.; Good
A very curled halibut hook made from hemlock wood with a bone point lashed to the upper arm with bark.; Good
Halibut hook made from knotted bent hemlock with bone point lashed onto the upper arm with bark, and the lower tapering arm lashed with very fine root. A length of nettle fibre is stretched across the arms and there are vestiges of a sinew leader.; Good
Small hook made from knotted hemlock with bone point lashed on with root.; Good
Broken hook made from two bent pieces of wood lashed together with root. The barb is the sharpened end of one section of bent wood and is strengthened by a knotted cross piece of root. The hook has a length of rope tied to the lower arm which would have secured it to the weighted line. The lower arm tapers off into a small carving of a bird, possibly a raven.; Good
Bone fish gorge attached to a twisted two strand gut line and mounted on a card.; Good