Bundle of tightly plaited coconut husk fibre(?). Cord is coiled into a loose bundle, and loosely wrapped around itself several times. (Small grey label attached to rope.)
Bundle of plaited coconut husk fibre(?). Cord is coiled into a small bundle, and loosely wrapped around itself a few times.
Whale tooth on a twisted cord of coconut fibre and mulberry fibre(?). The interior of the cord is a reddish-brown fibre, which is wrapped in greyish-white fibre. The cord runs through a hole bored in the tooth, and is loosely knotted at the ends. A human figure, two feathers or leaves and part of...
Tassel head ornament (pavahina) on a plaited fibre cord. The tassel consists of many small bunches of greyish-yellow hair bound by twisted strands of coconut fibre. Those bunches are then bound again by coconut fibre into fifteen bunches. The upper ends of the coconut fibre are woven across with ...
Small Kachina doll. Carved from wood, doll has a large head with a tall, square, rust and green headdress, feathers at rear, and a brim that protrudes over forehead. Face has a tubular nose and prominent chin. Rust and yellow torso holds arms tightly at sides, fists in front of stomach. Skirt is...
Small Kachina doll. Carved from wood, dark figure is short, with a large round head holding two small balls at back and on left side- to which is attached a small feather. Round eyes and mouth are painted on the face, along with three sets of short double white lines at midpoint. A thin cotton st...
Kachina doll. Carved from wood, figure is a long, rounded rectangle with a slightly thicker head. Remnants of feather and cotton fibre sit on top of head, nose is tubular and protrudes out from face, and eyes are black lines above a multicoloured chevron at centre. Front of figure is coloured lig...
Wooden figure. Two male figures stand backs turned to one another while holding a large red vessel in between. The legs and feet are disproportionally large. Both figures wear black tunics, belted with a white sash. The red vessel is round with a blue lip at top and has four handles.
Shinje Taita or Father Sun mask (part a). Face is long and narrow. Large light grey collar extends from under a prominent pointed chin. Face is painted red with small black eyebrows. There are holes for eyes, nostrils and mouth. Eyes are deeply set and close together, nose has a narrow ridge, and...
Silkscreen print on rectangular beige paper. Image appears to be two figures with one head. A dogfish outlined in black, in profile with dorsal fin, pectoral fin and tail, rectangular face to the front; secondary designs in red. The other figure's body is below the head, mainly in red but with bl...