A piece with many strands of plant fibre with one end tightly stitched together with braided strips.

A white animal hair brush (part a) with a bamboo grass stem that has red, white, and blue paper with red writing characters on the other end. There is a lid (part b).

Long bundle of braided stem-like material; unbraided, flaring and slightly blackened at bottom. Bound in six places with twine. Twine loop for hanging at top.

Brown coloured brush with short light-brown coloured bristles at one end and yellow cording looped through the other end. The brush handle is narrow and widens towards the bristles. There is a black painted band around the perimeter of the brush near the bristles. Japanese characters are near the top of the handle.

Bamboo brush with white coloured hair bristles. Eight bamboo pieces are attached together and at the top corners, the outer bamboo pieces are cut on the diagonal. Chinese characters are written down either side.

Sample of coconut shell cut to be used as a brush. Curves concavely and has a triangular shape.

Paint brush composed of black bristles inserted in a cleft in the end of a long cedar handle. Cleft is then bound with cedar bark. Bristles cropped at an angle on the end.

Small paint brush with bristles inserted into the end cleft of a narrow cedar handle. The cleft is bound with black thread. The bristles are cropped on an angle.

Paint brush compused of black bristles inserted in a cleft in the end of a long narrow cedar handle, which is then bound with cedar bark. Bristles cropped at an angle on the end.

Small paint brush with bristles inserted into the end cleft of a narrow cedar handle. The cleft is bound with black thread. The bristles are cropped on an angle.