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Gray damask silk skirt with no waistband. The skirt has pleated and embroidered panels edged with black trim. The lower sections have butterfly and floral motifs in gold, white and blue on gray ground. Around the sides and bottom hem are thick black borders with floral motifs in white and blue. The damask is woven with geometric and floral motifs. The inside is unlined.
Turquoise silk cloth embroidered with cocks flying over waves with diagonal bands of colour, and two sets of metallic gold dragons, at opposite ends of cloth, with flaming circle amidst blue cloud motifs, waves and diagonal bands of colour.
Five white floral scenes on blue patterned background. Center design is round medallion of flowers, gourds (?) and cicada. Design right of center shows flowering branch and butterflies within scalloped border. Design at end shows flowers, leaves, dragonfly and frog in square border with key design. Design left of center shows a similar design except it has a hexagonal border. Design at other end shows two birds with flowering willow tree within a border of a scroll. Overlapping circles of flowers are between each design, top and bottom. Plain black band outside border. Wider middle border with gold metallic and blue embroidery of flowers and leaves and scroll design. Inner border of horizontal bands of colour. Pink cloth borders top. Reverse side lined in red cotton.
Grey clay tile, rectangular in shape with one end being slightly larger then the other. The tile has a black glaze on top. Fragment, part of a larger object.
Metal bracelet with six small rectangular plates linked together with a circular loops and a rectangular clasp on either end. Each plate is decorated with a small scene, e.g.; camel rider, palm trees, sailing boat (dhow), etc. A scene of a building repeats itself. Each clasp is enameled with a few letters of script.
Chain mail covering for upper body and arms, with open neck closed with two fasteners of leather. High collar, interwoven with leather strips. Laced at front and back bottom hem, and at neck.
Scene of ancient Egyption figures and animals wearing Egyptian clothing. Colours are pink, black, navy blue, yellow on white ground. Border band is pink, beige, with black and white squares framing the panel.
Scene of ancient Egyptian figures dancing and playing instruments for the Pharoah. Pharoah touching chin of figure in front of him. Tall papyrus plants (?) in stacked vases to Pharoah's right. Musicians seated on high platform at right end of panel. Servants holding papyrus fans (?) on left. Hieroglyphic writing and symbols along top and vertically on left of panel.
The textile fragment is irregularly shaped with a pattern in red, yellow and black on a black background. The pattern repeats two large animalistic figures, alternating red and yellow. One figure is red and circular, surrounded with small yellow circles and rectangles. The other figure is yellow with three prong limbs. There is one selvedge.
The textile fragment is rectangular with three circles in a brown corner square. Two of the three circles show crouching animal figures on the dark brown background. The third circle shows a woman’s head on an orange background. At one end red wool is added to the textile’s warp and pulled out at regular intervals, creating rows of a fringe on the backside.