Headdress made of woven fibre that forms a cap with long straps attached together to form a criss-crossing pattern inside a u shape that extends down from the cap. The cap and straps are ornamented with off-white cowrie shells, and the woven fibre is dark brown.

Standing Harpocrates (Helenised child Horus) figure. Depicted wearing a draping fabric with his right finger on his chin with the fingertip just below the lips of his mouth. He holds a cornucopia in his left arm. He has curled hair with a crown on his head.

Undecorated shadow puppet. Arms are articulated at shoulders and elbows with skin joints.

Undecorated shadow puppet. Arms are articulated at shoulders and elbows with skin joints. Decorative cutouts are at hair, waist, skirt, hands, and feet.

Partially decorated shadow puppet. Arms are articulated at shoulders and elbows with bone joints. Decorative cutouts are at hair, waist, skirt, hands, and feet. Black paint has been applied to the hair; white and red paint has been applied to areas of the regalia. Both sides of the puppet are painted.

Shadow puppet of male figure with black face in profile. Long neck, with six black lines, projecting out from body. Long nose, open mouth with three teeth. Hair tied into curved and pointed shape with gold coloured attachment. Skirt has brightly coloured design and chest is bare. Hair and skirt finely perforated. Long, jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Ring on each hand with three red circles on it. Feet are joined heel to toe by red strip. The shoulders and elbows are rotatable and a marionette stick is attached through the palm of each hand.

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered at the top with a narrow multicoloured horizontal stripe. 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. Many long (38cm) strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of red wool, resembling a small tassel.

Woman’s skirt, consisting of a long, rectangular, dark red and black length of tie-dyed cotton textile. A large red central panel is bordered at one selvage edge by a narrow (19 cm wide) black band and at the opposite selvage edge by a wider (41 cm wide) black band. Clusters of white, yellow and red geometric patterns formed by tie-dyed dots are widely scattered throughout.

Woman’s rectangular silk georgette wedding veil. A bright green central field, with over-all yellow dot pattern, has five circular red medallions, one in the centre and one at each corner. These are embellished with yellow and white tie-dyed dots that form circular motifs. There are wide red borders on all sides, embellished with white, yellow and green patterns formed by tie-dyed dots. The surface of the textile is puckered.

Headdress made of a woven fibre dome covered in brown and black cassowary feathers.