Model leister (kakivak). It has a wooden shaft, a central prong and two side prongs. Prong joint is wrapped in thick black thread.

Carving of a tree with six branches. There are a number of leaves as well as two small birds sitting on two different branches. There is a dog, or fox, with its front paws on the trunk peering up at the birds. The animal has black inset eyes. Sitting on the base is a stone bird. The base of the s...

Cloth and wood puppet of a male figure. Head is wood, with white face and painted eyes, brows, mouth and hair. Long mustache and beard of plastic fibres emerge. Figure wears a tunic of patchwork fabrics in blue, red, green and pink, with a stripe of shiny red around neck to waist. Under this are ...

Bound paper book of woodblock prints titled "One Hundred Chrysanthemums". Book consists of a back and front cover and 27 doubled over pages, with images on one side only. Images are a variety of chrysanthemum flowers, accompanied by their names in Japanese kanji script.

Small reclining figure of a woman (courtesan). Figure lies on her side on top of a robe that covers her at the waist. Folds in robe are accentuated with carved grooves and black paint. A pillow lies under her head. Figure’s hair is pulled back in an elaborate style, decorated with a flower. Her h...

Charm carved from a piece of mother-of-pearl? it is roughly rectangular, with a rough scalloped back, and shaped cut-outs opposite. Colour is an iridescent white, with areas of orange and grey.

Inkstone carved from a single piece of speckled yellow and brown stone. Object is rectangular, with four low square feet carved on each bottom corner. Top front has a round shallow well, behind which lay two lions(?), with their bodies facing away from well, heads turned to look back over their s...

Small carved jade plaque. Inside a solid rectangular border is carved a deer walking amongst heavy foliage. Texture and depth are carved into the images on the front while the back is smooth.

Large bi-disk. Disk is thin and flat, with a sustained thickness of material throughout. It is circular but for a large chip out of one side. A large round hole has been carved out of the centre. The disk is undecorated. Its colour is mottled light and medium grey with veins and specks of dark g...

Figure is carved from a piece of jade coloured in mottled orange, grey and light brown. The shape is a long rectangle, slightly rounded on bottom, slightly pointed at top, with bevelled edges. Lines are carved into the piece to mimic the body of a cicada: on one side, a set is engraved horizontal...