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A small circular bronze mirror with ten Chinese (?) character seals on one side of the circumference of the reflecting surface while the other side has a Korean (?) building with a leaf pattern around the edge and three leaves under the building. At the centre of the building, there is hemispheric handle through which there is threaded a knotted white cotton cord.
Woven belt with long twisted and knotted fringe at either end. The belt has a centre band of red with white geometric designs. The central band is bordered by a green and a black band on each side.
White linen dress with embroidery. The dress has a high banded neck, long sleeves and a flared skirt. There is a centre back v-neck opening with a hook and eye closure and two thin tassels. There are borders embroidered with a Nyzynka stitch around the neck, sleeve ends and bottom hem. The borders have a geometric design with a diamond motif in yellow, orange, red, green and black. The inside is unlined.
A fitted rounded dark brown twisted fibre cord and bead cap. One side is thickly woven with a pattern of diagonal rows formed by long loops pressed together to create depth. Side is topped by braided grass(?) band. From this, lengths of fine twisted fibre cord (some broken away) join this side to a thick woven fibre side with beads: cotton(?) cord tied on to weaving brought through to the top and short ends strung with various-sized red beads. Dark blue beads, and white and blue-striped beads strung at cap's top. Rim is length of twisted cord wrapped around circumference.
Fibre girth decorated with a central yellow geometric pattern of lozenges and triangles on salmon coloured background. Each end has two large tassels followed by a grouping of eight braided, fibre ropes that come together to form one long tie that ends with a small tassel. The underside has a similar pattern but in opposite colours.
Rectangular shaped agave(?) fibre plaited strap with a large fibre loop at each end; looped through each is a long piece of fibre twine with a frayed end. The twine is made of two pieces of fibre twisted together; one piece is light purple.
A woven goat hair rope (part a) with slits at several places along the rope and a loop at one end. Mixed light natural, brown, and grey tones. There are two handles (parts b-c) with sisal rope.
Basket with a body and base of wicker plaiting on flat rigid warp with split cane weft. Decoration of false embroidery in geometric patterns of crosses and stripes, and securing rim of double splints. The base has light yellow-brown stitches, creating triangles around the base. Stiff, coiled handle, wrapped with rope, formed by two rope strands attached to either side of body with a single knot at the base. Some fading two loose strands of grass, knotted together inside the basket.
Basket with body and base of wicker plaiting on flat rigid warp with weft of split cane in alternating bands of purple and green. Decorations consist of false embroidery of natural coloured grasses in geometric designs of crosses and stripes. Rim of two splits secured by decoration. Five strands of natural-coloured rope interwoven through either side with two knots at the base form a double handle at the rim. One handle is stiff and coiled while the other handle is a single, longer, loose rope strand.
Wicker plaited basket with flat rigid warp and wefts of split cane. Attached rim and base. Rim is three splints wrapped in red raffia. Base is of a single splint covered with red, purple, and green plain plaiting. Soft handle of six strands of purple rope knotted together and attached to the rim at either side. Decoration consists of false embroidery on the body of the basket in geometric patterns of stripes and crosses in red, purples, and green with six strands of purple and green rope attached to the upper edge under the rim.