Carved wood Bis pole painted entirely with dark brown-black pigment. Above the spiked base rise two columns, each with three figures facing forward, with their feet on the head of the one below; in the back column are males who reach forward to hold the head or shoulders of the females in the slightly lower front column who reach back to hold their knees. The eyes, head bands, and carved tattoos on face and body are painted red and white. The top female wears a large branching headdress, the bottom female kneels.

Large wooden shield with carved and painted designs. The shield is rectangular in shape, with rounded upper corners. At the top, on a long straight neck, is a thin carved human head. On the front is a geometric pattern with square and triangle motifs in white, outlined in brown on an orange ground. Knotted through holes along the sides are bark tassels. On the back is a protruding handle with two large square holes and a painted zigzag motif.

Woven ropes for climbing trees (part a-b). One end has a circular band attached to the rope. The other end thins to single strands.

Large wooden shield with carved and painted designs. The shield is rectangular in shape, with rounded corners. On the top is a post with a row of small carved squares on the front. On the front is an abstract design with lines curled at both ends in white, outlined in brown on orange ground. Knotted through holes along the sides are fibre tassels. On the back is a protruding curved handle with two large square holes.

Large wooden shield with carved and painted designs. The shield is rectangular in shape, with rounded corners. On the top is a post with a row of carved squares on the front. On the front is a repeated ‘H’ motif with curling ends in orange, outlined in brown on white ground. Knotted through holes along the sides are sisal fibre tassels. On the back is a protruding curved handle with two square holes and a painted zigzag motif.

Large wooden shield with carved and painted designs. The shield is rectangular in shape, with rounded corners. On the top is a carved bird with tail resting on the front and long beak on the back. On the front are long curling lines and half circles in orange, outlined in brown on white ground. On the back is a large protruding curved handle and black lines.

Large painted carving of a killer whale lying flat on a base. The decorative elements, such as ivory coloured scales and tattoos covering the body of the whale, red mouth, ivory coloured shells are the sides of the base, and red and yellow waves on the runners of the base, are painted over a dark brown background. Shell eyes are embedded at the top of the broad flattened head with rounded nose.

Large wooden shield with carved and painted designs. The shield is rectangular in shape, with rounded corners. On the top is a narrow post with a row of small carved squares. On the front is a repeated, seated figure motif in orange, outlined in brown on white ground. On the back is a protruding curved handle with a rectangular hole.

Cassowary feather headdress. A thick band is woven of light and dark brown stems in a geometric pattern. One end has a loop, the other a long tie. The many black cassowary feathers are pulled through the upper edge of the band.

Large wooden shield with carved and painted designs. The shield is rectangular in shape, with rounded corners. On the top is a carved human head. On the front is a continuous orange design around white abstract shapes, all outlined in brown. On the back is a protruding curved handle with a square hole.