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Small drawstring bag of black hand-woven cotton in plain weave. Geometric motif is embroidered in contrasting colours of white, purple, and yellow which closely follow the warp and weft of the fabric. Lined with black mill cloth. Machine seamed. Hand sewn to finish. Drawstring of three-strand, twisted cotton in red and white with orange cotton tassels.
Small drawstring bag of hand-woven yellow cotton in plain weave. Stylized floral motif is embroidered with black thread closely following the warp and weft of the fabric. Unlined. Machine sewn seams. Hand sewn finishing. Drawstring is of two strand twisted cotton, dark and light purple, with orange tassels. '90' written on the inside with blue ink.
Small drawstring purse of black velvet. Lined with unbleached mill cotton to form three pockets. Drawstring works so that it can be pulled to open and pulled to close using different strings. Tassels of wrapped pink silk thread bound in metallic-covered thread decorate the black cotton cord of the drawstring.
Large rectangular piece of fabric made from narrow strips of woven cotton sewn together; white or natural cotton weft with green warp. Two sided supplementary weft patterning in yellow concentric squares, yellow rectangles, complex yellow pattern with stripes and joined hexagons, and red regular rectangles, at regular intervals of 50 to 55 cm. along the strips. Both ends hemmed; edges finished. Typical strip width: 9-10 cm.
Cream hanjuban (半襦袢) or kimono underwear, white printed with floral motifs in light red and blue. Centre opening with two front panels and a single back piece, seamed at sides. The sleeves are separate pieces attached to body with straight seams and finished with cuffs 4 cm wide. The front edge is bound with a band of same material 5.3 cm wide.
Unbleached cotton, long-sleeved blouse with high round neck and a slight opening down the front. The cuffs have a lace trim. Around the collar are two pieces of white cotton decorated with a strip of lace down the middle followed by a band of lace with silver metallic embroidery. Stitched finished hem.
Unbleached cotton, long-sleeved blouse with slit left shoulder. Cuff edges are embroidered with red and blue thread in a wavy design. A square panel of white cotton below the neck on the front is embroidered with red, blue, green, yellow and black thread to form floral designs. Coloured circles on stems extend from an outer line to form a border around the panel.
Male figure (part a), with head (part b) and pointed rod (part c) with circular metal disk around centre: face painted yellow, yellow ears, red lips, four gold teeth exposed. Gold eyeballs with black pupils looking upwards, black eyebrows each forming long arches. Black caste mark, black beauty mark on right above corner of mouth. Top of head is flat; wears gold crown, headdress of green, red, black, gold, and yellow rises up at the back to an open-mouthed creature with gold lolling tongue: has jagged teeth. Green hair shows beneath headdress. Long brown and black batik skirt, open at the back; black long-sleeved jacket, decorated front, tattered green and pink braid attached to each sleeve. Multicoloured shoulder ornaments (epaulettes), woven Mandarin-style collar. Wide blue band around waist; black, white, blue, and gold plastic belt. Smaller pink belt underneath. Gold painted hands.
Three-dimensional female humanoid puppet: head (part c) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part d) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure's right arm is broken at the hand where the control rod attaches (part b). The figure has a flower motif on each breast underneath a black fabric bib decorated with gold-coloured beads and coloured sequins. The bib has a shiny bright green mandarin-style collar decorated with braid and silver sequins. Forward-bending white face and neck, small straight nose, slit-shaped eyes, red lower lip, red caste mark, beaumark on right above corner of mouth, ears. Top of head is flat, straight black hair. Gold body and arms; crown of gold, green and red. Multicoloured band around waist, attached to body with blue tack on front, red and blue tacks on back. Long batik skirt, in beige, light brown and grey-blue.
Jacket, collarless, in the bolero style made of green wool twill with set-in sleeves gathered to wide cuffs. There are black wool diamond-shaped patches on the elbows, attached only at the corners. There is a light red/purple wool tape border around all the decorative areas: at the neck, front, bottom, cuffs, pockets, and elbows. The decorative areas include dark red-purple cotton twill tape with yellow and white rickrack appliqué and multicoloured cotton machine embroidered floral, and geometric designs. The jacket is fastened at the front by six metal hooks and eyes.