Square-sided light brown basket (part a) woven from thin strips of bamboo. Basket is banded around the bottom and at the top to form a ridge for the lid (part b)--lid is also banded around the top and bottom. Three supporting vertical wood bands at centre of each side (one missing). Entire basket is nailed to a square wooden base-- base and all bands are painted red. Part c is a snug-fitting bamboo basket liner of a looser weave than the basket and lid-- rises 5.6 cm above the rim of the basket.

Three sectioned brown bamboo cylinder has carved out sections with black rims; mottled black interior with greyish residue on base. First section joined to second by two side pieces; second and third section are joined at back and sides. Exterior base is carved out and has a central rounded protrusion.

Length of bamboo outer surface trimmed off. Three white half feathers adhered longitudinally at one end, bound by bands of paper with gold-coloured paper in between. Another band of paper has seven characters. A large piece of paper is wrapped diagonally around the middle of the shaft. Tip is cut straight across, blunt.

Two story house (part a) mounted on four cylindrical pegs. Shoji screens (parts b-c) on both levels measuring 21 cm x 27 cm (part b), and 22 cm x 27 cm (part c). Wall (part d) end of house has peak at top, measuring 11 cm x 25 cm. Exterior roof (part f) has lengthwise grooves, each side measuring 12 cm x 29 cm. Floor (part g) is 14 cm x28 cm. Tatami mat (part h) mounted on wood has piece cut from end, and measures 25 cm x 11 cm. Tatami mat on stand (part i) measures 11 cm x 16 cm x 3 cm. Reed and bamboo mat (part j). Ladder (part k) has five rungs, and measuring 4 cm x 14 cm. Broken off bundle of wooden pieces (part l).

Three full-length geisha figures standing on an orange flat rectangular wood base. All are dressed in polychrome robes. Their black hair is tied up in buns and adorned with ornaments.

Small light brown cylindrical bamboo container with two pieces of hide that bave brown parts of hair still on used for caps at each end. Strip of dark brown leather sewn together with hide at the bottom goes all around the container for a handle and is held in place in four places by a small string of beads on the bottom edge of the cap. Red beads on the cap and white with blue striped beads also.

Length of natural bamboo; cut diagonally at one end, splintered at the other end.

Rectangular frame of bamboo covered on both sides with reeds horizontally placed and sewn on the sides and down the centre. Inside small stones. Light red-brown and clear white partially stained brown. Two pieces of wood longer at ends with short reeds placed horizontally and tied to each other from the top and the bottom. One piece of wood at the ends.

A plain handle which tapers to a square finial. Ten long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord and plain flat fibre are coiled around the middle.

Round, flat-bottomed basket. Strips of narrow bamboo are woven around wide vertical bamboo slats in wicker work. Palm leaf strips are wrapped around edge to form a rim. Natural bamboo colour.