Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Printed cloth celebrating 50 years. A cut strip of white cloth has a printed design of black diamonds, the red, green and yellow flag of Ghana and the writing "Ghana 50" and "1957 2007" .
Short staff with finely woven wire covering and, at mid-point, a carved full frontal of figure wearing a head ring. Brown and black wires have been woven to create an alternating spiral pattern.
Ironwood club with finely woven, decorated grass sheath (two detached pieces of sheath are parts b-c). Zigzag patterning varies in red, black, and dark brown against the natural grass coloured background. Club has a flattened diamond cross-section and a centre ridge that runs from edge of sheath to tip of pointed end.
Dark wood paddle with decorative motifs, different on each side, incised into the pointed blade and painted with red and yellow clay and black kerosene.
Necklace of ten individual argillite plaques, varied slightly in size and shape, showing animal crest designs (grizzly, eagle, hawk, thunderbird, killer whale). Thin brown leather strip onto which they are strung is bound together at ends with purple thread. Each plaque has a description, place, date and artist signature incised into the back, e.g., "Haida Eagle Crest 69 Skidegate McGuire."
Carving of female figure in porous dark stone with flat base and roughly hewn back. Figure has squared head with shoulder-length hair and her arms are cinched into her sides by a wide rope(?) wound around her body below the breasts. She wears a head band and a V-shaped skirt.
Red painted, wood carving of a devil with large brown wings and long, pointed, black-tipped white horns. He has painted black hair and beard, and carries a large silver trident in his arms. The standing figure is nailed to a circular base.
Carved wood mask with beard. Face mask with cut-out openings is painted red with black paint on prominent brows, thick mustache, and eyes. The long beard adhered to the chin is the leg fur of a small animal, with paw and claws attached. The interior is unpainted and lined with strips of gray foam. String is attached to eye hooks at top and sides.
Carved devil mask with horns. Large face mask with cut-out openings is painted completely red over the front, with black paint on prominent brows, under eyes, as a mustache and around bottom lip. Red horns with black tips project at different angles (one straight out to the side and one angled upward and out), and are inserted and glued in above the brows. Inside is unpainted and has a piece of cotton string on a metal eye hook.
Carved devil mask with horns. Face mask with cut-out openings is painted completely red over the front, with black paint on brows, beard, and encircling eyes and mouth. Red horns with black tips project outward to the sides, and are inserted and glued above the brows. Inside is unpainted and has a piece of cotton string on a metal eye hook.