Byzantine coin of Heraclius, 610-641. Obverse: bust of Heraclius, facing front; he wears a crown with cross; to left, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says 'DNERA'; to right, 'C'. Reverse: large 'XX' with a pellet in between; to left, star; to right, 'E'; above, cross; in exergue, 'KRTs'.

Cast of Roman sestertius coin of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, 69-79. Obverse: bust of Vespasian, facing right; he wears a laurel crown; to left and right, inscription says ‘IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR PPP COS III’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing towards each other; to left, Titus, holding a spear and a parazonium, which is a long, triangular dagger; to right, Domitian, holding a spear and a roll; to left, ‘S’; to right, ‘C’; inscription encircles entire coin and says ‘CAES AVG F DES IMP AVG F COS DES IT’.

Hand embroidered sash made from a piece of unbleached and undyed cotton. Fine, densely embroidered rectangular strip showing floral and geometric motifs in green and pink with blue and yellow elements. Central panel contains green flowers with red centres interspersed with blue and yellow designs; on either side is a thin green edging, filled with small, shaped blocks of colour.

Hand woven tunic (part a) and pants (part b) made of thick unbleached and undyed cotton. Tunic is long, with three quarter sleeves, a high neck, and zipper closure at back. At hem and wrists, as well as in a deep ‘v’ on shoulders and chest are attached thin bands of embroidery, consisting of evenly spaced diamonds in a variety of colours interspersed with ‘v’ shapes in black and red. Pants are narrow through the hips and thighs and widen toward ankles, constructed with seams down the back of each leg and several short pleats at waistband. Closure is by side zipper. Pants are undecorated.

Three pieces (parts a-c) of finely woven, gauze cotton of different lengths and widths. Each piece has panels of embroidery in white and green, with diamond-shaped and floral motifs in yellow, pink, blue and red. Part ‘a’ is very long and thin, with an embroidered panel at each end and two near midpoint. Part ‘b’ is shorter and wider, made of two pieces of white cotton delicately sewn together in a long centre seam. Panels at each end. Part ‘c’ is the smallest and roughly square, with a single panel at one end.

Fly whisk. The handle is a short and relatively straight stick stripped of bark. At upper end is a long, thick hank of horse hair, attached by a tightly woven panel of horse hair and cotton string. Hair thins slightly toward end of whisk.

Metal spear. Head is long and leaf shaped, coming to a sharp point. Shaft is round, wide and hollow near base and tapering toward head. Black stripes have been painted along the shaft interspersed with lines of the natural colour of the metal.

Umbrella made of dark purple velvet. The velvet is the over-layer of the umbrella, hand-embroidered heavily in gold thread floral patterns. A yellow fringe hangs from base and top. The under-layer is unbleached and undyed cotton. When the umbrella is open the metal spine structure creates a flower pattern. The handle is a heavily lacquered wood.

Gouache paint on paper. Six squares are created on the paper with bright pink paint, with an orange background. The top four each show a robed apostle holding a manuscript, seated beside his representative animal or being. At top left is Matthew with an angel. Top right shows Mark with a lion. Lower left is Luke with an ox, and lower right John and an eagle. Script is written either below or above the images. The bottom two squares show images of the biblical burning bush.

Gouache paint on paper. Image shows fifteen squares, delineated by orange lines and with a dark yellow background. Inside each square is a man (likely saints), in frontal view, upper body and head. Large eyes are prominent in the bearded face, right hands are raised, and left hands hold a book. All wear a robe in either orange, green or grey-green, some with stripes, and have a halo surrounding their heads.