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A fairly tight lattice of thin strips of stem (?) woven between a rectangular frame of doubled sticks.
Wooden, five prong comb; three of the prongs are longer. The top, handle, is rectangular in shape with a circular piece on the top middle. There are three vertical incisions. The surrounding area is decorated with an interwoven line design. Back has simple linear decoration. Front is signed ‘R. Rie’. Remnants of blue detailing.
Irregular wood piece that bends at an angle while tapering at one end. Both ends have a knob around which string and bark cording are attached. Linear design in black consists of two horizontal bands around either end and pair of circles with tapering ovals around the natural elbow-like features where the piece bends at an angle.
Cylindrical container with a lid (part b) and tobacco within. The container (part a) has an intricate engraved geometric and plant design is over the bamboo case and consists of the following designs from top to bottom: vertical lines above semi-circles; diamond shapes that have horizontal lines within; plant-like swirls; interconnected swirls; plant-like swirls; diamond shapes that have horizontal lines within; and vertical lines below semi-circles. Bound at each end with dark brown-black horn bands. The cap (part b) has a worn geometric pattern of triangles with a knob at the top. Design is emphasized with dark pigment.
A dark wood stick piece with the flat decorative handle having a black and red interwoven knot pattern.
Wooden, four prong comb; one long prong and three short ones. The top, handle, has an elongated diamond shape with an incised outline in the centre. The back has the reversed incised detailing. One of the prongs has broken off.
Clothing beater. A rectangular-shaped flared wood piece with a flat angled end. Carved at tip of cylindrical-shaped handle with a cross-hatched pattern and painted black and blue. Simple carved linear design on front of beater, painted blue.
Brown wooden board with two tenons at one end and a geometric pattern of circles carved out of the centre. There were brass studs in the centre of each circle-all but one are missing.
Short wooden stool made from three boards, one lying on top of the other two, connected through simple tenon and mortise joints. Half of the top of the stool features a carved, curvilinear pierced design, while the other half has a geometric, crosshatched border; the legs are unadorned.
Rectangular wooden slab with a metal grater on top. Symmetrical pierced design in one end of wood. Holes in metal grater randomly made with a sharp instrument (nail); metal from a flattened can. Grater is nailed onto wood. Wood is slightly rounded on one side, flat on the other side and flaring outward slightly at one end where there is a cut out design of inter-laced curves.