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Cut piece of a narrow double cloth band in off-white and medium brown cotton. Central panel has faces with ears (felines ?) surrounded by 4 birds in radial symmetry; flanked by a series of solid coloured stripes and bands with profile birds in a simple repetition of alternating colours. Fragment of plain weave cloth neatly sewn to one weft selvedge. Coarse running stitches and overcasting stitches with several tufts of brown cotton threads along the other weft selvedges. Z-spun, 2 plied s yarns.
Rectangle of red cotton with four complete selvedges. Birds in bifold rotational symmetry interlock with similar designs in a contrasting colour. The designs are worked in supplementary warp and weft. Floats of dark yellow, dark blue and white yarns. The red ground cloth is loosely woven and the selvedges show no sign of having been sewn to another fabric. Z-spun, two ply s.
Paper hand fan with a bifurcated bamboo handle, bamboo ribs, a flaring trapezoid-shape with one curved side, and light yellow trim. The design consists of a painted image in grey, brown and black depicting a landscape and a boat. Seal in red in bottom left-hand corner. Flat yellow silk cord inserted through cleft in handle.
Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Carrying a blue rectangular object under the figure's left arm. Wearing a white, and black naval officer's type hat, an ankle-length grey patterned silk gown fastened at the upper right with a ribbon of the same, loose darker grey trousers, and black paper boots. Two pieces of white flannel hemmed with light red-pink silk thread with a loop of the same at the top are sewn to the paper backing.
Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure, which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Wearing a white headdress, a short blouse of white cotton fastened on the upper right with ribbons of the same, a white cotton ankle-length skirt fastened under the arms with a ribbon of the same, under which, there are white trousers, and straw sandals.
Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Figure's left hand is holding a folded green, and red paper umbrella. Black hair is in a low bun. Wearing a short orange silk blouse having a tying on the right with ribbons of the same colour, an ankle-length grey skirt fastened under the arms with a white cotton ribbon, white socks, and low red shoes.
Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Figure's left hand is holding a folded a light blue-green paper umbrella. Black hair is in a low bun. Wearing a short light green patterned silk blouse having a tying on the right with ribbons of the same colour, an ankle-length torquoise blue skirt fastened under the arms with a white cotton ribbon, white socks, and low blue-green shoes. Two pieces of white flannel hemmed in light red-pink silk thread with a loop of the same at the top are glued to the paper backing.
Cut piece of tapestry border with added fringe. Stripes of yellow, red and black flank a central panel with repeated zoomorphic creatures having human, feline and avian characteristics. The zoomorphic figures are repeated against chevron shapes of reds, yellows and browns. The figures are outlined in black. Parts of two loom widths are sewn together and a separately woven yellow fringe is sewn to one long side.
Red tapestry headband with five frontal male figures woven with camelid (alpaca ?) wefts on cotton warps. Yellow, green, white, black, brown and two shades of blue are used to define the angular figures who wear headdresses and hold staffs. The headband has cut wefts at the selvedges which are reinforced with stitched seams to retard fraying. Worn areas are mended with ancient thread. Z-spun, two ply s (alpaca) yarns; z-spun, two ply s, re-ply z (cotton).
A narrow strip of tapestry with stepped ends. Angular, interlocking bird motifs in green or blue with yellow beaks and eyes and red outlines. Interior of bird bodies are filled with small red motifs. The fabric is intact, including two weft selvedges and the original bound finish on the warp selvedges. Structure is under-float tapestry with vertical slits and some eccentric wefts.