Piece of brown jacquard-weave silk. Right side has been coated with a heavy black glaze, resulting in a stiff and shiny fabric. Raw ends, selvedges run length.

Thin band with woven pattern and tassels. The pattern repeats orange geometric shapes within rectangular blocks on black ground with green and red borders. The ends have long tassels of green and orange, made from unwoven thread. Additional three pairs of tassels 15, 14, and 13 cm from each band, are made of green thread. They are inserted through warps 15, 14, and 13 cm long. The tassels with a white button at the top.

Hand puppet representing the character Xu Wen (bearded official). Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands, and feet. Varnished green face with orange cheeks, black hair and details. Black hair beard (26 cm long) attached below nose; sideburns. Body (part a) is undyed cotton flaps, attaching around head, light blue hands with holes through sideways, stuffed legs, white and light blue soled black boots. Pasted and stitched red silk robe (part b) with three centre, paper reinforced front flaps, with centre mirror, brocade circle, turquoise and white fur trim. Yellow brocade at front edges, yellow strip inside front. Decorations include yellow silk insets along blue borders, green and light blue silk flower-like insets with metal sequins, tin edged mirrors and silver and gold foil wrapped thread. Yellow cord trim at orange and blue stand up collar. White cord tie at neck, otherwise costume is detachable.

Hand puppet representing the character Wu Sheng (young warrior). Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands and feet. Varnished yellow/cream face, black and red detail; black hair glued; ponytail held with glued string. Body (part a) is undyed cotton flaps, attaching around head with attached white hands with holes through sideways; stuffed legs with attached white and green soled black boots. Pasted and stitched panelled green silk robe (part b) in six rounded sections; double front flap at centre; cotton lined. Orange waistband and insets; stuffed yellow and green cat face at centre with red plastic ears, tongue and white plastic fangs; metal eyes. Decorations include; silver foil wrapped tread meanders, gold foil wrapped thread outlines, round and leaf shaped metal sequins and white and orange fur trim. Detachable costume; cord tie at neck.

Long red braided tie with tasseled ends.

Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands and feet. Represents character of Bearded male (aggressive), Golden Rays style. Varnished white face, pinkish tinge under eyes; black, slightly bulbous painted hair. Red mouth, red spot on forehead, dots in eyes. Two moustache tuffs and full beard of black hair attached in channel at chin. Body (part a) is made of undyed cotton flaps, attached around head; attached white hands with holes through sideways, stuffed legs, white and green soled black boots. Stitched yellow silk robe (part b) with dark blue sleeves, waist and border trim, cotton lined. Front has orange trim outside blue, also on inside front (reinforced with paper). Sleeves edged in pink fur; rickrack on upper body; yellow, pink and white fur at edge. Two centre flaps, reinforced with paper, pasted cotton at black fur edged trim. Red, yellow and blue silk sections, decorated with metal sequins and silver foil wrapped thread. Silver 'thread', sequins and mirrors decorate borders, bodice, and back. Front, bottom panel; 'thread' flowers in silver, pink and green. Costume detachable; tied at neck.

A tubular knitted band of purple cotton with green and yellow synthetic thread knitted in a pattern of spiral stripes. The band has flat woven strips, 1 cm. long, 11 cm. from each end. The remainder of the band ends unwoven, forming tassels. Inserted between the woven strips and the knitted sections, there are two pairs of tassels 11.5 cm and 12 cm. long, and of green and yellow synthetic thread, 11.5 cm and 12 cm. long, respectively.

Thin tubular band with tassels. The band is red, yellow-orange and green woven in a pattern of spiral stripes. The ends are left unwoven and additional green and red tassels are inserted between the woven strips and main section.

A woven band with a warp of pink, red, yellow, and green synthetic with purple cotton thread,and a weft of red synthetic thread. The band is woven in a series of twenty-two discrete patterns, each 1 to 3.5 cm. long. The remainder of the band ends unwoven, for 12 cm., to form tassels. Two additional pairs of tassels of red, green, and pink synthetic threads are 15 cm., and 14cm. long, respectively, and they are inserted through the warp, 15 cm, and 14 cm., from the ends of the band.

Thin band with woven pattern and tassels. The pattern repeats a diamond motif within rectangular blocks in white and purple with green and yellow borders. The ends are left unwoven and a pair of green tassels are inserted through the warp.