A rounded wood spindle rod wrapped in hand-spun wool. Both ends taper to the same diameter.

Skein of two-ply s-twist fine commercial red cotton yarn. Several threads have been knotted together and used to tie the skein together at one end.

Ball of three-ply s-twist fine red commercial cotton yarn. Two threads have been knotted together tied around a number of threads, then passed through the ball to secure it.

Skein of three-ply, s-twist fine commercial red cotton yarn. Several threads have been knotted together and are wrapped around several sets of threads at one end of the skein.

Woven cotton warp ikat textile with multi-strand rolled cotton thread fringe. Two pieces sewn together lengthwise at centre with brown thread. Designs from each orange/red fringe end are duplicated to centre. Closest to the fringe is a bar of triangle-like shapes in brown on beige with orange/red and yellow detail. In between triangles are highly stylized standing figures. In the second section are 8 petaled beige flowers on brown with orange/red and yellow detail. Main sections from centre have general shapes of x's, stars (orange/red on beige on brown) and 4 ladder-like bars. Centre two rows of alternating orange/red and beige vague triangles on brown ground. Lengthwise border and wefts are brown. Fringe at edges brown over-dye on one edge onto fringe and on other edge orange/red over-dye on weaving from fringe. Braided brown and beige threads along edge of weaving at fringes.

Man's ceremonial hip cloth. Large rectangular ikat weaving with a braided fringe along the shorter ends. Two virtually identical panels hand-sewn together lengthwise; motifs on brown ground, repeat 'mirror image' on each panel. Large, central, standing beige humanoid figure with fore-arms held up on each side of head 90 degrees to upper arms, hands supine, feet splayed at bottom. Large round nose, square mouth and eyes; ears with large dangling earrings. Diagonally striped orange and beige shirt. Blue calf-length skirt with orange rampant, facing, antlered quadrupeds, and orange and beige detail. Crown-like, vertically and horizontally striped headdress. Figure surrounded top and sides by blue, orange and beige striped band. Beige plant-like stalk with paired intermittent blue, orange and beige leaves surrounding band from bottom, both sides. Ends at top in vertically striped red and beige bands to central design. Bottom centre orange circle surrounded by beige circle; horizontal line across and diagonal lines to stalks, up from centre; crossed by other beige lines ending in beige and orange ovals. Up sides of motif facing in and beside figure facing out are beige with red, 'rampant', antlered quadrupeds. Blue snakes between. Across centre of weaving is band of four symmetrical Chinese, stylized pagoda-like figures in orange and beige; decorated rectangles between. Orange, cream and blue banded twined border to striped fringe, unfinished to sides. Some pulled threads, small piece of white paper glued ? near centre of one border.

Part of a woman’s ornamental headdress that consists of two large, stiff, flat, (roughly) semi-circular pieces, each made of two layers of animal skin (probably lamb or goat), with short, dark curly hair intact, glued together back to back. The top edge of each semi-circle comes to a point, and when worn, the pieces protrude from the sides of the head, resembling large ears. The two pieces are attached together at the bottom end, and as well, are attached with a 7 cm ‘bridge’ made of twisted wool fibre at about mid-point. One side of each of these ‘ears’ is plain, without further adornment, while the reverse side is embellished at the bottom end with five rows of braided cords made of coarse wool fibre. These cords are glued or sewn onto the surface of each ‘ear,’ and then extend down the back of the wearer for approximately 116 cm; they are tied together about 57 cm from the bottom. Ee70 b is a length of loosely twisted wool yarn, with a decorative brass hook at the each end.

Loom rope consisting of an agave fibre ? strand made of two twisted pieces of twine with small knotted loops at the ends. Rope is tied near the top form a loop at the opposite end.

Loom rope consisting of an agave fibre ? strand made of two twisted strands with small knotted loops at the ends. Rope is tied in the middle to form a large loop at one side. Brown thread is randomly woven into rope and hangs from the large loop.

A string of one-hundred-and-ten beads on white cotton cord, one-hundred-and-four of which are spherical orange-brown seeds with a fine mottled surface that have faint striations. String forms a circle, at one side of which, there are three deep-carved beads of brown wood. At the opposite side, there are two identical beads to which are attached a smaller red-brown seed-bead with a spherical orange-brown seed, knotted on with the ends of the cord on which the beads are strung. Tied around the string of beads is braided white cotton cord, on which an amber ? bead is knotted. Cord is 4.4cm. long.