Large mask of man blowing a horn. Man's face and horn painted dark red-brown with long brown-black painted curly hair, moustache and beard. Horn wraps around at forehead and is decorated with gold paint on keys and on horn's end.

Gift of Julius Loester

Tall, heavy, colourfully painted and glazed clay candelabra, or Tree of Life sculpture. Along the front of the central trunk, which is reinforced with a metal pole and set on a mound-like hollow base, are a female figure with a cross on her head, a palm frond, a bearded goat ,and two blue birds sit beside a flower below one of the three candle holders at the top. The looping branches down each side are festooned with orange, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown coloured decorative elements: birds on metal stilt legs, rabbits, flowers, potted plants, angels, and four bobbles that hang on metal hooks.

Tall, heavy, colourfully painted and glazed candelabra-like Tree of Life sculpture with three small cups and a circular mound base. At the base and top of the central trunk are birds on stilt-like legs while in the middle, a female figure wearing a polka dot skirt and crown with a cross. Multi-looped branches to each side are decorated with three dimensional figures, birds, flowers and plants painted yellow, orange, green, blue, black and brown.

Large wooden mermaid with a main body (a) attached, moveable arms (b,c) and yellow, blue and red spread wings (d,e). She kneels on her yellow spotted green tail, and reaches out with arms bent at the elbows. A bracelet, ring, necklace, flower and crab are painted onto her bright pink body parts and her long hair is black.

Small, square, orange wooden cart with yellow and black wood wheels. Three small carved figures with skull heads in long red, blue and yellow robes are nailed standing in the cart and another skeleton in black jacket is seated on the front bench, holding the string reign tied to a skeletal horse in the red wood harness.

Miniature clay kitchen scene inside a wood and glass case. Three small female figures, one behind the stove, one by a large grinding stone and the other near the large table, stand inside a blue kitchen with walls covered with shelves and colourful yellow, orange, green and white pots and pans. The front and top of the case is glass that is attached to the brown painted wood walls with orange and brown adhesive paper.

Toy consisting of a flying bird on wheels and long, thick wire metal handle. Bird is made of patterned green, black and beige material which is stitched, glued and wound around wire and attached to two wire wheels that are wrapped with red material. When the toy is pushed along with the handle, the turning wheels cause the bird to flap its wings.

Washer woman pull toy. A female figure with long braids tied up in green wool bows, holds a flat wood beater in her hands and leans over a wood washing board that slopes to the floor, A long white string hangs from the waist of her wooden body (under her long orange skirt) down through a hole in the flat base; when it is pulled, the figure bends forward and the beater moves down the board.

Ceramic toy used to celebrate the Day of the Dead. A light yellow horse (a), with details of eyes, mane, tail and stripes painted in brown, stands on a hollow mustard yellow pedestal with supporting post beneath its belly. On a post in its back is mounted a skeleton (b) made of painted yellow and brown clay with bendable coiled-metal neck, arms and legs.