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Snuff box with an elongated oval shape, and a hinged lid. The box is decorated in bas-relief with the letters A to G under which are stamped varying symbols. The left-hand side is stamped with the names of the months.
Calendrical device carved from a long piece of wood with a rectangular body that is notched at regular intervals along the edges of both sides to indicate the days of the week (deep notches indicate Sundays) along one edge and weeks only along the opposite edge. The calendar is incised with symbols representing special happenings on certain days. The handle has a triangular finial, a heart motif cut out of the centre, and rounded sides that taper to a narrower neck.
Model of a clog almanac carved from a rectangular piece of wood with 12 to 14 larger notches carved into each edge with six smaller notches in between each larger notch. A metal eye hook is inserted into the centre of one end.
Calendrical device composed of eight rectangular slats of wood, each carved with a different calendar in the form of lines, x marks, and other geometric motifs. The slats are bound together with cord.
A woman's sash is constructed in three panels: a long embroidered central panel with two woven and beaded end panels. The centre panel of off-white linen fabric is embroidered on each edge in black, rust-red, and dark red diamond- shaped geometric designs in cross-stitch, satin stitch, and chain stitch with brass sequins incorporated into the design. The end panels of orange, dark red, metallic silver, and gold tapestry weave are trimmed with clear and coloured glass beads, metallic gold braid, and silver rickrack. Rust-red and dark red fringes trimmed with glass beads and beads made of brass tubing are added at each end.
A woman's heavily ornamented apron. Has a central panel of orange, gold, dark red, and black tapestry weave in a diamond pattern. The sides and bottom are appliqued with metallic gold, silver ribbon, silver braid, and silver rickrack, brass beads, multi-coloured metal sequins, beads made of brass tubing and red- orange fringe. A bottom panel, which is wider than the main body of the apron, is consisting of three rows of thick fringe in orange, red-orange, and black, brass beads, and tubing, of which, this section is backed with burlap. The top of the apron is trimmed with a thick braid of black wool. This garment is very heavy and stiff.
Part of a necklace consisting of grey seeds clumped together in an oval shape with a string of seeds extending out. The group of seeds all have either purple or gold sequins with a white bead on top and a metal wire loop keeping the layers together. Each seed has a wire loop bottom which fastens to either another loop or to a brass chain.
Red, clay, conical shaped, undecorated spindle whorl consisting of two sections or rings where a smaller and thinner top sits on a larger and wider section.
Clay spindle whorl, conical in shape with rounded edges and a hole through the centre; decorated with geometric designs of rings, triangles, dots and crosshatching. Design on the top and sides differs from that on the bottom.
Brown, clay, conical shaped spindle whorl with drop indentations along the circumference and rings around either end of the hole.