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Double headed rattle. The birds have thin pointed beaks, and flattened tops to their heads. The eyes are round and inlaid with haliotis. The body is globular with small projecting wings and a squared-off tail which has a faint black edge at the rear. The handle is lashed together with cherry bark. The rattle has had wood worm at some point in time.; Good condition but very fragile.
Single stopped whistle with internal duct, without finger holes. Pitch is Middle C. Repaired in Cavendish Lab. 1971. Flute is numbered 145.; Good
A wooden rattle carved in the form of a ?pigeon with a small head, wings and tail. The handle of the rattle is bound with string to keep the two sections together. Inside the rattle small objects can be heard. The bird has been painted blue and black.; Good
A small set of clappers painted red, green and black in the form of a ?bear cub or ?dog. The head of the creature is finely carved in classic northern style. The clappers are split in half and have been hollowed out, probably to allow the sound to reverberate in these chambers. An extremely narrow, and presumably once flexible, section extends towards the handle. The narrow section has been broken and pinned. The handle is bound together with twine. Metlahkatlah has been written in ink below the handle.; Good
Bowl carved from alder with characteristic undulating rim which is high at the ends and dips on the sides. The bowl is carved in the form of a beaver, with a projecting snout revealing large incisors clenching the characteristic chewing stick which is held by paws. The sides of the bowl form the beaver' s body, having legs, and the end is shaped into a projecting, crosshatched, tail. This end is also decorated with ovoids and U-forms. Inside the bowl the rim can be seen to be a flange. Thelight colour of the wood suggests the bowl has never been used.; Good
Model wood canoe with three seats inside and an exterior decorated with abstract motifs in red and black. All three seats are painted red, except for one outer seat which is plain in the middle while the other outer seat has a hole in the middle. The rim of the canoe is painted red. Both sides of the canoe are painted symmetrically. One end has a circular black eye surrounded by a tapering oval and a horizontal dashed area with a black brow above. Below this eye, there is a long red nostril. Behind this eye, there is a black paw with three digits and a circle in circle within. Below all of this, there is a red line section with a pair of red and black dashed split u's and a black oval in tapering oval in ovoid eye with a sideways black split u within a larger red u form above at the back. The other end has a black ovoid in ovoid in a red one from which two elongated sideways pointed red u forms extend outward. Behind this, there is a black oval in a tapering oval in a red ovoid with a u form underneath that has a plain oval within. Below all of this, there is a black split u with red underneath. A horizontal, black rectangular panel is in between both ends.
Mask representing a woman. The plain brown face has circular cut out hole eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a plain tapering oval with black brows above. The nostrils are red as is the mouth. The upraised black hairline is outlined by red. There are a series of holes at either side.
Brown wood whistle that is oval in cross section and comes to a flatter tapering end and is bound in two places with brown string and white cloth, one near each end with the former at the wider end and the latter at the smaller end. While the wider end is solid, there is a hollow through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby on one side.
Light brown wood double whistle made of two single whistles with one slightly shorter than the other bound together by brown twine. Both pieces are circular in cross section and are painted navy blue on the lower portion and are bound in four places with brown twine, one near each of the ends and two near the middle. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there is a hollow (two in total) through the tapering end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole (two in total) nearby on one side.
A rectangular wood box on a flat base with a lid (part a) that fits on top. The sides of the box and lid are painted with red and black stylized creatures. There are two carved faces on the either sides of the lid with black eyes and eyebrows and a red mouth. The base, top, and sides of the box are made of red cedar; the faces are carved of alder and inset into the cedar, held in place with small wooden dowels. While there may be commercial paints used on the outside, the inner part is painted with a mineral-based paint made of red ochre.