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From card: "Used in dance. 2 Illus. in USNM Rept. 1895; fig. 157; p. 508." Publication identifies them as "Figures representing a pair of No'nlemgila".Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This looks to be red cedar based on the wood grain and is likely a puppet. The attached hair is likely human.
From card: "Made of the inner bark of the cedar tree."
From card: "Shaped after horn model."
From card: "Band of cedar bark decorated with tufted ends of bark strips."
From card: "Carved from wood; painted red, blue and black."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This mask is made from alder wood.
206561; WHALING GEAR: LANYARD AND HARPOON, BARK WRAPPED CORD (12+ FEET?), HEAD OF IRON AND BONE (9 INCHES) 'BELLA COOLA'.
From card: "Greenish stone flattened on one side on which are two grooves; on other side is pecked the representation of a grotesque bear."
From card: "Carved from wood with burnt design on blades."
From card: "Pestle hammer of stone. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 1d, pg. 2." Identified in Handbook caption as pecked stone hand maul, phallic shape.