Three dimensional head with inlaid pearlshell eyes and open mouth, forming a spout. Crack near head. Beautifully carved and highly finished, these bowls demonstrate the highly developed wood-working techniques of Hawaiians at the time of European contact. William Sound Wooden slat body armour with painted form-line designs and small carved human faces. Armour consists of curved front and back pieces, each with an upper flap.
Rear piece is shorter, but curves into a tongue shape at centre.
Body sections secured together with four horizontal bands of lashing. Flaps secured with two bands of lashing. Front and back body sections decorated with a row of carved heads. The two flaps have a single head at centre of each. Similar armour was mentioned in the accounts of Cook's voyage in Prince William Sound.