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Length of natural bamboo; cut diagonally at one end, splintered at the other end.
Small cylindrical bone container. Both ends are fitted with leather lids. Grass tie on one end. Blue nylon cord pierced onto end with no grass tie. Both ends are concave. Bone area has two dark horizontal lines etched around approximately 1.5 cm. apart.
Large, rectangular textile of red-brown cotton cloth made from three pieces sewn together. Cloth is covered in silk and cotton embroidery and stitching. Large squares make one square then all connected with yellow chain cross-stitching; geometric patterns in squares and triangles, abstract floral and vegetal motifs. Two length wise selvage sides are stitched with yellow silk thread. Two end sides cut, no stitched. Multi-coloured, yellow, bright pink/purple, light green and yellow/orange, white, blue and light blue. Many light stains; some frayed silk threads; all white stitching with cotton thread. Well worn.
Javanese Wayang Kulit puppet of monkey general. Brown pudgy body with red face, red and white eyes, open mouth with red teeth. Curling black beard and hair; feet set wide apart on red base. Wears yellow, blue, red, headdress; bracelets on wrists and ankles and on upper arms. Necklace extending to waist. Bare upper torso. Wears checked black and white skirt with red lines, blue, green, black, white, flounces going down legs and between legs onto base. Plastic rivets on elbows and shoulders. Green stick ties horn to hands. Support stick goes from head, down body and extends further to a carved pointed end. Paint faded or peeled off in areas. Three fingers missing on one hand. A bird is on hat, and one on his waist sash.
Javanese Wayang (shadow) Kulit (leather) puppet of man wearing elaborate crown and outfit. Upper torso bare except for floral pink and red sashes that connect to crown. Large trousers go from hips to knees, highly decorated in pink, blue, and green, and gold leaf all over. Feet together on a red platform. Plastic rivets at shoulder and elbows. Support stick goes from head all down body into point attached by white string half way to end of horn stick curved. Arm sticks also black attached to hands with white string.
A large shadow puppet of a Chinese man. Wearing an elaborate ceremonial hat once red, green, yellow, and pink, now colours faded in most areas. Wearing long oriental style robes with floral decoration on half of the body on the front. Large green sleeves edged with pink. Has black high heeled shoes. Plastic rivets on shoulders, elbows, hands, and knees. One right angled black water buffalo horn stick pointed downwards connected to the hat end with black string. One black horn stick on each hand.
Bow made from a cylindrical section of wood, arched and tapering to ends that are wrapped in hide thong. With the exception of an area at the centre that is flanked by some thong lashing, the rest of the length is covered by tightly coiled in wire covered with a blackened coating. The bow string, lashed over the hide at the ends, is three-ply cord made of twisted hide thongs.
Light brown burlap(?) covering over a rectangular block shape bundle of blackened substance and stitched up one side with cotton(?) cord. Bundle squeezed between two sticks and all three wrapped and knotted together with fibre lashing. Sticks taper at ends with each finished in a knob and both touching while they are wrapped and knotted with cotton(?) cord held on the ends by the knobs.
Boat-shaped basket with a concave 'keel' flanked by convex base ends. Composed of stiff yellow-brown and brown warp slats folded in half at the base and flaring out to the multi-lashed wood, and fibre rim. Vertical weft pattern is alternating areas of brown and yellow-brown. Slats held in place by widely-spaced dark brown fibre weft twining with the most prominent being the two lines around the circumference and one at the base. Structure braced apart by horizontal wood crossbar.
A large shadow puppet of a male Chinese warrior with a black chin beard and a long black moustache. Floral warrior hat. Wearing long sleeved floral robes with matching trousers. Flowers are pink and yellow with green leaves. Edges of sleeves and trouser bottoms are black as are his shoes. Plastic rivets at shoulders, elbows, hands, hips, and knees. One handling stick is at an angle facing down tied to the ear and the hat.