Vase is bulbous and rounded with a wide shoulder narrowing to a short neck with a large lip. The shoulder tapers to a small angular base. The vase is a dark blue-green colour with small brown speckles and finished with a shiny glaze.

Small round bowl with unglazed base. Dark-brown thickly speckled glaze covers most of rim. Inset round base flares upward towards body. Dark-brown linear characters slightly inset into glaze and on opposite sides of body. Interior has a few dark-brown specks on walls and inner shoulder. Green glaze lightens in colour underneath rim.

Small round bowl with unglazed base. Dark-brown speckled glaze around outer rim, less on inner rim. Inset round base flares upward to a wider body. Dark brown characters inset into glaze and on opposite sides of body. Green glaze lightens in colour near rim and in streaks running vertically. Base has two small horizontal lines of dark-brown glaze. Small thinly glazed marks around rim near top of linear character. Interior has dark-brown specks and thin diagonal line on inner shoulder.

Set of three tenmoku stoneware dishes (parts a-d). The two deep plates, one larger then the other, have high walls with four dips spaced around the edges. The small round bowl has angled walls and two curved handles. All three are mainly black with ragged brown rims. Maker's mark stamped on base of all three plates.

Large format colour photograph of a scene showing three people processing a large collection of First Nations objects into lots, in preparation for an auction. The objects (mainly from the Northwest Coast, some from other First Nations groups) surround the table where the people are working on all sides. Many objects are on the floor, others are on shelves and some are on the table. The two men sit behind a long table, one with a laptop. A woman stands at the right of one man, also behind the table. Edition 1 of 3. Photograph is mounted in a large frame.

Museum Purchase: Helen and Franklin Drake and Elizabeth Cole Butler Auction Proceeds.

Gift of an anonymous donor.

Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Erma Engels Bequest by exchange.

Gift of an anonymous donor.

Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Barbara Christy Wagner.