Woman’s rectangular, embroidered shawl (headcloth). Made of red-orange, coarsely-woven cotton textile, embroidered over-all with brightly coloured, regularly spaced rows of stylized floral shapes that are separated by narrow bands of orange cross-stitch. The floral shapes are identical in shape and alternate in four colours in the row, dark yellow, hot pink, light green and white. They are worked with surface or “false” satin stitch. The alternating colours in the rows match up diagonally across the width of the shawl. Leaf-shaped border designs on the ends and along the sides. The sides are finished with blanket stitch in light green silk, while the ends are unfinished. The piece is constructed of three textile panels which were sewn together before the embroidery was worked.

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.

A woman's white rectangular shawl of very sheer, crisp, finely spun silk. Repeated geometric and floral pattern design formed with heavier glossy thread, and gold metallic thread woven in. Selvages of heavier threads. Ends are fringed.

Man or woman’s rectangular, block-printed shawl, with black geometric patterns on an off-white background. Borders at each end contain circular and striped geometric motifs. A centre rectangular panel contains repeated diamond-shaped, stylized floral patterns. Several border patterns frame the central panel on the sides. Strips of black cotton textile (4.3 cm wide) are hand-sewn at each end.

Man’s wedding shawl. Made of red and black block-printed cotton textile, heavily embroidered on all four corners with multi-coloured floral designs, abstract representations of peacocks, geometric patterns, mirrors, rickrack and beaded tassels. The designs on the four corners are worked in silk thread and are almost identical to each other, differing only in minor details and colours. Embroidered yellow stripes extend vertically and horizontally across the shawl and intersect at the centre with an embroidered diamond shaped medallion. The block printed designs on the textile form striped borders at each edge, and there is a central rectangle which contains stylized floral patterns arranged in diamond-shaped frames. The block-printed textile is pieced along one long edge (machine stitched) prior to embroidering. The back has a strip of black cotton fabric hand-sewn to each end.

Woman's small rectangular shawl, with white centre surrounded on three sides by rows of black cut work embroidery and white lace, with black and white lace edging. The cut embroidery is backed with a scrap of bright pink cotton textile, and the white lace is backed by a pale green and pale blue moire ribbon, which have been loosely attached to the back of the shawl.

A large square red cotton shawl. Bordered on four sides with wide floral multi-coloured printed bands consisting of red, white, blue, and yellow flowers with green leaves that are outlined by an inner band consisting of red outward curving arches on yelow background and an outer band consisting of red and green dots on a yellow background. Additional floral motifs on two corners consisting of two large white and one large blue flower surrounded by smaller flowers with green leaves.

Square shawl made of two panels with selvage ends attached by multi-coloured, checkered stitching. Running the opposite way in the center is a patch of brocaded floral and diamond design in blue, red, green, purple and pink. The fringed end has patterned stitching above it. The shawl has a repeating stripe design in blue, purple, black, green and white on a red ground.

Shawl with a floral pattern printed in glue, green, red, and yellow with a brocaded geometric and floral design in silver. Each edge is finished with a long off-white fringe.

Red, square shaped shawl with multi-coloured vertical stripes and fringe on one end with an orange and blue embroidered zig-zag design above it. Two pieces of the same fabric are joined along their selvage edges by an orange and blue embroidered zig-zag design. The stripes are blue, black, pink, orange, yellow and white on a red ground.