Short handled paddle shape cut from one piece of wood. Flattened female figure on curved cardboard backing attached to front surface. Figure has a high rounded crown gold hat with a red trim and silver flowers which is tied with a white cord under the chin. Painted face. Multi-coloured brocade gown with conch shell, umbrella, clouds, and mountain design. Her left hand a holds gold and black carrying stick. Red cord on one end attaches to a brocade bag. Figure is raised by three wooden props: one under the shoulders and two under the head. Handle is covered with green and gold brocade in a tortoise shell pattern. Face of board covered with sille painted with wisteria. Back is painted with a black branch and white berries. Small metal bell under head of figure.

Black lacquer chest (part a) with metal corner pieces on top and metal handles on sides. Five drawers (parts b, c, d, g, and h), two doors cover upper two drawers, and one door covers drawer (part h) on lower right. Top drawers (parts b and c) have floral design and metal pulls. Doors have floral design on interior while bird, and floral design on exterior with metal strapping, and round metal medallions. Silk tassels from metal rings at top of doors. Third drawer (part d) has pine decoration and two metal pulls. Drawer on lower left (part g) has two cranes and pine design, two metal pulls, and a round metal knob, inside which drawer contains box (part e) with lid (part f) decorated with bamboo and a bird. Drawer on lower right (part h) has floral design, and metal pull. Door covering drawer has floral design on interior while bamboo design on exterior with metal hinges, and round metal knob.

Sarong of heavy cotton woven cloth in rectangular shape formed by two pieces sewn together. Striped with supplementary weft with red and brown silk on the weft. Decorated with gold thread in bird, fish, and abstract motifs in between supplementary vertical stripes on the blue cloth. Two multicoloured bands at each end. One end has gold couching with red thread. Embellished with sequins. One edge is unfinished.

A plain woven rectangular cotton pillow cover with four large pink, and gold-coloured wool, tassels. Embroidered with lines, butterflies, and flowers, all in abstract motifs. Gold-coloured thread around the tassles. One side open with copper metallic, and pink embroidered lace on it. Decorated with a few light pink sequins.

Woven brown and beige striped sash. A third is embroidered with a multi-coloured flower and leaf design on a red ground. Fringe at both ends is green and orange.

Men’s long, A-line, long sleeved coat with high Mandarin collar. Left front extends over right front and fastens with brass ball buttons and decorative loops, located at centre front, and at the right side seam under the sleeve. Collar and left front extension are edged with decorative piping. Made of dark red coarsely woven wool textile. The textile was woven in narrow strips (about 20 cm) that are pieced together at the selvages to provide sufficient widths. All edges are faced with bias strips of light-coloured cotton or silk broadcloth (roughly 5 cm wide). Hand sewn.

Male samurai figure (part a) seated on horse (part b) with one arm perpendicular to body, holding a rattan staff (part c) with his right hand. Left arm rests near long curved sword, attached to waist with silk cord. Quiver with five arrows on back. Figure made of straw, has white ceramic face and black fibre wig, dressed in gold silk brocade, with armour of gold coloured metal lamellae laced with red and pale blue silk and brown leather. Horse (part b) of paper mache(?) is covered in imitation grey fur. Brown glass eyes. Reins of purple and white diagonal striped silk, bridle and long body fringe of red silk, saddle of leather, lacquer, silk and fur.

Folding fan with thirty-nine inner ribs of split bamboo, highly perforated, and two white plastic parent ribs. Covered with silk on one side only, painted with grey wave design with two sailing boats and birds in red, with silver glitter, on white background. Silver paper around edge. Attached to silver-coloured rivet is cord of pink silk, 25cm. long (double), knotted, with tassels at end, strung with an imitation pearl.

A closing fan with twenty-three inner ribs of split bamboo each with a butterfly(?) design burned on the base of each side and two parent ribs of bamboo each with a burned design. Each parent rib is set into a dark rosewood piece through which the brass rivet passes. Fan has light brown paper on one side only, on which a dinner menu in French is printed for June 10, 1929. Attached to the rivet, there is a knotted white silk cord, 17.5 cm. long, on which is strung an orange glass bead (red jade?). At each end of this, there is a knotted flat tassel of braided white cotton bound with gold coloured metallic thread.

Purple damask jacket. The jacket has a standing collar, front pockets, side slits and a centre opening with brass frog closures. The damask silk is woven with a peony motif. The jacket is lined with yellow-white lamb’s wool.