Circular silk and cotton hat with paper support. Front brim features multicolour geometric embroidery and applique. Crown is pleated to a point and with burgundy damask silk. Green and silver circle around mid-crown, green and red at top of point. Lining is grey-white cotton.

Hat is four-sided and tall with a flat top. The hat is woven in the Dhaka weaving style with red, yellow and black shapes on a white base forming the pattern. The interior is lined with a white cotton fabric and a small tag with yellow Nepalese lettering, which is sewn to the interior brim.

Small square-shaped silk hat with a pointed top. Hat has four sides, now folded flat on opposing sides. The exterior is a black silk and the brim is lined with black cotton fabric. The brim is decorated with a thin light purple paper sewn on with silk thread in a repeating half-circle design. The upper area of each side is decorated with white paper forming a rounded linear figure. The interior is lined with a faded red fabric.

Hat is small and square-shaped with pointed top. The exterior is a dark green velvet and the bottom is lined with a black velvet brim. The interior is lined with a red cotton fabric. Each side is decorated with an embroidered floral design with pink and blue flowers and green leaves.

Collar flap from back of women’s jacket. Front has a top panel of dark brown cotton fibre, under which is sewn a panel decorated in red, dark blue and green step patterning. Around the panels is an edging of faded pink silk. Back of panel is made of cotton fabric with a pink daisy motif including brown foliage and smaller blue-grey flowers. The silk edging shows the original bright pink colour. Panel has been removed from a larger garment and has black thread hanging along the top edge. (Image shows collar upside down).

Collar flap from back of women’s jacket. Backing is dark brown fabric in a tight weave. Around edges is wrapped and sewn an edging of silk, once pink, now faded to tan. At front bottom is a panel in the same colour with heavy embroidery in zigzag and cross designs with two diamonds stitched across centre in green. Back panel is made of brown cotton with silk edging showing some of the original red colour.

Collar flap from back of women’s jacket. Front has a top panel of dark brown synthetic fibre, under which is sewn a panel in light tan, green and black with decoration in crosses, T-shapes, and zigzags. Around the panels is an edging of tan silk. Back of panel is made of dark blue cotton fabric with a light blue and tan pattern of flowers and foliage. Interior is lined with a cotton panel in red, also with flowers and foliage.

Cotton tunic style blouse. Light tan garment is rectangular in shape, closed at front but for a V-neck and slit at bottom, both front and back. Arm holes sit at top directly off the shoulder. Pink piping edges sides, neck, and centre line. Small white, pink and green tassels hang from the bottom corners.

Scarf. Garment is made of dark blue cotton with heavy embroidery on each end showing diamond shapes and triangles in colours of white, dark pink, blue, green and tan. Along edges of the embroidered portions are small pompoms in light tan, and a single tassel of red hangs from one corner.

Cotton shawl. Textile takes the shape of a vest, with a long front-piece open at centre, arm holes at shoulder, and long side slits from bottom. A stand-up collar is edged in red and heavily embroidered on the outside in light yellow-green and red. A grey braid edges the vest, and interior of garment is also light grey.