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Cylindrical-shaped tube with a cut-out design of a dragon down the side. Inside of tube is red. Outside of tube is gold.
Large wooden cross with pedestal base and small pyriform protrusion at top and round protrusions at ends of cross-piece. Surface is undecorated and painted black.
Miniature wooden figure of a woman sitting on a white crane--woman has black hair and wears a gold, green and red robe. Bird is white with a green bill and feet. Base is a flat, red wooden rectangle.
Black circular dish with golden rim and golden bamboo painted on the surface.
Black circular dish with golden rim and golden flora painted on the surface.
Black circular dish with golden rim and a golden, flowering branch painted on the surface.
Black circular dish with golden rim and three golden birds painted on the surface.
Black circular dish with red rim and a golden flower painted on the surface.
Conical shaped woven basketry figure with two faces depicted. Top face is larger than the lower face, it has a tapered forehead that ends with a fibre, looped handle and is decorated with small feathers. Both faces have oval shaped holes for eyes, an opening for a mouth, a protruding nose and ears along with sennit fibre beards. Each face is painted white with brown and orange detailing. The bottom edge is wrapped with long pieces of fibre.
Large, carved wooden shield, oval in shape painted black and brown with pigment. Carved in relief are two large birds, one at the top facing upwards, the other at the bottom facing downwards. The beaks of the birds curve down into the shield, the eyes are inlaid with cowrie shells the feathers are incised and their wings are spread wide. The top bird has a long tail while the bottom bird’s tail forms in the mouth of a human face. The head is a slightly protruding forehead, a high brow that exaggerates the large eye sockets; the eyes are inlaid with large cowrie shells. The nose is large and pointed with a hollow septum and a piece of fibre twine tied through. The mouth is triangular with bared teeth. The background is painted and incised with a repeating stylized pattern. The underside is hollowed. There is a fibre twine looped tie at the top.