Round basket with grass twined rim. Cedar bark flange looped with grass warp strands. Sides and base are grass, twined. Design consists of a band of dark blue stitching between a band of light red and green diamonds in wool ? and a band of light red and light green diamonds in silk (?) round basket lid.

Official emergency hat with flat round brim attached to crown shaped like truncated cone. Inside of hat is made of paper painted black, with a woven texture showing. Outside of hat is covered with fine red silk, with edges trimmed with red paper, and with vertical strips of red paper on each side of the crown, at the bottom of which are small red tubes. On the underside of the brim from the tubes and strips are attached two red silk ribbons that are tied together. Crown of hat projects slightly below its point of insertion into the brim. Brim is somewhat wavy and has black and brown stains.

Robe made from one piece of black satin, lined with red cotton. Open at sides and front with a narrow white collar. Two larger medallions at the chest and centre back as well as six smaller on the arms bottom back and bottom front, all with the same crane design embroidered in satin stitch with gold couching around head and eye. Two red cord ties attached at chest.

Child’s cap made of silk gauze ribbons with three long ribbons hanging down the back and ties made of orange silk cord ending in red and white tassels. Front edge of cap is made of a black ribbon with three Chinese characters stamped in gold on each side. Perpendicular to this, going over the top of the head, is a ribbon of yellow green silk gauze stamped with gold flowers and a cicada and embroidered with a Chinese character in red. A ribbon of red silk stamped with gold Chinese characters goes around the head, and parallel to this a blue ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters forms the lower edge of the cap. Over the ears are inserted triangles of pale w silk, each embroidered with a red and white flower. Most of the ribbons are lined with pink silk gauze. A black ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters goes down the centre back, with a similarly stamped blue ribbon on each side. At the centre front is an ornament composed of five circles embroidered with flowers, stuffed to make them round. At the centre is a flower carved from grey-green stone, at the centre of which is a yellow bead. From this ornament hang five pink silk tassels, each wrapped in silver thread.

Long narrow hanging with centre beaded panel. The panel has stylized human, god and animal forms in dark blue, red, yellow and green on a white background. The left quarter has horses and human figures carrying lights, surrounded on four sides by a row of small elephants and a narrow dark border on three sides. The remaining three quarters are constructed separately and sewn to first section. From left to right are animal, bird and geometric figures; five squares with a multi-armed human figure, an elephant headed human figure, animals and a geometric design, followed by a dark skinned male figure and two females; remaining portion has numerous, different animals and two stylized trees. The whole section is bordered with yellow and white diamonds on a dark blue background. The five squares are separated by a similar vertical diamond border; narrow blue and white border at top, bottom and right end. The beadwork is stitched to textile with long running stitches. The panel is framed with machine stitched silk border of red and yellow chevron patchwork. Backing is of coarse red cotton with eighteen machine stitched hanging loops on top and twenty-one loops on the bottom.

Beadwork square with patchwork silk border. Beadwork background of opaque white beads, patterned with yellow, green, red and blue beads; 2 horizontal and 2 vertical lines form 9 equal squares. The centre square is patterned with 4 geometric tree forms and a small, long tailed animal. The remaining squares are patterned with animal forms, either horses, lions or elephants; the 5 upper squares each have 6 similar animals, the lower 2 squares have 4 similar animals and the left lower square has 6 dissimilar ones. Beadwork is bordered with a row of diamonds and a linear margin, framed by 3 borders of silk patchwork, 2 green with red diamonds, separated by one of orange and red chevrons. Chevron border and textile edge is bound in purple. There are hanging loops in each corner. The backside is lined with red cotton.

Small beadwork square with silk border; background of opaque white beads patterned in yellow, blue and red with a central stylized geometric form, and with a bird and 2 different animals on each side; wide border of green and black beads patterned with small geometric forms in yellow, white and red; edged with a narrow band of white, blue and red beads. The beadwork is bordered by 4 light red, silk rectangles which are stitched together. There is a woven pattern of fine red and green stripes and with a gold-coloured metallic floating weft (?). Red cotton (?) backing and red silk binding. Hanging loop on each corner; considerable fading and disintegration of woven border and binding; many metallic elements missing; one small hole in lower silk border; lower right hanging loop is dissimilar to the other three.

Painting consisting of a scene painted on silk depicting a gathering of artists along a river. From right to left: river starts near top and passes under a bridge, with a man and a boy carrying a lute. The river then runs across with trees on both banks and wine cups floating along. Groups of men and boys are on both sides of the river, painting on rocks; floating wine cups; writing on scrolls; making tea on a stove which is on a table. At left is a house on stilts with two men and a boy with brushes and a scroll. There are six very worn characters and two seals at left. There is a half round of wood and a cord at each end.

Clay figure representing a woman with grey hair, white blouse, and black skirt, sitting on a red cushion with white circles. There is a yellow tassel at each corner of the cushion. Her eyebrows are arched and her eyelids turn downwards. She has a red bowl in front of her in between her legs, and she is holding an orange stick with both of her hands.

Rectangular, hand-woven shawl made of fine hand spun silk and cotton mixed yarn, decorated with cotton threads woven into the natural colour ground. Border design repeated at both ends, is an open band of alternating figures: stylized humans one above the other in mirror image; and an elaborated geometric motif. Narrow stripes at borders. A small triangular motif covers ground at widely spaced intervals. Detailing in red and black.