Woman’s dress with multicoloured bodice, wrist-length wide sleeves, and very full, closely gathered skirt. The bodice front is embellished with a densely embroidered panel of floral forms and tree of life motifs in orange, white and green in chain stitch on maroon ground; appliquéd over the embroidery are four large, thick discs embellished with silver thread embroidery and mirrors on black ground, two located at the centre front and two over the breasts; the bodice back is made from deep pink and black striped textile. The neck opening is trimmed with silver thread embroidery; there is a button and loop made of twisted fibre at the centre back neckline. The sleeves consist of panels of red and orange cotton textile; wide cuffs are embellished with chain stitch embroidery on black cotton textile. The front of the skirt is made of plain black cotton textile; the back of the skirt is pieced from panels of machine-printed deep pink cotton textile and deep pink plain cotton broadcloth. Where the bodice and skirt join at the high waist, there is a large, red, triangular amulet attached at centre front, embellished with silver thread embroidery and silk or rayon tassels trimmed with cowrie shells and beads. A pocket is located on the left side of the skirt. Lengths of twisted brown cord hang from the sides of the bodice. The bodice is lined with coarsely woven cotton. There is a horizontal tuck in the skirt at hip level, and a there is a large plastic button on each shoulder.

Small, square, embroidered textile, made of red cotton broadcloth, decorated with large, circular motifs and border designs. There are four large, circular geometric motifs arranged in a four-cell grid at the centre of the piece. Each of these motifs has eight “arms” in red, dark purple, mauve, green and orange, outlined in yellow. The cells of the grid are delineated with narrow, flat silver metallic braid with four small white buttons sewn where the grid lines meet the border. A meandering, multicoloured line forms a border around the central designs. The embroidery is worked in chain stitch. Flat silver braid is couched around all four edges, surrounded by two rows of red and blue glass beads. One yellow bead is sewn to one edge. The piece is lined with red and white paisley-printed cotton textile, pieced at one corner with black cotton textile.

Part a is a make-up case of gold and red thread over blue cloth. There are white and blue beads around the edge and purple tassel. A blue and orange striped string is wound around case to keep closed. The case is lined with red printed cloth and covered by a wrapping cloth (811/13). Part b is an applicator stick, wooden and cylindrical. Part c is a small square of a shiny, silver-coloured substance (mica?). Part d is a package of a black substance wrapped in white paper and tied with string.

Two black wool textile panels, with dense gold embroidery shaped to form the tops and sides of a pair of shoes or slippers. There is a large floral motif centred on the top or toe section of each shoe form, and the panels that comprise the sides of the shoes are decorated with leaf and vine motifs. The embroidery is edged with narrow metallic cording. The black background textile has been trimmed from the edges of one embroidered panel, while the other is uncut.

Large, wooden ladle. The long handle is incised with a triangular grooved pattern. The end of the handle is rounded, with a triangular point protruding from the bottom of the rounded tip. Ladle part is undecorated.

Woman’s very loose-fitting, grey-blue drawstring pants with attached foot coverings. Made of cotton, rayon or cotton/silk textile. The pink drawstring is made of braided cording. There are large gussets in the front and back at the crotch area. At the ankle, the fullness of the textile is finely pleated onto the attached foot coverings, which resemble socks and are shaped to fit the foot; the tops are made of the same textile as the pants and are embroidered with slightly darker floss in a dense floral pattern; the soles are black. The garment is pieced in places.

A flat, embroidered seat cover. It appears to be shaped to fit a large bicycle seat. It is constructed from blue cotton textile (that has faded to a blue gray colour on the front side of the object), which is profusely embroidered in chain stitch with bright orange and mustard yellow silk or rayon floss, using a meandering pattern, along with paisley motifs and designs that perhaps represent peacocks. A small hooked sun disc motif, enclosed in a circle, appears in the centre, and along the perimeter of the design field are several small discs made from yellow, green and white glass beads. Some gold metallic braid is incorporated into the design. The embroidered textile is edged with a dense fringe made from twisted dark red fibre (faded) and white glass beads, and a ruffle made from dark green synthetic knitted textile. The embroidery is backed with red cotton textile.

Small, embroidered, red envelope style bag, made by folding and stitching three corners of a multi-coloured embroidered square together, leaving the fourth corner open as a flap. The central design motif is a hooked sun disc (circular medallion surrounded by numerous spiral ‘arms’) set within a square, which is surrounded by a row of mirrors and geometric border designs. The majority of the embroidered motifs are worked in fine chain stitch. All edges are finished with a heavy black cord that is couched in place with gold metallic thread. A narrow black cord is attached at the point of the flap. The bag is lined with tan and green machine printed cotton textile with a small floral pattern.

Bag, made by bringing three corners of a square piece together, leaving the fourth corner open as a flap. The front of the bag is embroidered with a large multi-coloured sun symbol in the centre surrounded by several decorative borders. There is an orange pompom and a length of green twisted cord attached at the point of the flap. The back of the bag is decorated with three red pompoms.

Densely embroidered square textile, stitched overall with meandering patterns worked in orange thread in chain stitch on a background of purple silk or cotton textile. The design field is divided into four equally sized squares, separated from one another with rows of narrow gold metallic braid. The textile is embellished with five large (4 cm) ornamental discs, made from several layers of black cotton textile, topped with a layer of red cotton textile and embellished with white cowrie shells, blue glass beads and white shell buttons; one of these discs is located at the centre of each of the four sides of the textile, and there is one in the centre. The textile is edged with blue and white glass beading on all four sides. The embroidery is backed with a layer of dark red cotton textile.