A woman’s headdress made from coarsely woven dark brown wool textile. Consisting of a headband and an attached narrow “tail” or streamer that hangs down the back. Lavishly decorated with cowrie shells, red, and white glass beads, buttons, and embroidery. The headband is embellished with two rows of cowrie shells separated by a row of red glass beads. The bottom edge of the headband is finished with multi-coloured embroidery resembling a braid. The “tail” is trimmed with many buttons, red, and white glass beads, and cowrie shells forming floral and geometric shapes. The bottom is fringed (about 13.5 cm) and the side edges are finished with red, blue, and yellow-green embroidery resembling a braid. The textile used to construct the headband is woven in plain weave while the streamer is made from warp yarns which have been braided and loosely woven together to form a fabric.

Large, thick, rectangular rug, boldly patterned and so densely embroidered in chain stitch that the supporting textile (heavy black wool twill, glued to a layer of burlap) is all but obscured. The large design motif, which is worked with green, gold, pink, orange, and off-white wool thread, consists of circles and geometric shapes within a square frame. There are three of these motifs in the centre of the rug. A narrow edge of the black textile is visible, as a narrow border, at the edge of all four sides of the rug, and a layer of dark brown, lightweight cotton textile is machine-stitched to the back of the piece. All of the colours are faded, however, more vibrant colours are visible if the rows of chain stitches are pushed aside to reveal the unexposed surfaces that lie close to the supporting textile.

Large, rectangular wool textile, bordered on the long edges with darkly coloured and brightly coloured woven stripes, and embellished horizontally with (mostly) lighter coloured narrow stripes in various patterns and colours, on an off-white background. Embellishments are either embroidered (counted thread technique) or worked in discontinuous supplemental weft. Fringed ends. The piece is woven in two identical, long, narrow halves which are joined in the centre, using a decorative embroidery stitch. The two ends of the textile are identical, mirror-images. The textile is reversible; the patterns on the two sides are similar but not identical.

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile (pieced at the time) which is bordered on the right-hand side with a narrow multicoloured vertical stripe. Several ‘rosettes’ made of cowry shells are scattered across the width of the garment. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Many long (38cm) strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached just above this textile and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Circular woven basket with a flat bottom, sides that curve slightly inwards, and a woven handle arcing from one side of the rim to the other. A very short length of blue yarn is woven onto one side.

A light yellow-brown woven coil basket with a flat, circular bottom, slightly flared sides, and a flat lid. The basket and lid each have three short bands of purple, while the lid has an additional three bands of purple wool woven into it.

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered on both ends with narrow (3 cm) multicoloured, patterned, vertical stripes. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced cowrie shells is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment. Three ‘rosettes’ of cowrie shells are spaced across the width of the garment above the row of shells. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below the row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Rectangular, tie-dyed, dark red and black goat wool textile, decorated with off-white tie-dyed dots. The red central field has a large black circle in the centre and four smaller black circles. There are diamond-shaped clusters of white tie-dyed dots scattered throughout. There are black borders on all sides, embellished with rows of red and white linear and curvilinear designs formed by tie-dyed dots. The textile is constructed from two nearly-identical panels that are seamed together vertically down the centre, using a running stitch sewn with white thread. Woven gray-beige selvages are on the vertical edges, and there are woven cotton horizontal supplemental stripes at each end. A strip of black woven cotton textile (7.1 cm wide) is sewn at one end.

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered on the right-hand side with a narrow multicoloured, patterned stripe. Small floral-like motifs made of cowrie shells are spaced across the width of the apron. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached just above this patterned textile and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Two horizontal, parallel rows of closely-spaced cowrie shells are affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extend almost all the way across the width of the garment. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this double row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.