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Large gourd container with two dark brown animal figures painted on the side. A spout at the top, fashioned from a tube of bamboo, is encased in a ring of dark resin-like substance into which are embedded a few yellow seeds.
White blouse that is part of a Cantonese opera costume with objects 1743/1 b,c,d,e,f,g. The blouse has a round neck and long wide sleeves with open attached piece at each end. Sequin design sewn on front and back of bodice and blouse in gold, pink and turquoise. The back opening closes with seven snaps.
Carp-shaped windsock, decorated in bright colours and gold paint. The mouth of the fish serves as the mouth of the fabric tube, with an internal (wooden?) structure holding the opening in a circle. The bright fish design covers most of the outside; the predominant colours are blue, black and gold.
Double-ikat rumal. Dark reddish purple, pink and black cloth. Long rectangular area in the centre has images of phonographs, biplanes, sailboats, fish and rotary phones woven into it, in squares.
Bull headdress consisting of curved crown-like wood head piece with carved bull head facing forward from top and long strands of darker and lighter dried grass and red ribbons hanging down in two thick bunches from grass pompoms at the base of the wood. Long, squared rods, with circular tips and hanging red ribbons, project up from the bottom sides of the headpiece. Carved and painted designs in white, red and black decorate the wood on both sides and a piece of rope is knotted through a hole below the bull head..
Round, two-part, black and dark brown (stain or paint?) bull mask, with natural horns bound with cow hide and black woven band, has foam at bottom edge attached with nails. Green bottle glass eyes surrounded with cow hide stare out to the side and there is square opening below the chin. Several lengths of green synthetic rope are wound and bound around the neck joins, white rope and more of the green are knotted inside the head and emerge through nostrils and holes, one has a fibre and wood toggle at the end.
Sawfish headdress, made of wood painted red, black and white, has protuding eyes and a long sawfish rostrum bound onto the top with string. Attached to the small base are three braided grass strands knotted together to fit over the head, six long grass pleats that hang down like hair and a black grass fringe. A cushioning ring of black cloth is attached with string to base.
Realistic representation of shark head is painted white and black with carved black eyes and red gill lines. Worn with nose pointing upwards, the beard and the mout,h made up of the jaw and teeth of a shark, are therefore facing forward. The headdress has long strands of grass fibres hanging from the sides and a foam lining around the interior rim. The jaw is held in with nails and two strands of woven synthetic rope are knotted and pulled through holes in the wood.
Beaded red and black elephant mask. Two long panels of black cotton fibre with red bordering, red, white, blue and multi-colour bead decoration, and burlap backing are sewn together at one end to form a stocking face mask, with large eye openings and large round protruding ears, that pulls over the top of the head. Attached to the top is a large plate-shaped basketry headdress with white canvas covering the flat top and red and black textile on the sides and bottom. Several figures with beaded facial features are attached to top brim and slope down to bottom of cap.
Long bobbin, made from piece of bamboo or hollowed wood, with white cotton thread wound tightly around it.