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Armoured vest made of wood, with bone plates across exterior; interior is lined with woven plant fibre. Back panel of vest is longer than front flaps. Plant fibre lining right shoulder strap and front flap has sections dyed red; rest of vest lining is naturally coloured. Front flaps of vest secure with a fibre tie that knots around two large circular buttons, made of bone, with grooves cut into them; tie has seeds threaded through ends. Additional decorative button-like squares along front opening and large circles attached to shoulder straps.
Carving of a spirit animal standing on two feet. Large head with long, narrow face, inlaid(?) eyes and large pointed ears.
Human figure on hands and knees, carved of bone. The figure holds its head up showing its carved facial features. The face is rounded with defined cheeks, large downturned mouth, with circular holes for eyes and centre of mouth.
Bone club with flat paddle-shape. There is a human-like head carved midway down the shaft. The sides of the face are on the flat edge, with the figure's nose and extended tongue on a narrow edge. On the porous side of the bone, there are two faded crescent-shapes painted in red and black. The shaft tapers in to a handle with a small hole through it.
Flesher (part a) made of cut bone with hide tie around handle end, and separate leather cover (part b) for pointed end. The bone has been cut on an angle with a serrated end.
Deer bone spatula. Carved hourglass design with line on front. The round pitted prominence at the end of a bone or joint with a long scoop cut out of the bone. The tip is blunted.
Ceremonial parang (part a) with scabbard (part b). Long knife has a cylindrical horn hilt that tapers towards top; rectangular protrusion extends from left side. Both top half of hilt and protrusion are hollowed out. Circular, curvilinear, linear, and fang-like motifs carved in relief along upper half of hilt; hilt grip covered with woven band of rattan. Holes are drilled into the tapered section of the hilt, for hanging purposes; hilt attached to blade with resin. Knife blade is convex on one side, slightly concave on the other, and widens from the hilt; back edge of point is tiered. Linear, "X" designs, geometric, and curvilinear motifs incised along front of blade. Scabbard is composed of wood sheath for the long knife, and has a smaller plant fibre and fabric sheath tied to back with rattan. Wood sheath is made of two pieces of wood bound together with rattan; upper two bands of rattan are plain, bottom four are tied decoratively. Panels decorated with floral and curvilinear motifs carved along front of wood sheath. Smaller sheath is undecorated and has two pieces of bamboo along the interior edges, providing shape. Long braided rattan cord, with looped ends, threaded through small sheath, for carrying purposes.
Dagger with a bone blade and packed mud face on top; bone is concave on front and convex on back. Face is made with black mud and has large rounded ears, a curved nose and open pouting mouth; mouth is outlined with red pigment(?). Eyes are inset cowrie shells; short, pointed bones stick out of nostrils with an additional curved bone protruding from left side of nose. Face is covered with small inset cowrie shells, with strokes and spots of white pigment throughout. Long cassowary feathers attached to top of head; small amount of grey fibre surrounds mouth.
Bone pipe with geometric and dot motifs carved along the exterior; designs darkened with charcoal. Lip and stem are oval-shaped, end widens into a triangle. Two bands, filled with dots, circle both openings. Dotted lines of connected diamonds decorate top and bottom of pipe.
Small bundle of six bone tools, held together with a sinew cord. Holes sinew is strung through are drilled near the top edge of all tools. Four tools have curved tops and pointed ends; other two are flat and have sloped tips. Pointed tools grouped together on left side of bundle, flat tools on right side.