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A woman's triangular shawl made of multi-coloured jacquard weave rayon in muted colours. Colour block designs woven in floral pattern with two colours which reverse on the other side. Main design is consisting of a diagonal band along each diagonal side, each having peacocks in a circle in either pale pink or pale black with a pink floral pattern in the triangle above on a black background and a mint green floral pattern in the square below. Edged on two sides with red, yellow, and white silky rayon fringe.
Women's dark blue wool tunic. The tunic has a deep v-neck without a closure and long sleeves with gussets under the arms. It hangs straight from the shoulders infront, the back is slightly fitted above waist and flared below the waist by means of four gores. There are bands of red and yellow with embroidery and rickrack in blue and green around the neck, shoulders, upper back, cuffs and hem. ‘All wool’ is written on the selvage underarm seam, visible from the outside. The inside is unlined.
A woman’s headdress consisting of a crown and a broad panel that hangs down along the back. It is shaped from a piece of coarsely woven dark brown and blue textile and is heavily decorated with cowrie shells, red and white glass beads, and embroidery. The crown portion is embellished with closely-spaced rows of cowrie shells and a central strip of geometric shapes formed from red and white glass beads. There is a large brown and orange pom pom at the centre back. The “tail” is decorated with scattered small buttons of various kinds and small silver diamond-shaped ornaments. A costume jewelry brooch (gold with red and blue stones) is pinned in the centre. There is a strip of embroidered geometric shapes at the end of the “tail", and the bottom edge is finished with a braided fringe formed from the warp threads of the textile.
A piece of off-white textile. Raw edges on three sides, machine hemmed on fourth side, pieced at one edge.
Long white blouse with embroidery and attached petticoat. The blouse has a wide neckline gathered onto twisted red and white cord, tied at center front. There are two vertical bands of red embroidery down the upper front and back. The long raglan sleeves have underarm gussets and multicoloured embroidery and beading from shoulder to cuff. The embroidery has stripes, floral and geometric motifs in cross-stitch, tent stitch, chain stitch and satin stitch with glass beads and gold metallic thread incorporated into the designs. A plain petticoat is attached below waist; the hem trimmed with lace made by pulling and reworking threads. The seams have decorative hand stitching.
Long cream blouse with embroidery. The blouse has a keyhole neckline with embroidered trim, hand finishing and ties of twisted fibre. The long sleeves have underarm gussets and lace trim (made by pulling and reworking threads). The embroidery is arranged in vertical bands on the upper front and back and sleeve ends. The bands have black stylized vines and red flowers in tent stitch and cross stitch, worked with heavy thread. The plain petticoat is attached below waist; machine-stitched hem.
Pair of woman's off-white felt slippers have black wool braid binding at the upper edge. There is also a red, green and black embroidered wool design on vamp and upper edge. There is a red, white, black and green concentric circle wool pom-pom on the vamp. A flat grey leather sole is glued on to the bottom.
White cotton blouse with open work. The blouse has a wide collar, long cuffed sleeves and front centre opening with white plastic buttons. The collar and cuffs have scalloped edges and open work in floral and leaf motifs. The sleeves have open work from the shoulders to cuffs. The inside is unlined.
Sleeveless dress with embroidery. The dress has a round neck, no sleeves and partial centre back opening with glass buttons. The bodice is black velveteen with large machine embroidered floral motifs in red, pink and yellow. The skirt has vertical stripes in three shades of green, two shades of blue, purple and off-white. There is a black velveteen border around the hemline with large floral motifs, narrow bands of white lace and sequins. The skirt is lined with starched cotton muslin with printed pink floral pattern. Very stiff and heavy.
Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered at the top with a narrow, multicoloured, horizontal stripe. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced brown plastic buttons is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this row of buttons and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.