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Calungo hand puppet of a 'Maria Lapisaia' character. Head, hands and feet are carved from wood and painted. She has pink skin, oval eyes with black pupils, and greying black hair covered by an off-white with floral scarf. She has red lips and a rectangle-shaped moveable lower jaw that is operated by a long thin cord that extends out of the back of her head. She is wearing a long blue and white tie-dyed dress overtop of dark blue with yellow floral leggings.
Mamulengo rod (stick) puppet of a male character. Head, hands and feet are carved from wood. The man has black skin, large black almond-shaped eyes, and red glossy lips. He wears a round woven hat, long-sleeved dark blue with red floral shirt, and yellow with heart-pattern pants. He is barefoot. The fabric is adhered(?) to the hands and head, and wrapped with shiny neon green ribbon at the wrists and neck. Operated by three rods - one large rod is attached to the lower back, and two more rods are attached to each foot.
Large antelope puppet head (part a) with detached horn (part b), and a separate manipulation stick (part c). The face of the animal is painted in a plaid pattern of red, white, green and yellow squares with concentric V's on the forehead - red, black, white, green and yellow, and a white heart-shaped nose. The horns are both broken, with one detached. In between the horns is a small human figure with bright pink skin, wearing a beige tunic. The figure's arms are jointed at the shoulders, and are controlled by blue string. The manipulation stick is inserted into a rectangular hole at the back of the head.
Wand with heavily beaded handle. Three sections of bands of colours - dark brown, yellow, orange and light blue, with three sections of triangles in white, dark green, yellow and orange. There is a section where the shaft splits into four smaller pieces that are wrapped in light blue and black beads. Above the beading, the handle is wrapped in red fabric with two small loops of plant fibre cord attached. Extending from the other end is long, straight dark red-brown horse(?) hair over wood, that folds over on itself where the wood ends.
Bird puppet with separate body (part a), head (part b) and wings (parts c-d). The body is carved from wood, with burgundy fabric covering the tail joint and extending down in a tube from below. There is a round slot at the top of the neck, which the head's manipulation stick is inserted into, and two small slots on the back to insert the wings. The bird has a large black beak with a red ridge down the top, white face with large circular orange eye, and large round crest extending out from the back of the head in red with black and yellow. The head is mounted on a long, wood manipulation stick that has a tube of burgundy fabric covering it. There is a plastic cord running down the centre that controls the beak.
Wood rectangular face mask (part a) with tall ladder-like superstructure with two breaks (parts b-c). The face mask has two sunken rectangular areas on either side of the nose, and two small cutout square eye holes. Inside, there is a wooden bite bar inserted through holes on sides. Ears extend along each side of the face, with small points extending up. Red plant fibre hair is attached to the back of the mask. Extending from the top of the head, between the ears, is a tall superstructure of panels alternating between various hourglass shapes, and lines, tapering in at the end with a sphere at the tip. The superstructure has split, almost in half, through the sixth panel (part b), and again through the eleventh panel (part c) near the top.
Carved and painted picture frame holding a coloured photo of the Goose Bay Cannery, behind glass. Each side of the frame has a pole with (top to bottom): seated eagle with wings folded in, downward-facing whale, and an Indigenous man depicted with long braids. Along the top is an eagle with its wings spread, and along the bottom is a sisiutl (double-headed serpent) with a central face of a supernatural being.
Painted model pole carved with (top to bottom) eagle, man, animal figure, bear; on a rectangular wooden base. The eagle has separately carved and attached wings spread out to its sides. The man wears a Plains-style bonnet and is seated with arms holding the animal figure. The animal figure is upside-down. The black bear is in an upright seated position, and holds a face in its paws.
Painted model pole carved with (top to bottom) eagle, man, bear, whale; on a rectangular wooden base. The eagle has separately carved and attached wings (part b) spread out to its side. The man wears a Plains-style bonnet and is seated with arms held together in front of his body. The black bear is in an upright seated position. It has it's teeth bared, and tongue out. In its paws it holds the head of a canine-type creature. The grey whale faces downwards with its tail flipped up and curled under the bear. All three fins have been carved separately and attached.
Small painted model pole carved with (top to bottom) eagle, seated bear figure, human face; on a grey rectangular wooden base. The eagle has separately carved and attached wings spread out to its side. The bear is in an upright seated position. In its paws it holds a human face. Painted dark brown-red, black, white and grey on a natural wood background.