Undecorated bentwood box with thick lid. Box, made of yellow cedar, is secured shut along the seam with four pegs; attached to a thin square base. Lid has a deep and wide lip, that protrudes out and completely covers the box opening. Base and lid both made of red cedar, and have rounded edges. Unsigned.

Bentwood box (part a) with red painted corners and lid (part b). The box is lashed and sewn together with root along the seam. There is a notch cutout of the centre of the front panel. The lid has a carved geometric design on the top painted with red details and red corners that line up with the red corners of the box. There is a small x-shaped cut centred along the edge on the underside. Price penciled on interior with small adhesive price label overtop.

Replica house front boards, painted in red and black; reconstruction of image from a Tsimshian house screen board in the MOA collection.

Replica house front boards, painted in red and black; reconstruction of images from a section of a Tsimshian house screen in the MOA collection. Image shows the pair of boards mounted together (DC5.1 and DC5.2).

Large lidded wooden chest. The exterior of the chest (part a) shows finely grooved texturing on surface. Each panel has borders at all four edges, with fine, vertical, parallel lines throughout the centre. Five parallel grooves run horizontally along the upper and lower edges of the chest, with diagonal grooves down each adjacent corner. The corners and base are secured with root-like(?) ties, wood pegs and nails. The exterior has a dark brown-black colour. The interior of the chest shows carving tool marks. There is a rectangular piece of wood along the interior, bottom edge of one side panel. The lid (part b) is flat on underside, with an upright ridge along the long front and back edges. The side edges are also carved with fine vertical parallel lines. The lid is composed of three pieces of wood pegged and nailed together. The underside surface of the lid is covered in carving tool marks.

Large rectangular lidded basket with handles and a tight weave. The basket body is deep with a wide mouth, narrowing to a smaller base, with imbricated diamond, triangle and arrow shaped patterns in colours of tan, dark brown and red-brown decorating all sides. The lid (part b) is flat and has a low profile. It is decorated with imbrication similar to that on the body. The basket has two half circle handles attached at the shorter sides, just under the rim (one reattached in 2019).

Painted wooded pattern board for weaving a Chilkat style robe. The panel is somewhat rectangular except for the bottom right corner which is cut off at an angle. There is a rectangular human-like face at the centre front, above which is an eye form containing a frog face. Below the rectangular form are two inverted eye forms, to the right of which is a foot with claws. Above, are two more eye forms. At the midpoint of the side edge is a rectangular profile human-like face looking inwards towards the centre. Back is undecorated.

Large circular wood panel with a cast paper spindle whorl design. Centre of wood panel is concave, with a spindle at centre to mount the paper cast. Black paper cast depicting a wolf design. The negative areas are darker and spotted compared to the postive areas of the cast. The rim of the panel is painted black. Cast marked 1/5.

Paddle carved from a single piece of wood. The burgundy shaft is split above the throat, forming a V-shape. The grip is painted solid black, and has a small piece of black leather tied to both sides of the shaft. The blade is painted light yellow-brown with black feather-like lines over, and the outline of an eagle's profile with white eye.