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Dark brown canoe-shaped dish decorated with brass studs which have been adhered to the rim. Adze marks visible on the exterior of the bowl. Brass studs grouped in sets of three, centred on the rims of each of the four sides. Small holes have been made through the base of the dish and one of the longer sides.
Mask with red-brown humanoid face with a three-tiered headdress of overlapping petal-like forms. The face has heavy arched eyebrows that curl at the outer ends. The eyes are protruding and somewhat conical with rounded tops. The large nose has a bulbous tip and flared nostrils. The lips are drawn back from the teeth and are outlined with a black jagged design. Two upper and lower rows of pointed teeth are exposed with curved fangs at either side, and a tongue hangs out the front of the mouth. There is a rectangular motise hole at either side of the head, each with three small holes at top, bottom, and towards the front of the mask.
A closing fan made of seventeen flat bamboo ribs with tapering end pieces of natural colour bamboo. Edges of the ribs curve inwards just below the point where they reach the paper cover of the fan, which is white. Fan is held together with a brass rivet that has a small ring on one side. Rivet is set into wooden ends of the same colour, which flare outward at the base.
Pair of Cantonese opera shoes with wooden platform soles carved in one piece that have a flaring heel under the instep, and light grey silk uppers with embroidered prunus flower motif in off-white, green, brown, pink, orange, yellow, and light purple. A butterfly in the same colours is appliqued to each toe. Yellow silk edging at top of shoe and green fabric band just above sole. Brass plates are nailed to either end of the sole. Padded cotton insole.
Blue three piece hoop belt (part a-c). The rectangular pieces are curved and fit together. Part (a) has one leather tab folded back under belt loops and one wooden tab. Part (b) has two leather tabs folded back. Part (c) has two leather tabs folded back. The fabric is fixed over a wooden centre. The front has gold couched floral motifs including prunus, lotus and peony motifs on a royal blue ground. The back lining is royal blue cotton.
A gold painted conical helmet with openwork floral and scroll designs, and "tiles" around the whole of hat with the openwork around the upper portion, and the "tiles" around the lower portion. There are three flaps, one at the back with two at either side. Circular mirror reflectors attached to designs and flaps: seven in a flower-like pattern on the back flap, three in a triangular-like pattern on each side flap, one on each of the four quadrants of the hat itself, with another at the bottom front.