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Small, flat embroidered bag, made by seaming two identical rectangular sections together on three sides, leaving the fourth side and a side slit open at the top of the bag. The densely worked multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of geometric, stylized floral motifs enclosed in squares, which are arranged in a grid pattern. The designs are worked on floral printed textile. The top edge and slit are trimmed with red tablet-woven edging. There are remnants of a cord or tassel at the base of the slit.
Small, rectangular, flat, multi-coloured embroidered bag made by folding a wide piece of embroidered textile in half and seaming two edges, leaving one edge and a side slit open. The bag is embellished on each side with a large, complex, curvilinear, naturalistic floral motif, using several kinds of embroidery stitches. The opening of the bag is embellished with seven rows of small geometric border patterns, and the bottom of the bag has a border of small paisley motifs. The stitchery is worked on dark red silk, backed with pink and tan striped cotton textile.
Bag with a rectangular shape and embroidered with two large v-shaped geometric forms, worked in very fine, dense cross-stitch on both sides of the bag. The sides and opening each have a geometric border. The repeated designs on the bag are identical in shape to each other, but differ in colour. A length of yellow and black decorative braided cord is attached to one corner of the opening; a tassel made of silk cord trimmed with white glass beads is sewn to the end of the cord. Lined with dark red cotton.
Small, flat embroidered bag made by seaming two identical rectangular pieces together on three sides, leaving the fourth side and a side slit open at the top of the bag. The multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of closely-spaced square motifs with a strip of alternating red, green and blue diagonal bands. A red and green braided cord is attached at the base of the side slit. Three tassels hang from the end of the cord, and each is trimmed with multicoloured glass beads. The embroidery is worked on a dark purplish-red silk textile and lined with machine printed floral textile.
Red wool shirt with geometric beading down both arms and in bands running halfway down the front and back of the shirt on either side of the neck; beading is dark blue, green and yellow on light blue ground. Neckline is trimmed with black velvet-like material. Strips of black fabric run between the bands of beading around the neck, creating horizontal stripes; brass beads are sewn at evenly spaced intervals along the strips of fabric. A long fringe of hide strips runs along both sleeves. Sides of shirt and bottom of sleeves are open, held together with loosely spaced hide thongs.
Pink damask robe with short standing collar, wide sleeves, side slits and side opening with frog closures and metal buttons. The damask is woven containing floral, circle and butterfly motifs. The collar, side opening and hem have borders with crane, bat, butterfly and floral motifs in green, purple and white on blue ground with floral and orange trim. The sleeves have borders with birds in a floral scene on green ground. The inside is unlined.
Dress yoke with beads sewn onto a backing of brown satin and cotton interfacing. This backing is lined by the same brown satin. The beadwork is in a pattern of horizontal light and dark blue stripes interspersed with clear yellow and greenish-blue bands with several star shapes in clear yellow, dark blue and light greenish-blue. Beaded fringe with cowrie shell ends. Skin ties at sides and neck.
Screen with black lacquered wooden frame and two arched feet. At the centre of the screen is a circular panel with embroidered cherry blossoms in grey, white and black on beige ground over which are three evenly spaced vertical screens with black laquered wood grid frames with a grey silk screen behind each. The central panel is framed by a gold leather textured paper with a band of floral patterned silk in shades of pink and grey on light pink. The reverse is finished with a panel of the same floral silk with a separate border of this silk joined at the seam with off-white woven ribbon.
Black bag with a thick shoulder strap, all covered in geometric and floral beadwork. Red polished cotton backing, black trimming, red and blue wool tassels, black wool with purple trim on edge of pocket; beads--red, green, white, yellow, black, pink--loom beading.
Large, rectangular, red-brown woven textile entirely covered with geometric pattern darning embroidery. Embroidery is executed with iridescent white, orange, yellow, and light green thread. Design consists primarily of alternating horizontal bands of white and orange chevron patterning with borders running along both lengthwise edges. One border is thin, with orange thread creating a simple diamond-shaped pattern; the other border is wide, with more elaborate diamond-shaped patterning in white, orange and green thread.