Cotton shawl. Textile takes the shape of a vest, with a long front-piece open at centre, arm holes at shoulder, and long side slits from bottom. A stand-up collar is edged in red and heavily embroidered on the outside in light yellow-green and red. A grey braid edges the vest, and interior of garment is also light grey.

Short round hat with a flat top. Space at front of brim is cut vertically and then diagonally towards the crown in a scalloped pattern. Crown and sides are embroidered with fine silver and gold metallic thread in a circular design, with black thread interlaced throughout.

Round hat with metal applique. Sideband has four groups of embroidered flowers. Linear metal applique with coin-like ends hang past brim and alternates with beads vertically along sideband. Cone-shaped metal applique pieces are attached horizontally at the sideband-crown seam. Linear metal applique with engraved details alternate with vertical rows of multicoloured beads around crown. Centre of crown features tiered metal piece with inset plastic jewel. Back flap features geometric and floral embroidery ending in low point with two rows of alternating beads, and coin-like metal pieces on bottom corners.

Embroidered cloth. Square fabric is made of dark grey denim-like material, with bright embroidery. Two evenly spaced lines of embroidery, which follow the edges of the piece, creates a double-square design. The lines are composed of a solid red, bordered by different coloured sections of zigzags. Multicoloured flower and foliage motifs between the squares, and similar in opposite interior corners. Top of piece has four loops for hanging.

Embroidered cloth. Square cloth made of denim and edged in red and tan coloured cotton. The denim is embroidered with multi-point star designs in orange, dark red and white, with touches of green. Several tassels in similar colours hang from one corner of the cloth. Each tassel topped with a number of small plastic breads. An adjacent corner holds a similar long thin tassel.

Textile panel made from two pieces of tan-coloured fabric sewn together down middle, one slightly longer than the other. Heavy embroidery covers the fabric in red, yellow and green, showing groups of red octagons each containing a tan flower-shape surrounded by layered bands of applique borders and along the edges of the fabric. The backside is unlined and shows the stitching remnants from the embroidery and applique.

Band, worn around the waist. A light blue rectangular panel with black stripes and backside hangs from the middle of a long band made of blue and bright pink fabric. Blue portion holds vibrant embroidery in Hmong style, showing squares that each hold a stepped pattern in orange, yellow and white.

Embroidered fabric carrier with ties. Panel is rectangular with cutouts at top corners. Embroidered pattern in Hmong style sits in middle of panel and takes the same outer shape. Its patterning divided into squares, each with similar swirl motifs in colours of red, orange, blue and green, with an outer border of layered applique stripes of green, white, pink and blue. Two long ties attached to the top of the carrier, made up of strips of fabric in blue and purple. These are sewn into a tube, released below the midpoint to create long thick tassels.

Baby carrier. Garment resembles an apron with a long skirt at front, thick waistband, and the remnants of ties for wrapping around the waist. Skirt is made of black cotton, edged with thin red and white stripes, and embroidered at waist with inverted triangles decorated in green, red, and yellow. Across front are two large embroidered diamonds with several small star shapes around them. Waistband is blue fabric with many evenly placed broken threads, indicating beading or other former decoration.

Long coat. Long-sleeved, soft cotton garment. Open front, reaching the lower leg at hem, and with long slits at each side. Red piping lines the edges of cuffs, slits, hem and front opening. A narrow panel of embroidery surrounds collar with short pink tassels and multicoloured plastic beads along its inside edge. At back, a group of pink tassels falls from the collar to the shoulders. Garment heavily embroidered on back from waist to hem in tan, blue and pink. A rectangle of pink embroidery decorates the back between the shoulders.