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A book (part a) and a feather (part b). The book (part a) has a brown cover and a title of 'W'iigyet's Journey' in black on the front. The pages are white with black lettering and artwork in red and black. A few pages have 'pop-up' artwork. Sections include the following: 'Introduction', 'W'ii Gyet's First Home', 'Feast of the Sun for The Creatures of the Forest', and 'Acknowledgements'. The book is signed and dated on the last page: 'Limited Edition of 10 / W'ii Gyet's Journey / August 2002 / Author / Artist Doreen Jensen / Collaborator / Paper Engineer cindy chan piper / Date December 2002 Edition No. 10'. The dark grey feather (part b) is attached to a twisted cedar bark cord and acts as a bookmark.
Red robe with wide extended sleeves, side slits, side opening and banded neck edge. Dragon, fish and wave designs on the front and back, in gold pink and blue on red ground. Collar, sleeve and border bands with endless knot, rare vase, wheel, hsi and double gourd symbols in gold and pink on medium blue ground. There are mirrors, green glass eyes and tin reflectors on the front and back. Belt carriers are silver chrysanthemums on light green ground stiffened with paper and glue. The inside lining is yellow linen.
Orange robe with wide extended sleeves, side slits, side opening and banded neck edge. Four-toed dragon, fish, waves, tree and peonies designs on the front and back, in gold, pink, and blue on orange ground. Collar, sleeve and border bands with rare vase, endless knot, wheel, double gourd and double cash symbols in gold and pink on medium blue ground. There are mirrors, green glass eyes and tin reflectors on the front and back. Belt carriers are gold chrysanthemums on deep pink ground stiffened with paper and glue. The inside lining is yellow linen.
Pink robe with wide extended sleeves, side slits, side opening and banded neck edge. Dragon, waves, fish, cloud, peony and bat designs in gold, blue, green, pink, and black on deep pink ground. Collar, sleeve and border bands with Buddhist, Taoist and hsi motifs in gold, silver, orange, pink, and green on royal blue ground. There are mirrors, green glass eyes and tin reflectors on the front and back. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.
Pink collar with embroidery and brass frog closure. The collar is rounded at the back and pointed at the ends. On the front are bat and lotus motifs in gold and green. There is blue trim, gold braid and white fur around the edges. The bat has green glass eyes. The back lining is white cotton.
Paper offering consisting of a wrapped paper parcel with purple and off-white floral patterned and red paper bound with grey synthetic twine. Held by the twine is a rectangular piece of paper with a multicoloured printed image depicting a purse, lipstick, a fan, jewellery, a watch, combs, and a mirror.
Oval shaped pair of shoes (parts a and b) that are decorated with metal sequins and glass beads overall. On each shoe, the toe portion has an appliqued butterfly(?) design embellished with metal sequins and glass beads and is trimmed with white fur(?). There is a fibre loop attached to the back rim of each heel. Fibre cording is threaded through the loop and ties around the ankle. The soles are leather and are painted white. The inside of shoes are stitched with white fibre.
Pair of green and white women's shoes (parts a and b). Wide opening at the top. Fabric around opening is higher at the heel than at the toe. Large green pom-pom of gathered fibre threads are attached to the toe. A thick green band is wrapped around the lower portion of the shoe and is embellished by scrolled designs made with silver and white sequin beads. Fibre cording is looped through an opening at the top of the shoe to be wrapped around the ankle. On the inside of each shoe, there are handwritten Chinese characters in blue.
Paper offering consisting of a stack of nearly square pieces of off-white paper, each with a square of metal foil at the centre and one corner painted pink. Half of the bundled papers have a band of yellow paint that has been painted over the metallic square and extends out to one of the edges, and one pink corner. Bound with pink synthetic twine.
Dark purple robe with wide extended sleeves, side slits and side opening with ties. On the front and back is a square rank panel with lotus and wave motifs in silver on turquoise ground. The collar, sleeve, side and hem borders have fish, wave and peony motifs in silver, orange, pink on blue ground. There are tin reflectors and white fur on the front and back. The belt carriers have prunus and bird motifs in turquoise and blue on a mauve ground stiffened with paper, wood and adhesive. The inside lining is yellow linen.