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Woven flying fox figure. The figure has pointed ears, cowrie shell eyes and a long protruding snout. Upon a round body are folded wings and long legs with individual toes. The figure is painted black-brown with an orange neck, chest and wing tips. Attached to the back is a string for hanging.
Coarse, hand built, dark orange clay fire pot on large pedestal foot. The rim of half of the large, shallow bowl is scalloped and comes to a high point. The bottom of the foot is concave.
Carved wooden spear thrower. One edge is straight; the other edge is widest in the centre with a carved concentric circle design on front and back. One end has a carved head, the other has an intricate openwork point.
Twisted fibre string bag (bilum) in a square shape with long woven strap handle attached to ends of the slit opening. The body of the bag is detailed with single bands of green and double bands of dark purple, alternating with the natural beige background. Strap has the same coloured accents.
Penis sheath. Made from a curved, basketry covered gourd, it is decorated with woven vertical zigzags and clusters of seeds dangling from thin ropes at both ends, and is painted in three shades of brown. A thin rope loops at open end.
Twisted fibre bag (bilum) in a trapezoidal shape with long woven strap handle. The body of the bag is detailed with green, brown and natural beige zigzags and one side of the top slit opening has some fibres in yellow, green, purple and maroon.
The canoe (part a) is carved from one piece of wood in the shape of a crocodile. At the stern a crocodile is climbing out of the water and snatching a baby. Inside the canoe is a family fishing, with their dog. At the bow of the flat-bottomed dugout canoe is a carved crocodile head, with white decoration running along the sides and purple fibre tassels. Inside lies a black and white dog, then behind him an older male with a beard holding a paddle (part b), then a younger male. The female figure is next, with a yellow grass skirt, holding another paddle (part c) and is falling back away from the yellow and brown crocodile. The crocodile holds the pink baby between its many sharp teeth.
Small, twisted fibre bag (bilum) in a slightly trapezoidal shape with woven strap handle attached to ends of the slit opening. The body of the bag is detailed in the middle with an interlocking wave pattern in pink and green against the natural beige background.
Finial derivation. Tall, carved dark wood finial composed of a tower of figures, standing or sitting one atop the other: two males and a female topped by a bird with large curved beak. All are painted red, yellow and white in parts. The two front facing figures wear grass skirts and the back facing figure, with a fish on his back, holds a snake. The bottom figure wears a snake mask, the other two figures have painted face decoration. All figures have shell eyes and wear woven fibre adornment at ear, nose, neck, wrist and/or ankle. Artist signature is painted in white around base.
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.