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A large brown wood face mask with large oval eyes cut out and outlined with red and black. The black eyebrows are upraised with a bump in between. There is a wide flat nose with red nostrils cut out. The huge mouth has red lips, large white teeth, and four very big fangs which stick out at an angle and curve outward. The ears are flat, long, and large. The top of the mask is covered with a paper section There is a significant amount of light brown fibrous hair. Leather strips are at the back.
A long hollow piece with a rounded tipped end.
Two vertical sticks encased in red wax at the top. Each stick has a shorter stick attached at its base with paper at a forty-five degree angle. On both sticks the orange wax also has three coloured marks on it--yellow, white and green--and a large white wick emerging from the top.
Four-tiered hexagonal representation of a tower that narrows towards the top. Roof areas hang over the edges of each tier, and are painted red with black shingle lines. The tower itself is light blue with painted white brick lines. There are small black coloured arched windows on each side. The paper structure is held together by a long bamboo pole that runs the length of the tower. It is secured to the structure by a split cross-bar at the opening near the bottom.
Decapitated head opera prop. Representation of a human head. Hollow head with bamboo loop sticking out of the top. The bamboo is wrapped in a grey coloured fibre. Head has painted black coloured hair, painted red lips, and painted eyes and eyebrows. Head is open at neck. The inside of the head has strips of bamboo that are tied with fibre and is lined with newspaper (paper mache).
Cantonese opera prop. The flute has a bone mouthpiece at one end with black stripes and a series of holes down its length. The black stripes consist of a wrapping of thread covered by a black adhesive. Stripes are grouped at each end: fourteen near the mouthpiece and twelve at the opposite end. These sections are separated by two stripes paired in the centre. The holes cover the lower half (away from the mouthpiece) and are spaced between stripes in line. Two holes are on the underside at the opposite ends from the mouthpiece. The flute shaft is blocked by a bamboo joint.
Stringed musical instrument with boat-shaped body, incised and carved with black and beige geometric leaf-like designs. Two wires are strung across the middle portion of the boat shape between two raised pieces. Braided fibre with wooden pick is attached to one end.
Prop horn. Silver, metal horn with a lacquered wooden body; the wooden body has seven finger holes. End of wooden body is covered with a silver, metal fitting. The long reed mouthpiece is attached to this metal fitting. Part a: body of horn, part b: bell-shaped metal end piece, part c: mouthpiece.
Part b is a round wooden strip bent in a circle with one nail to hold it in place. Nail holes are around the entire perimeter of the circle. Part c and d are dark wood with slots that are connected together by a nail and incised with rectangular cuts on opposite sides of the centre. Part e, f, g and h are flat pieces of lighter wood with bottom corners cut to one side. Part i, j, and k are bamboo rods sliced in half except for one end that is partially flatten to one side. Part l is a bamboo rod sliced in half except for one end that is partially flattened to one side and has three protruding nails down the centre. Part m is a loosely coiled piece of grass(?).
Set of diving sticks. Part a: Vertical container made from a section of bamboo painted at the top and bottom with bands of green and red. Parts b-lllll: Thin sticks of bamboo painted red at the top--the sticks stand vertically in the bamboo container.