Round dinner plate with flat well and raised edges that curve up to the rim. The well is painted with a black background, and wide green circular band around a central design of a water bird between two groups of spatulate leaves, and an uneven line indicating water. The front is glazed, and the base is unglazed.

Round dinner plate with flat well and raised edges that curve up to the rim. The well is painted with a black background, and wide green circular band around a central design of a water bird between two groups of leaves, and an uneven line indicating water. The front is glazed, and the base is unglazed.

Oval-shaped platter with two rows of repeating floral designs - black centre dots surrounded by circles of small off-white dots with green leaves in between. The bowl is shallow. Glazed.

Undecorated cooking pot with two loop handles on opposite edges. The bowl is deep, and the interior shows the swirls of brush strokes. One handle is darkened from use. The interior and rim are glazed.

Pink metal mesh chinelo dancer's mask with a matted fibre beard, moustache, and eyebrows. Brows gently curve overtop oval-shaped eyes, with long lashes. Moustache curves sharply at ends, curling up around sides of face; beard has similar curve and protrudes outward from mask. Face has a large slanted mouth and rosy cheeks. Eyes, mouth and cheeks are painted on; thin nose is shaped from mesh. Mask is edged with painted fabric; yellow tie across back, for hanging purposes.

Undecorated cooking pot with two loop handles on opposite edges. The bowl is deep, and the interior shows the swirls of brush strokes. One handle and side are darkened from use. Side stamped with maker's mark of a sun design. The interior and rim are glazed.

Very small shiny black gourd container with cutout lid (part b). The design around the body is intricate groupings of flowers with alternating hummingbirds and insects in between. There is a solid gold band just below the rim. Lid is round with knob projection at centre. The rim is painted with small repeating fern-like leaves, which all face the same direction. A gold, red and blue star shape extends from around the knob. The knob itself is rounded with a gold knob and small white flower at centre. The interior of both the container and lid are red lacquer.

Large red decorative hat made from a gourd. Painted and lacquered(?). The exterior is painted with the same panel as the interior, but upsidedown - repeating designs of white swans, trees, large round blue boulders(?), all decorated with small white dots. On the top of the convex part is a blue pigeon-like bird in profile. Signed in yellow, Faviola. Below, bands of blue and green, both marked with white x's and two stacked short horizontal lines, and then a thin solid golden yellow line. At the bottom of the hat is a large grey dove-like bird on water.

Shiny black bulbous gourd container. The gourd is hourglass shaped, with the upper portion smaller than the lower portion. The top is painted with a large red and black flower, with gold centre, from which small gold dots extend out and small orange and yellow leaves. Are the body, groupings of bright flowers outlined in gold with the same small orange and yellow leaves.

Shiny black gourd (part a) with cutout lid (part b). The design around the body is arranged in groupings of bright-coloured flowers outlined in gold. The lid is tall and bulbous, with a flower-shaped base which fits into the cutout in the container. The rim is outlined in gold. The lid also has groupings of bright flowers outlined in gold and large gold butterflies. The interior of both the container and lid are red.