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Rectangular cloth consisting of eleven narrow, 12.5 cm woven cloth strips, sewn selvedge to selvedge. Pattern is a checkerboard of 12.5 cm by 10.5 cm of black and white squares, 1 cm by 0.5 cm stripes of alternating black and white, creating a plaid type weave. 1.5 cm white fringe at both ends. Diamond design off centre. Many stains. Generally loosely sewn at selvedges, and missing between 5th and 6th strips, from left side on one end. There is a pull in the weave 58 cm from same end, 35 cm from right side.
A black lenticular-shaped hat with a wide flat brim and a small crown. Top brim surface is decorated with four embroidered flowers that have leaves and stems arranged in reflective symmetry in each quarter. Two brightly coloured tassels are attached to the junction of the brim and crown on opposite sides. The underside of the brim is covered with bright pink cloth surrounded by purple cloth. The brim is stiffened with an inner form of bound grass and an outer form of wire. A pink cord is attached to the underside as a chin tie.
Short black wool jacket with full sleeves and a neckline cut low in front. Sleeves have a snug cuff with a bold design of triangles in bright pink yarns. The jacket fronts below the neckline are decorated with pleated panels which have a faded pink meandering line of yarns sewn on top. The same pink yarns encircle the neck and form boxes around the meanders. Two sets of wool twine that tie the jacket together.
One piece square plain woven bag folded in half has three vertical rows of dark brown wool woven into warp at each end on both sides; sewn at sides with dark brown wool using a v shaped diagonal running stitch or stroke stitch; dark brown wool in cross knit loop stitch along upper edge. The design is identical on both sides and consists of an eight pointed star with four blue lines extending from centre, black and light blue stitches frame star. The border has a green herringbone stitches over middle of vertical brown warps; geometric linear pattern in pink called fret design. Strap is a separate plain woven band, two stripes of dark brown wool are woven into the warp. The strap ends are twisted together and knotted at apex opposite ends are sewn to upper corners of bag.
Hat composed of braided strips of palm leaf sewn together with red cloth folded over the rim and stitched in place. Two strips of red cloth run over the crown in a cross shape with mutlicoloured yarn ornamenting the top, and four smaller red fabric crosses placed around the brim. A beaded band of orange, green, blue and yellow flowers on yellow with black borders is tied with blue cord around the base of the crown from which extend seven groups of white feathers. The feathers rest on the brim and are joined with lengths of orange cord, the ends, placed behind the beaded band, are knotted and extend beyond the band at the top. Along the underside of the rim are 15 beaded floral square tassels with rectangular extensions. A chin strap of blue woven band with yellow horizontal stripes has twisted and knotted ends with floral beaded square tassels attached.
Five small rounded gourds joined together with lengths of twisted palm fibre(?), cord and yarn. Each gourd is pierced at sides near top, cord is inserted and knotted, gourd with red yarn passes through without being knotted. Each gourd has small round hole at top, and two have stoppers (parts a and d). Two undecorated gourds (parts d and e), while remaining three have external decorations: 1) deer skin, some hair remains (part a); 2) grid pattern created by wrapping orange- pink, blue, yellow and red yarn horizontally and vertically (part b); 3) grey- brown cloth with red cross stitching in eight pointed star, top and sides sewn with blue yarn, tassels at each lower corner (part c).
Vertically rectangular wood piece. Eagle bird design carved in the centre. Eagle has a wide, red face that is outlined by dark blue with circular abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a tapering red oval surrounded by a white ovoid outlined by dark blue. Downward curved, white beak is has a lower red lip with six oblong abalone shell inlaid teeth. The red body has a vertical row of four vertically, rectangular abalone shell inlaid pieces. The outward pointing, white claws have four downward pointing, red digits. The red side wings have downward pointing, dark blue outlined, white triangular feathers. The trapezoid-shaped tail is white. Six horizontal rows of upward pointing, dark blue outlined, white triangular shapes are at either side. The background is red. Rectangular abalone shell inlaid pieces are around the border with six at either side and seven along the top. The outer edges are white with a narrow vertical wood strip painted white attached at either side by leather skin.
Rectangular black cloth with a multi-coloured yarn tassel on each corner. Narrow crocheted edging alternating bright colours extends across the two hemmed ends and partially around the corners. The colours are shades of red, orange, yellow, green and blue.
Short black jacket with long sleeves and a half collar. The jacket is decorated with four coloured tassel-like ties in pink, green and yellow arranged on each side of the front opening and the sleeve hems are edged with coloured crochet. The lower jacket edge and collar have white facings.
Long rectangular shawl made of three rectangular strips of hand woven black cotton cloth machine stitched together to make one large cloth. There are stylized designs hand embroidered in darning stitch, depicting various sizes of elephant, butterfly, bird and flower-like forms in purple, white, orange and green. Decorative pulled thread open-work border at each end.