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Oval face having prominent brows with crease between. Steeply indented to horizontal lines at eyes. Eyes are close together with inlaid wooden plugs. A triangular nose starts between eyes with the cheeks and mouth area also in high relief. Mouth is indicated by incised teeth rows. Relatively flat back.
Oval face having prominent brows with incised outline and crease between. Deep-set eyes with horizontal line across centre and close-set round centres of inlaid resin? Triangular nose in higher relief than prominent cheek bones. Horizontal line below nose, and chin with row of incised teeth. Wedge-shaped depressions at eyes and below nose, which are deepest at horizontal lines. Back is flat. Vertical scratches or carving marks on back. Mottled dentine is widest at forehead tapering as it runs down beside nose.
Carved walrus with head raised; tusks project down from jaw; mouth is indicated by downturned line on flat front with inlaid wood (or baleen?) nostrils above; inlaid eyes on either side of rounded head. Double incised ring at neck; flippers on sides and underneath are indicated by incised u-shapes. Mottled dentine between tusks. Longitudinal striations along back and head. Other carving marks all over. Entire figure is mounted on a rectangular black-green stone base.
Female form with oval head, a face flattened with long triangular nose, incised horizontal eyebrows and horizontal mouth, and small round inlaid eyes. Horizontal cylindrical 'top-knot' at back, top of head. Arms by sides are indicated by vertical crease both back and front. Large breasts and stomach and less protruding groin area. Legs taper to feetless ends. Flat between legs. Crease along backbone and indicating buttocks. Carving marks evident in all areas.
Pale green-gray sanwa kōrai-yaki (三和高麗焼) porcelain bodied jar on single ring foot. Squat compressed spherical shape, lentoid in transverse cross-section, contracting to mouth, with rim turned slightly outward. Orange biscuit exposed around foot. Thick crackled and transparent grey-green glaze. Inlaid on upper surface are three sets of two cranes facing opposite directions, in black and white enclosed by white circle. Between circles are three small white irregular designs.
Curved circular pipe with scene in relief on top; round pipe bowl with funnel-shaped interior at one end; stylized seal on side of bowl; two walrus heads on opposite side; larger walrus with head towards bowl above a rectangular platform with two headless figures on each side; each is sitting, back to back, pointing a rifle. One rifle is broken off. Behind large walrus on each side runs a row of five seals, the first two face each other on each side. On top at opposite end from bowl is a semi-reclining headless figure holding a horizontal stick-like object, two smaller standing figures hold up other end of stick. Hole drilled the length of the pipe and through bowl meet first hole. Mottled dentine runs parallel to central hole. Natural tusk colours range from white to brown with greyish areas.
Long rectangular tube with rounded corners, drilled hole through centre, longitudinally, and circular human figure with head appendage at top. Head is flattened in side view; raised forehead and nose; heart shaped facial plane with incised, dark brown crescent-shaped eyes and mouth. Relief carving on tube includes arms which are pulled back along figure's side; feet are sticking out 2/3 rds of the way down the tube. There is an indentation indicating legs. Seal on back with raised head at bottom, inlaid round nostrils, eyes and smaller circles behind and to the sides of eyes. Front limbs straddle tube; seal tapers towards back with back flippers indicated by vertical lines and curved lines converging to end from 2 dots. Incised decoration includes; semi-circle line on figure's chest, along this line is a stick figure with arms outstretched between 2 rectangles, one of which maybe an animal; large frontal figure at bottom, below feet is crosshatched with arms raised. Decorative band on at bottom edge on sides and back are 3 horizontal lines; between first and second are triangle shapes extending in from both lines. Arrows on each side. Design worn on side. Few longitudinal cracks, some carving marks and embedded dirt. Head has been broken and repaired with adhesive.
Female caribou head with neck tapering in wedge shape. Mouth and nostrils are well defined at end of muzzle. Eyes on each side, one has remains of wooden plug. Oval ears in relief with deep canals. Hole drilled through at back of head. Numerous lines across neck.
Four-footed polar bear with large head; back curves into head,chin almost touches ground. Incised mouth and flat muzzle, nostrils and eyes are inlaid circles of wood. Oval ears in slight relief. Four short stubby legs. Tail indicated by oval-shape at back. Centre core of mottled tusk dentine visible from bottom and at head.
Flute consisting of hollowed bamboo held together by crisscrossed fibre. Three rings of cassowary feathers, one at the bottom, middle and top. Just below the top ring is a small hole carved out of the bamboo. The top feather ring is woven on tightly with fibre which covers this area. The stopper of the flute, above the top feather ring, is a human male figure standing full front with arms down to the side. His head is disproportionately large to the rest of his body. Standing behind him is small bird which is resting its hands on the shoulders of the human figure. Its long beak extends over the head of the human figure. The creature has ridges along its back. Tassels come out of these ridges. The bamboo and the fibre ties are covered in a black stain.