Cantonese opera prop representing a staff. Long, straight wooden stick with two notches carved near the top; stick is painted brown-red with a green top.

Tall, cylindrical basket of woven bamboo.

Cantonese opera prop representing a bow. Long, flat, painted bamboo. One end has a rounded point, the other end has a squared-off point. The squared-off point has an incised section near its tip. The bow is painted with vertical stripes of dark red, black, white, and dark yellow.

Cantonese opera prop representing a bow. A long curved piece of wood painted black on one side and stripes of red, black and white on the other.

Cantonese opera prop representing a mourning staff. Solid bamboo reed with frayed cloth wrapped around three-quarters of its length. The cloth is beige and brown. The part of the reed that is showing has been painted blue-green. It has a hole running through its diameter near the end through which a blue, twisted string is looped.

Decapitated head opera prop. Representation of a human head. Eyebrows are painted black, eyes are black and white, lips are red, and edge of throat is rimmed with red. A looped rod extends from the top of the head. It is wrapped with grey fibre. Black fibre is wrapped overtop of the grey fibre and hangs down at the sides. There is a hole on top of the head where the rod is attached.

A long bamboo(?) flute with three sections. One end section has a hole near the end. The middle section has four holes near the end and another hole at the other end.

A small thin rectangular mat made of parallel bamboo grasses sewn together by threads going across perpendicularly in seven groups that attach to a larger flat piece at each end. The parallel bamboo grasses are dark blue with dark blue threads and natural brown ends.

Length of natural bamboo; cut diagonally at one end.

Green five piece hoop belt (part b-f). The rectangular pieces are curved and fit together. Part (b) has no tabs. Part (c) has one leather tab folded back under the belt loop and one wooden tab. Part (d) has two leather tabs folded back. Part (e) has no tabs. Part (f) has one leather tab folded back and one wooden tab. The fabric is fixed over a wooden centre. The front has embroidered Immortal symbols and floral motifs in orange, pink and purple on a turquoise ground. The back lining is royal blue cotton.