Carved wooden face mask with a large nose protruding out from the centre. Painted mainly in black and blue, with large red nostrils and a pattern of red dashes at both upper sides. Round open eyes and an open slit at the mouth. Chin unpainted. Braided cedar bark rope attached all around the edges; the braid meets at the top and is bound by a cotton twine. Half of the bark has been dyed red. Above the bound area the cedar bark sticks out over the forehead, as a loose bundle. Inside unpainted. Artist initials carved into wood (T inside the A). (Metal eye hook and plastic tied across back for hanging.)

Brown cloth composed of thirteen strips of hand woven textile, stitched together along the long edges; yellow-brown, black and white motifs throughout. Outer edges of cloth have a wide border consisting of diamonds inside squares. Diamonds are filled with semi-circles and there are dots along each side of the diamonds. Large rectangle in centre of mud cloth with a wide border consisting of connected triangles, forming star-like shapes, divided by plain and dotted lines. Rows of concentric diamonds frame central band of repeating triangles, diamonds, semi-circles and dot designs in middle of rectangle. Back of cloth is undecorated.

White gauze scarf with embroidered borders along either side. Borders are red and trimmed with white bands; bands decorated with black triangles. Three black patterned bands run along length of border. Two outer bands are identical and have four decorative gold stripes. In between stripes are gold and red dashes. Central band has two gold stripes through it, with white dashes in between. White twisted fringe on either end of scarf.

Long-sleeved shirt with a patch pocket on chest. Shirt secures at the front with four snap buttons; cuffs have one snap button. Buttons have stars engraved and embossed across them. The shirt is white with an alternating blue and purple stripe design throughout. Front opening, centre back seam, arm seams and pocket opening are decorated with wide striped bands; done in dark red, green, black, purple, dark blue, light blue, and white. A row of triangles, decorated with an identical stripe pattern, covers the back yoke seam. Collar and cuffs are heavily embroidered with geometric motifs; done in green, blue, purple and red, with black, yellow and pink highlights throughout.

Rectangular textile printed with the Swaziland flag on a blue background. The main flag design consists of a black and white Nguni shield, covering two spears and a staff decorated with red feather tassels. The shield motif is repeated all around the outer edge in black, white and red. The flag area is bordered by a dark gold rectangular band; inside is a wide red horizontal band bordered by two thin gold bands above and below, then two blue bands above and below. Underneath the shield is a white band with "SWAZILAND" printed in black text. Either end is finished; the bottom and top edges are trimmed in black.

Long white prayer cloth decorated with vertical blue stripes; twisted fringe on either end. Blue stripes are trimmed with black lines. Wide blue band runs along left side of cloth, close to edge, with differently sized black stripes throughout. Edges and centre of blue band are embroidered with gold thread; embroidery forms a checkered pattern.

Kente cloth composed of eighteen hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in dark blue, white, light blue, maroon, yellow, green, and red. The embroidered designs are in the centre of the cloth and consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in yellow, dark green, blue, orange, blue-grey, green-grey and white. Tag attached to bottom right corner.

Two-piece mask (part a) and tunic (part b) costume. Mask consists of a rounded basketry headpiece, crowned with ten horns, and a rectangular panel hanging from the front. Headpiece is covered in thick braids, made of hair, which wrap around the bases of the horns. The braids then extend downward, draping over the chest and back of the wearer. Braids have red cloth tied at intervals along their length with cowrie shells hanging from their bottoms. The mask panel is covered entirely in cowrie shells with stuffed red fabric in the centre, imitating eyes and a nose. Additional cowrie shells and red fabric decorate the horns. The tunic is sleeveless and indigo-dyed, with off-white designs throughout. Designs are inside rectangular blocks across surface. Designs include: interlocking abstract “X” shapes, dots, concentric diamonds, and propeller-like shapes. Fringe decorates bottom edges and slits are cut underneath arm openings. Black cloth lining around neck opening and slits.

Summer weight amauti style parka. Made of white cotton with yarn decorations. Thick red and blue, braided tassel, pinned to form scallops, hangs below neck opening. Large red panel covers torso. Decorated with two vertical rectangles, filled with “X” shapes. Motifs done in yellow, white, light blue, and black sparkly ribbons. Green and yellow fringe hangs from bottom edge. Top and bottom edges of sleeves are bordered with embroidered bands. Decorated with multi-coloured “X” and “O” shapes, and geometric motifs. Band along top is dark red, bottom band is white. Extending down from the top band, covering the upper arm, are long strands of multi-coloured fringe. Parka has flaps along the front and back bottom edges; the back one longer than the front. Both are trimmed with bands made up of dark blue, light blue and green diagonal lines. White fringe hangs from edges of both flaps. The hood is decorated with pink, red and blue fringe along the edges. Fringe extends from a multi-coloured embroidered band, made up of linear and geometric motifs. Edges of hood opening are trimmed with dark green bands with birds and floral motifs embroidered across them. Pouch, accessible from interior, bulges out from the back of the parka. Two bunches of multi-coloured fringe hang from bottom edge. Parka is unlined.

Kente cloth composed of twenty-two hand woven cloth strips, forming ten rows. Four strips span the entire length of the textile, six rows consist of three shorter strips. All have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in orange, light blue, white, light purple, dark blue, and red. The six shorter strips along the right side are attached to the cloth upside down, causing the pattern to break in the bottom corner. The embroidered designs cover the entire cloth, except the left edge. The designs consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in shades of yellow, green, red, white, orange, blue, and purple.