Head scarf (part of a woman’s costume with 3052/9-17). Scarf is square, the fabric fine and thin. Background colour is dark maroon, with a large central design of roses, daisies and foliage amongst a trellis structure of triangles, lines and dots.

Head scarf (part of a woman’s costume with 3052/9-17). Scarf is square, in bright red, with a floral print of red, pink and blue flowers, green foliage, and structural embellishment in gold, white and green. Two adjacent edges of the scarf are edged with red wool tied into a wide, decorative net from which hang long tassels.

Woven belt (part of a woman’s costume with 3052/9-17). The belt is woven from many colours of thread, creating several bi-coloured lines. Threads are free at the ends of belt where they create a short fringe.

Cotton apron (part of a woman’s costume with 3052/9-17). Apron is rectangular, made of a doubled-over piece of dark maroon fabric with long ties that extend from the waistband. At bottom is orange needlepoint design of flowers and foliage on top of another floral motif line of design.

Skirt made up of three panels (part of a woman’s costume with 3052/9-17). Panels have multicoloured vertical lines of flowers and zigzag patterns. Parts ‘a’ and ‘b’ are identical. These smaller panels are rectangular in shape, with a narrow, covered, elasticized band at top that protrudes from each side to form ties, with a wide hem at the bottom. Part ‘c’ is a wider panel. It too has an elasticised band at top, uncovered, and wide hem at bottom, as well as wide side folds edged in green satin on the back.

Headband (part of a girl’s costume, with 3052/1-8). A thin metal wire is wrapped with brown paper and covered with a variety of stiffened flowers in red, blue, pink and white, interspersed with green leaves. Each red flower has a centre of black wool with spots of white paint, while white flowers have centres made of yellow wool. The wire band is bendable.

Knee length cotton skirt for wearing under a wool skirt (part of a girl’s costume, with 3052/1-8). Made of thick, cream coloured cotton, with an elasticised waist. The bottom hem is embellished with a thick panel of white cutwork in a floral design, and includes over-embroidery in shiny white thread.

Long sleeved blouse (part of a girl’s costume, with 3052/2-8). Made of thick, cream coloured cotton, with wide sleeves heavily embroidered in diagonal lines in a deep purple and yellow flower motif on a green background. The cuffs are embroidered with cutwork. The neck is a ‘v’ style, with embroidered collar similar to the motifs on the sleeves. The hem of the blouse is cut slightly longer on the outside.

Triple whistle made of three single whistle parts of equal length which are now rebound as two separate pieces (parts a-b). Part a consists of two parts bound together with cord; part b is the third matching part from the other side, which is now detached. The outer pieces are rectangular in cross section while the middle piece is square in cross section. All three pieces are bound with cord near their outer ends and middle. Upper portions of each whistle are painted blue, as is the binding at that end. The middle and left side pieces (part a) are bound together at their tapered ends with white cord. The right side piece (part b) shows past evidence (indented cord marks) of being bound at the end. While the wider end is solid on each piece, there are hollowed areas through each tapered end, through to the cut out rectangular holes.

Large bag with handle. Bag is made up of several woven, vertical panels sewn together. The panels making up the sides extend into a thick, wide handle at top, and short dense fringe at bottom. A drawstring is threaded through the bag’s mouth. The design in the weaving is dense, with repeating motifs of lines, rectangles, spots and diamonds on front and back panels. Along the edges of each panel are vertical strips woven in linear designs. Interior is unlined.