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Bright pink fabric with green and purple stripes, and fringe at both ends, one which includes blue.
Flat, rectangular, envelope-style, embroidered purse with triangular flap located on one short end. One side is detailed with densely worked counted-thread gold metallic embroidery and edged with blue beadwork. The design follows the shape of the purse, with a central panel and borders, worked in flat stitches which form various textures. On the reverse side, there are two rectangular panels that form pockets. The two ends fold together with the opening at the triangular flap. Lined with printed plaid cotton flannelette.
An oval wood face painted black, white, and red with the eyes and the oval open mouth cut out. There is a small neck and a stub nose. Fibre string is tied around the back through two holes at the sides.
A female wood puppet with black hair and hair accessories. She is wearing red sequin-petaled floral earrings. Her gold-coloured floral embroidered pink dress is decorated with pink, purple, and turquoise sequins. Her shoes are painted red. Attached is a marionette wood handle with strings.
A female wood puppet with black hair wearing a hair accessory. She has a blue, green, red and gold-coloured floral embroidered dress with a beige top rimmed with yellow and a peach-coloured skirt with a black belt decorated with yellow leaf-like flaps. Her shoes are painted red. Attached is a marionette wood handle with strings. There is a metal needle pinned through the bottom of her skirt.
Hanging consisting of a narrow, horizontal bead-worked rectangle with nine pentagonal beadwork leaves along the bottom edge. Background of opaque white beads with patterns in translucent green, red, blue and yellow beads. Rectangle has a diamond shaped foliage design alternating with a bird. The hangings alternate with patterns of a peacock and diamonds with a cow and tree; central design is a stylized human figure. Each leaf is bordered on four sides with one row of red beads and has three tassels of four bead loops in varying colours. The rectangle is backed with red textile and has five hanging loops stitched to the top edge. Beadwork attached to backing with overcast and running stitches.
Dark blue apron with embroidery and tassels. The apron is rectangular with sloped upper corners and two long ties. On the front is an abstract geometric pattern, cross-stitched predominantly in pink, red and white on dark blue. Along the bottom hem are multicoloured tassels with metal ornamentation. The back is unlined.
A piece of pearl shell that is crescent shaped and that has 8 cm. between the points where there is a hole bored. The convex side is pearly-yellow while the concave side is pearly-white. Irregularly coated and encrusted with red ochre. Attached to the holes, there is a band knitted of local fibre, 60 cm. long, and 5 cm. wide. To one end, there is attached a cord 5 cm. long. The other attachment has been broken and is affixed to the shell with nylon string. The band is coated with red ochre. To each end, there are affixed two cowrie shells. At the midpoint, there are three transverse ribs. Near these, there is affixed a clump of fur.
Paneled blouse or huipil with decorated t-shaped bodice and back; rounded neckline. Panels are continuous over the shoulders with seams on the sides and two seams front and back. Central panels is brown with cream side panels. Decorated portions are vertically ribbed and decorated with green leaves, pink and white flowers with blue, yellow and purple detailing on a dark red ground. Around the scoop neck is a pointed scallop-shaped trim in dark red-brown and orange chain stitches with circles on each shoulder. Border of down pointing chevrons at sleeve openings and v-shapes along bottom. Black straight stitched hem for one half panel, brown for another; centre selvedges at hem, others raw.
A black lenticular-shaped hat with a wide flat brim and a small crown. Top brim surface is decorated with four embroidered flowers that have leaves and stems arranged in reflective symmetry in each quarter. Two brightly coloured tassels are attached to the junction of the brim and crown on opposite sides. The underside of the brim is covered with bright pink cloth surrounded by purple cloth. The brim is stiffened with an inner form of bound grass and an outer form of wire. A pink cord is attached to the underside as a chin tie.