Part a: double-woven cane basketry. Interior is twill woven of natural-coloured cane fillets. Outer layer is patterned with natural-coloured and magenta-dyed cane fillets. Design is vertical twill-woven zigzag. Natural-coloured twill woven cane strip is banded over top and fastened at intervals by a running stitch of cane. Cane strip handles, one on each end, are covered with cane fillets and lashed down with cane. Fasteners for each are composed of four loops, two pairs, one set of which slips through the other. Part b: Piece of cane, pointed at one end slips through the loops to close the valise. Valise's two bottom corners have been damaged in shipping.

Rectangular green silk shawl with red and yellow geometric designs and green silk fringe at both ends. Warp is silk, weft is cotton and silk. Warp-faced plain weave overall with supplementary weft patterns created by continuous pattern wefts laid in with background wefts. Four alternating red and yellow stripes at each end. Patterns are in alternate blocks of similar dimensions. Yellow block has three rows of linear geometric design, the centre one is narrower than the two outer rows. Red block has two rows of elongated geometric designs.

White belt embroidered with dark blue thread. Horizontal bands of geometric flowers. Seam at center of belt. Three sides embroided with zig-zag blanket stitch. One side hemmed to reverse side.

Rectangular, brocade textile of cream fabric with a dark blue design. The wide variegated border has band of octagons and squares with flowers; narrow rinceau flower border above and below. Lower segment, wave and pondweed design. Lower edge hemmed with triangular design. Upper edge selvage, side edges unfinished.

Rectangular, brocade textile of red fabric with black detailing. Selvage on one side and hemmed on the other in joo-i design; the ends are raw. Three patterned bands run along the hem. The first band consists of a stylized pondweed, lotus and waves. The second band has a key and floral pattern, while the third band is wider than others and has a diaper pattern with flowered diamonds.

Plain white textile with black embroidery; eighteen motifs of lotus, pear and a stylized flower. Motifs are arranged in rows of three alternating with rows of two with a butterfly at each end. Selvages, raw ends.

Tight woven button with a grey circle at the centre with an alternating yellow and grey border (one row). This is contained within a red circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating blue and yellow triangles are on the outer border of the button and red on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a blue-grey outer border for two rows.

Tight woven button with a grey circle at the centre with an alternating yellow and blue border (one row). This is contained within a red circular line. Two black thunderbirds are on each side of the central motif with five alternating yellow and orange triangles across the wingspan. Alternating blue and yellow triangles are on the outer border of the button and red on the edge. Basketry continues on the reverse with a blue-grey outer border for two rows.

Square-bottomed basket with rounded corners and flaring sides. Bottom checker work and warp in cedar; undyed areas of body, bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Dyed areas are grass. Bands of various colours with rectangular motif in middle. Interior shows original colours, including turquoise, yellow, brown and black.

Cylindrical vase-like glass bottle with a woven covering; checker work and twining on bottom; body is wrapped twined. Bottom, warp, weft of crossed warp checker area are cedar; outer running weft is grass and bottom and inner fixed weft are sedge fibre. Designs include three bands in various colours with duck and flower (?) motif. Colours include orange, red, brown, green and yellow.