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Ceremonial headband. Headband is black and has gold appliques with intricate embroidery decorating the exterior. There are two long, thick ties at either end of the band. One is pink with white floral motif and white wool fringe on the end, the other is brownish gold with brown plant motif and red wool fringe on the end.
Long white blouse with embroidery and attached petticoat. The blouse has a keyhole neck opening with hand finishing and ties of twisted fibre. The bodice front has vertical black, red and yellow embroidered bands from shoulder to waist and embroidered and beaded bands at shoulder edge. The long set-in sleeves have underarm gussets and no shoulder seams. There is embroidery and beading from cap to cuff and are gathered into embroidered and beaded cuffs with hook and eye closures. The embroidery is of stylized vines and flowers in 'tent' stitch. A plain petticoat with a selvage hem is attached below the waist.
Long white blouse with embroidery and attached petticoat. The blouse has a wide neckline gathered onto twisted red and white cord, tied at center front. There are two vertical bands of red embroidery down the upper front and back. The long raglan sleeves have underarm gussets and multicoloured embroidery and beading from shoulder to cuff. The embroidery has stripes, floral and geometric motifs in cross-stitch, tent stitch, chain stitch and satin stitch with glass beads and gold metallic thread incorporated into the designs. A plain petticoat is attached below waist; the hem trimmed with lace made by pulling and reworking threads. The seams have decorative hand stitching.
Long cream blouse with embroidery. The blouse has a keyhole neckline with embroidered trim, hand finishing and ties of twisted fibre. The long sleeves have underarm gussets and lace trim (made by pulling and reworking threads). The embroidery is arranged in vertical bands on the upper front and back and sleeve ends. The bands have black stylized vines and red flowers in tent stitch and cross stitch, worked with heavy thread. The plain petticoat is attached below waist; machine-stitched hem.
A woman's straight, extended, loose-fitting blouse with an attached petticoat that has a keyhole neckline with an embroidered and beaded trim, hand finishing, and ties of twisted fibre. Embellished with vertical bands of embroidery and beading from neck to waist at the centre front and from the back to the front at the shoulder seam. Long set-in sleeves have wide vertical band of embroidery and beading from the shoulder to the wrist. Embroidered and beaded bands at the wrist edge with yellow lace trim and underarm gussets. Hand embroidery in geometric stylized flowers worked in heavy wool (?) thread and glass beads. Lace trim at the wrist is made by pulling and reworking the threads. No shoulder seams. Hand sewn seams have decorative finishing. Embroidery has a main design consisting of red, yellow, orange, light blue, dark blue, green, and white beads in floral and geometric patterns outlined by black thread.
Woman’s multicoloured blouse with embroidery, sequins and beadwork. The loose-fitting blouse has long, full raglan sleeves, a narrow neckband and opening on the left side front with no fastener. The front and back are identical except for the neck opening. Hand embroidery and beadwork cover the entire surface of the blouse, leaving only a narrow band of textile visible at the bottom hem. The design consists of diamond shapes enclosing stylized flowers, worked in multicoloured glass beads. Each design is surrounded by facetted silver metal sequins, gold metallic embroidery and black embroidery. The neckband has a diamond shaped design worked in black, yellow and blue thread. The sleeves are finished with a single row of facetted gold metal sequins and fringe made of gold metallic thread and gold metal sequins. The inside is unlined.
A woman's fitted sleeveless off-white vest with collar and lapels, mock pockets at the front waist line, and no front closures. Decorated with braid, appliquéd coloured fabric, sequins, and metallic gold-coloured thread. The textile is a woven, napped cotton or wool, resembling suede or felt. Red and blue textile on collar and lapels, as well as in appliquéd design, front and back, are of the same type of textile. Narrow gold-coloured braid (.3 cm.) forms a decorative free-form vine, leaf, and flower pattern attached by machine. Sequins and very small metal beads incorporated into design. Edge of collar, lapels, centre front, and bottom edge finished with saw-tooth edging (.5 cm.) of blue textile, gold-coloured braid (.8 cm.), and gold metal fringe (2 cm.) with gold-coloured metal sequins. Armholes finished with saw-tooth edging and gold-coloured braid.
A woman's white rectangular shawl of very sheer, crisp, finely spun silk. Repeated geometric and floral pattern design formed with heavier glossy thread, and gold metallic thread woven in. Selvages of heavier threads. Ends are fringed.
Men’s cream, loose-fitting shirt. The shirt has a keyhole neckline with string ties and wide sleeves with underarm gussets. There is decorative hand-stitching in matching white thread at seams and hems. The inside is unlined.
A woman's or a man's straight tie-belt with woven multi-coloured geometric motif. Main design is consisting of s pattern of opposing diagonal oblong pink hexagons with three hexagons within taking on the background colourings behind, a geometric interconnected shape on a background that has horizontal bands of green, red, and purple. Bordered by a band of white and red X-shapes on a purple background at either side. Fringed at the ends.