Fertility figure (akuaba) in male form. Head is large and round, flat in profile, with a large undecorated forehead above a small face at bottom. Eyes are wide, closed, nose is small and straight, and mouth is simply carved. Curved gouges decorate the cheeks. Below a long neck, stubby arms emerge from both sides of the torso, above a long, slightly curved body and flared base. Back of figure is undecorated.

Fertility figure (akuaba) in female form. Head is large and round, flat in profile, with cross-hatched hair at top, a slightly protruding forehead, and a small face. Eyes are wide, closed, and nose is small and straight. Decorative gouges decorate the cheeks. Below a long thin neck are small breasts emerging from the torso between stubby arms held to the sides. Stomach is covered with cross-hatched grooves. Legs narrow toward bottom, where they meet the small rectangular base. Back of figure is undecorated.

Highly decorated and carved talking stick, or speaker's staff, accompanied by deer hooves (parts b-k). Stick has deeply incised figures (top to bottom) of a thunderbird with wings extended above head, a killer whale, a male wearing a spruce root hat and holding a long stick in his right hand and a rock(?) in his left hand, and a snake. A binding of leather with suspended deer hooves separates the killer whale and the male figure.

Human figure (a) with protruding ears standing on oval base. A shield is pegged to the figure's left hand and a spear (b) is held in the figure's right hand. The shield is decorated on the outer surface with five chevrons in black and two bands of carved zigzag motif near top and bottom.

Museum Purchase: Funds provided by bequest of Elizabeth Cole Butler by exchange.

Wooden antelope headdress. Cut from a single piece of wood, the animal has a long, thin head with curved horns arching high above, a prominent neck constructed of several curved lines of wood cut into strips and blocks decorated with triangular gouges, and a rectangular lower half with square legs and a small rectangular base. Object has been stained a mottled dark brown.

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art. Collected: Axel Rasmussen