Torso and hooded head with bird head on right, facing to side with two heads below, forming body. One faces forward and the other faces to the side. Bird has a long tapering beak and small round eyes on either side of rounded head. Heads below bird both have triangular noses, in high relief and small round eyes. Front face has straight mouth and a line extending down on either side of nose. Face to side has two parallel lines at mouth. Figure on right has oval head with outlined indentation at hood. Sloping lines indicate brows above small round eyes. Straight nose carved in relief. Carving marks overall, rough in several areas.

Four-lobed form with irregularly hammered background. Has an overall patina; nakago ana has chiseling and copper insert for adjustment to the blade; open kodzuka, no kogai. Front: at bottom in high relief a leopard looks upward to a bamboo in low relief growing up the right side and across the top; leaves overlaid with gold. Back: at bottom centre, several broad curved gouges and a series of dots suggest leopard's claw and pad marks; two gold and copper spots inlaid.

Bentwood box; kerfs cut both on exterior and interior, fourth corner nailed; three sides, except back, decorated each with one panel of horizontal, finely chiselled grooves. Lid (part b) with adzed surface is slightly wedge shaped, with ridge at back projecting upwards. Cedar stitching on front and right side over split. Base pegged (?). Box lashed and knotted on all four sides with two-ply cedar bark rope, loose and fallen down close to base. Underside of box has a different type of rope used.

A long charred wood stick with a v-shaped groove that is 1.5 cm deep and 15 cm long.