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.

Square textile panel. Panel is made of many small pieces of silk in light green, pink, yellow and purple, sewn together and embroidered with flowers, insects, feathers and other small shapes in similar colours as well as black. Several small round mirrors are incorporated into the design. Gold leaf ribbon delineates each piece of silk. Backing is black synthetic fibre, and several hanging loops are attached to top edge.

Long coat. Denim cotton garment has long sleeves, is open at the front, with an embroidered collar in purple and tan which is edged with a line of beading and tiny pompoms in pink and blue. Forearms are constructed of a different material in a dark blue. Edges of bottom hem, side slits and front opening are lined in red silk (?). Back of coat has Hmong style embroidery in green, purple and tan in repeating square and zigzag motifs bordered by layered bands of red applique. A rectangle of similar embroidery is sewn to the centre back of the coat.

Short jacket with long sleeves. Exterior is black cotton with wide stripes of star motif embroidery on upper arms and wrists, edged by red and cobalt blue cotton stripes. The same stripes edge the open front seams. A rectangular flap hangs down the back, attached at neck. Dense embroidery in black, white and light yellow ‘X’ shapes cover the surface. The interior of the jacket and bottom hem are lined with dark blue denim.

Embroidered cloth. Square fabric is made of dark grey denim-like material, with bright embroidery. Two evenly spaced lines of embroidery, which follow the edges of the piece, creates a double-square design. The lines are composed of a solid red, bordered by different coloured sections of zigzags. Multicoloured flower and foliage motifs between the squares, and similar in opposite interior corners. Top of piece has four loops for hanging.

Embroidered cloth. Square cloth made of denim and edged in red and tan coloured cotton. The denim is embroidered with multi-point star designs in orange, dark red and white, with touches of green. Several tassels in similar colours hang from one corner of the cloth. Each tassel topped with a number of small plastic breads. An adjacent corner holds a similar long thin tassel.

Baby carrier. Garment resembles an apron with a long skirt at front, thick waistband, and long ties that wrap around the waist. Skirt is made of black cotton, edged with thin red and white stripes, and embroidered at waist with inverted triangles decorated in pink, green, yellow and white. Across front are two large embroidered diamonds with several smaller ones around the edges, and two larger situated at bottom corners.

Collar flap from back of women’s jacket. Front has a top panel of dark brown synthetic fibre, under which is sewn a panel decorated in light pink, yellow, blue, green and red in block-step patterning. Around the panels is an edging of faded pink silk. Back of panel is made of cotton fabric, striped white and blue. The edging shows the original bright pink colour. Panel has been removed from a larger garment and has black thread hanging along the open top edge.

Tunic and pants set in bright orange silk. Tunic is long, with a round neck and long sleeves. Cuffs are decorated with metallic fibre embroidery showing gold and green diamonds between lines of silver, and flowers with foliage along with small gold sequins and beads. Blue sequin birds sit among the foliage. Similar motifs decorate the side slits of the tunic. Pants have a loose waist and wide legs, tapering slightly toward ankles. Ankle cuffs hold embroidery similar to wrist. Lower legs to knees are decorated with gold and green vines with regularly spaced small gold sequins throughout the design.

Textile panel. Triangular-shaped overall with a large square at centre, two small rectangles sewn at its sides, and a long band at bottom. Two short ties attached at top. Panels decorated with cut appliques in black, yellow, pink and blue, sewn to a backing of the same but contrasting colours. Appliques take the style of curling foliage or other organic material. Back of textile lined with a synthetic black fabric, slightly shiny, through which embroidery threads emerge.