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Modeled clay figure of a seated male on a hollow cubical base. One knee is pulled up and the other hangs loosely. The right arm is upraised clutching a handle from which the major part has broken off. This arm is supported by a strut. The other arm rests on the knee. The figure wears elaborate jewelry, a high headdress, and is bare to the waist with a flowing lower body garment. White stripes are painted across forehead, arms, chest and stomach.
Modeled clay figure of a seated male on a hollow cubical base. One knee is pulled up and the other hangs loosely. The right arm is upraised clutching the handle of an implement, most of which is broken off. The other arm rests on the knee. The figure wears elaborate jewelry, a high headdress, and flowing lower garment. The clay is unpainted.
An arrow shaft, 79 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). Light brown near the fore-shaft, darkening to black at the end from a coating of a black substance. The fore-shaft of black palm wood, 24.5 cm. long between the point and the shaft, is incised with a pattern of elongated dots and wavy lines coated with red ochre. The fore-shaft is bound to the shaft with sleeve of woven rattan 2 cm. wide. The long point is of hollow bone with a broken tip, bound to the fore-shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan.
An arrow shaft, 88 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). Light brown near the fore-shaft is darkening to black at the butt due to a black coating. The fore-shaft of black palm wood, 18 cm. long, is inserted into the shaft and bound with a woven sleeve of rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The fore-shaft is incised with dots and zigzag lines. The long point is made of solid bone, protruding 6.5 cm. beyond the fore-shaft and bound to it with a band of bark cord 10 cm. wide and a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide coated with red and yellow ? ochre.
Brown wood stick of a very elongated, thin paddle shape that is a flattened oval in cross-section. One end is pointed while the flatter end is rounded.
A very long plain dark bow without string. The bow has a flattened oval appearance with one flat side in cross section (one side flat, one side convex.), tapering from the centre to the ends. There is a raised ridge around the bow at both ends. One end has a cassowary claw, which is now broken. The opposite has two woven sleeves, probably rattan, each 1 cm. wide. The flat side of the bow is coated with thick resinous substance, now flaking off.
Modeled clay figure of a coiled cobra. Head is raised. Figure is painted in yellow and black. A small piece of wire protrudes from mouth for the tongue.
Modeled clay figure of a termite-like ant. Life-like depiction painted in white and dark yellow. Figure sits on a flat rectangular base that is painted dark brown.
Modelled clay figure of an ant. Life-like depiction painted in grey and black. Stands on flat, orange-painted rectangular base.
Modeled clay figure of a scorpion. Life-like depiction painted in red and black outlines. Figure sits on flat rectangular base that is painted grey.