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Tamer's headdress. Cedar bark headdress in the form of a rounded beak: two semi-circular flaps at front representing a beak with two long oval shapes that sit on top of beak, a hooked nose that projects out over the beak. Bunched cedar strips are attached at the top of the headdress frame with thick white string, and white string is wrapped around the base of the frame at the back. (Photos show mask without the nose piece; nose repaired in 2021.)
Large, carved, wooden, hokhokw mask with a long beak and circular cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather nailed to either side. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. Along the front end of the beak are ten, white, incised U-forms. At the back of the nose are two large black and red U-forms followed by smaller red and white split U’s outlined in black. The eyes are white, outlined in black and red, on a white, ovoid shaped background; brow is black. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of twine used to open and close the beak. The top and side edges of the mask are lined with braided cedar. The top has short pieces of cedar creating a fringe, while the back has longer strips that hang over the wearer. Intertwined in the cedar are a few feathers. The bottom has crooked beak depicted with black and white eyes, red and white mouth and a protruding, crooked beak. The mask is painted black, red, and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.
Long, wooden club with an elongated, diamond shaped base and a cylindrical shaped head. The base has a continuous spiral band design burned, midway, onto the staff. The head has two, carved, back to back human faces sharing a headdress marked by deeply carved diagonal lines. The head is carved and painted in black, red and green.
Woven rope-like red cedar bark ring with three sets of long tassels made of strands of finer cedar bark twisted together and knoted at the ends.
Large bear mask, carved and painted with a piece of fur nailed on. The muzzle is hinged with metal piece to a lower jaw. There is fur around the top and back of the head. The piece is tied together with twine to create a flap; two protruding pieces of fur form ears. There is twine that connects to the jaw allowing it to open and close. The mask is painted black, green, red and white.
Brown double reed whistle that is rectangular in cross section and comes to a tapering end and is bound with brown twine around near the tapering end. While the wider end is solid, there are two hollows through the smaller end where there is a taper cut semi-oval hole nearby one one side and a taper cut rectangular hole on the opposite side. Covered with pitch.
Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded rectangular rattle nailed together. Design consisting of a human face that has black circle in circle eyes outlined by a black tapering oval and surrounded with a green area and black brows above with a green forehead, a green nose with red nostrils, and an open red mouth showing twelve plain teeth. Black dashes go around the bottom of the mouth while red, green, and black sideways u forms go around the top of the mouth. Back of the head is black. Cedar bark is used on top to indicate hair.
Yellow-brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded square rattle nailed together. Design consisting of a human face that has black circle in circle eyes outlined by a carved tapering oval and surrounded with a green area and two semi-oval black areas on top of the head, a black dot with red detailing for the nose, and an open red mouth showing twelve plain teeth with a curving green line along the cheeks. Face is surrounded by a red halo-like projection feature with radiating red spikes around the head. There were originally nine spikes, there are only five left intact.
Light brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded oval rattle. Along either sides of each piece, there is a hole to bind the two pieces together with wire. Pieces are also bound together at the top with wire. Handle is bound with brown string. Designs consisting of a face, possibly a bear and a whale? One face has black ovoid in ovoid eyes with an inverted black u form above with a plain oval within at either top side and a horizontal, red oval mouth with extending upper side lines. The other face has black outlined thin ovoid eyes with red nostrils and a black outlined open red mouth showing twelve plain teeth. Above this face, there is an inverted black outlined u form that has two plain dots at either lower side with an inverted black split u above.
Drum baton or beater. Brown wood cylindrical baton that tapers downward to an outward flaring handle end. Carved with a fish design. Has red eyes and an open red mouth with teeth. The dorsal fin is a lance-olate leaf-shape with an inverted split u at the tip. Has side fins. The upward turned tail has a face with diagonal lines along the upper portion at each end with a dot at the tip.