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Double-sided drum made of tops of two human skulls(?) placed top to top with each opening covered with skin. Join is wrapped with blue cotton cloth and dark red wool, with cords of braided hide ending in knobs attached to each side. Hide strips partially covered in brown corduroy project from one side, ending in tassels in poor condition. Part b is a detached cord with metal-wrapped tassels.
Chest cover made of bone plaques and beads, and turquoise glass beads strung on fabric cords ending with flat copper bells. Central plaques each have Buddha images. Some cords fastened with black wax seals. Iridescent turquoise beads above shoulders of upper Buddha.
Long knife with scabbard. Scabbard is smooth silver with two bands of leaf shapes extending from centre ring; single band at opening of scabbard. Loop on one side surrounded with embossed foliate design. Flat tape braided of red-purple silk? with double braid on one side inserted through slit in the other. Handle with concave sides is wrapped with twisted silver wire. Top of handle has overall design of hexagons, each with a Y design inside, and recesses filled with a dark substance. Copper band around top of wire-wrapped area.