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Carving of a fisherwoman. Painted figure stands on a thick round base, knees slightly bent, arms at sides. On her face is painted an intricate mask with cowrie shell eyes, thin ropes hanging from her orange ears, wrists and torso. A large white, brown and orange bird stands on top, pecking at her brow. Its wings are held close to its body. Artist’s signature painted on front of base.
Wood carving of a figure and birds. Figure has a large oval head, painted white, with small, inset shells for eyes, a long nose with flared nostrils, and small mouth. Black circles and half circles decorate the face. The body is painted black, and has thin twisted rope at neck, waist and wrists. Arms hang at sides with hands flat against thighs. Feet are planted on the head of a large face which is painted similar to the figure’s, also with shell eyes, and upward curving horns. Two small birds perch on the temples. Tall birds span the carving from top to bottom, flanking the figure, beaks touching the top of its head. They are decorated with dark brown stripes. Small black and orange wings are folded on their backs. The back of the carving shows the back of the figure and bottom face, painted solid brown.
Wooden mallet. Rectangular head has two curved lines carved into both ends and concave indents on both of the wider side hitting surfaces. At the bottom end of the handle is a small face with raised eyes and carved nostrils and mouth.
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.
Deeply carved wooden clan pole covered in various figures, animals and designs on all sides, with the creator figure Tuwatmeri at the top of both sides. The pole is round at the base; slightly flat and rectangular at the top. The eyes of the figures are inlaid with shell. Artist's inscription around pole near base on one side.
Tall, thin painted carving of Fisherwoman. Featured are a bird, a woman, a fish, and a second human face. The woman stands, with the bird's feet on her shoulders. The tail of the fish is in the bird's mouth and it bends down to touch the woman's head with it's mouth. The second face is at the base of the figure facing backward.