A simple bleached gauze-like unsewn cotton fabric. Near each end, there are some weft fibres absent, creating a fringe effect with closed ends.

A simple bleached gauze-like unsewn cotton fabric. Near each end, there are some weft fibres absent, creating a fringe effect with closed ends.

Burgundy men’s shirt of heavy woven cotton with polished outside and felted inside. The shirt has a quilted standing collar, tapered sleeves and side slits. The side opening has metal frog closures engraved with swastikas. There is a pocket on the right inner flap. The inside is unlined. There is a white stamp of the map of India on the inner front.

Plain weave, cotton apron; tightly woven with a firm texture. Three pieces of fabric are joined by two machine stitched seams. Long self-covered ties on each side. Lined with green sized mill cotton, printed with floral pattern. The design of the fabric is narrow horizontal stripes of identical width in deep shades of green, reds and blue, sewn together to offset stripes of centre panel.

Tightly woven cotton (?) textile with width-wise stripes in multi-colours of green, blue, purple, grey and maroon, along with black and white, are of varying degrees of thinness.

A string of one-hundred-and-ten beads on white cotton cord, one-hundred-and-four of which are spherical orange-brown seeds with a fine mottled surface that have faint striations. String forms a circle, at one side of which, there are three deep-carved beads of brown wood. At the opposite side, there are two identical beads to which are attached a smaller red-brown seed-bead with a spherical orange-brown seed, knotted on with the ends of the cord on which the beads are strung. Tied around the string of beads is braided white cotton cord, on which an amber ? bead is knotted. Cord is 4.4cm. long.

Printing woodblock depicting the Four Heavenly Kings, each holding a stūpa, umbrella, sword, or pipa (stringed instrument), with the Bodhisattva in the middle. Background of clouds and mountains and halos around the heads of all five figures. On back is a torn label reading '59'; number 3944 written in black ink.

Long rectangular wooden block with rounded edges and areas carved out to make moulds. Tibetan astrological calculation chart/diagram, carved on both sides, according to the Kālachakra calendar system with elements, such as the twelve Tibetan zodiac signs, nine Mewas, weekdays, and eight Parkhas.

Three-headed, six-armed female standing on a round lotus base. Each hand except one holds an attribute. These are: a rosary (?); lotus bud; holy water jar; leaf; and nail (?). Primary hand on the left is empty. Each head wears a crown. Scarf draped around shoulders; narrow sash at waist. Bracelets, anklets, and necklaces are worn. Part of crown on frontal head is broken off.

A pair of matched earrings (parts a-b) for pierced ears. Each has a blue pear shaped bead with three indentations in a claw setting, below which, there is a rigid stem of wound wire. Raised floral decoration at the top and the bottom of the stem which terminates in a boss-like cluster of metallic heading.