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Brown-black, elongated dome-shaped, woven wool base covered with cowrie shells, beads, bells, circular brass metal ornaments and mother of pearl (?) ornaments. Geometric designs in yellow and blue on the bottom edge; brown wool fringe along bottom edge. Large maroon pom-pom near top and many red beads.
Long, rectangular, burgundy wool sash with a twisted, threaded fringe on the ends. There are five black bands of geometric design with the middle being a lozenge pattern. One end has a small circular green, orange, purple and light green drawstring purse attached.
Long, band consisting of one half woven with a red and green lozenge pattern on a cream ground with an orange and green striped border. The other half is twisted threads. The ends are frayed.
Small, guitar-like instrument carved from brown wood; one piece forms the body and neck. The fret board appears darker in colour. Six peg-like tuners are carved of light wood. Five wire strings run over seven metal frets on the neck. A multicoloured woven neck band is attached at the headstock and the side of the body.
Wooden spindle with partially spun off natural coloured wool. Stick is tapered at both ends with a concave disc near one end. The wool has dark coloured debris intermixed.
Thin, cylindrical shaped distaff of brown wood, with mass of natural white wool bound to the top. Connected to the wool is a small wooden spindle wrapped with fine twisted wool twine.
A loom (part a-c) with an unfinished woven belt. The design consists of stripes of brown with cutout figures on a red, white, green, brown, pink, fuchsia and purple striped ground. The textile is attached at the top to a large rectangular shaped wooden piece with rectangular notches on either end; attached to the block is rectangular woven back strap. The bottom warp are looped onto a fibre rope. Intertwine in the multi-coloured warp are ten cylindrical shaped heddles of varying size. Separate to the loom is a rectangular shaped beater with angled ends (part b) and a cylindrical shaped pick with tapered ends (part c).
A black headdress with a circular band and a long tail, decorated with shells, buttons, beads, and bells. The circular band has two rows of shells bordered with a thin metal chain and red oblong beads in pairs. Along the tail there are rows of clear buttons and small brass bells. There are also rows of five vertical strands of round red beads with two round white beads and two red oblong beads in the centre. About halfway down the tail there is a large brass ornament surrounded by a circle of clear buttons and round red beads. At the end of the tail there is a long black fringe with a large brass bell tied to the end of two fringe strands.
Rectangular shaped shawl with cotton and wool fringe along one end. There is a dark orange border along the top and bottom followed by a row of black and white fine stripes. The central section is black with yellow and orange lines that separate each design. In the middle are two elephants with a horse on either side in yellow, white, green and red. Above and below the central figures are two birds ? and two flowers ? in white, orange, yellow and green. Bordering the middle are geometric designs in yellow, white, orange and green.
Part a: wooden loom with a small section of dark red, pink, black and white woven textile with numerous unraveled strands wrapped around other pieces of wood. Part b: thick wooden bar with one flat end and one pointed end. Part c: long and thin wooden stick with pointed end. Part d: short and thick wooden stick with pointed end. Part e: rectangular wooden tool with tapered end. Part f: wooden stick that tapers to a point at one end and has a large knob at the other. Part g: light brown braided cord. Part h: blue, blue, brown and beige braided cord.