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Pair of leather sandals with an embroidered green pattern covering much of the foot bed. The upper part of each sandal is made mainly of brown leather, with dyed parts used for the design. The wide strap is green on top, brown underneath. The fine, detailed linear design is made by very thin strips of green leather being woven through the leather of the foot bed. Parts of the upper sandal are also dyed black, along with the edges. The sole of each sandal has a softer piece of beige cow skin attached, that still has some brown hair at the centre.
Multi-coloured, embroidered, pillbox style cap. Three bands of designs along the sides. Top and bottom bands are black with crosshatching designs overtop. Small section of diagonal lines at front of bands. Middle band made up of checkerboard pattern broken up by two small sections with separate designs. Small square section towards front of cap has a bird-like figure inside it. Figure done in neon green, background is neon blue. To right of square is a small rectangular section with an abstract design inside it. Design done in blue-grey, orange and white. Top of cap has beige centre with a small knob. Vertical bands with assortment of crosshatching, diagonal lines and triangle designs overtop surround beige centre. Colours used for all design elements are: green, yellow, blue-grey, dark red, neon blue, neon green, orange, white, black and red. Interior of cap lined with light blue cotton.
Dagger (part a) with a leather sheath (part b). Dagger with long steel(?) blade on one end and short triangular iron blade on the opposite end. The long blade is stamped with small crescent shapes fourteen times in two columns of seven near widest end of blade. Hilt made of wood covered with leather, band of reptile skin around centre of hilt. Sheath made of leather with reptile skin at opening and knotted at pointed end. A twisted cord of leather is attached to a small loop at the top of the sheath.
Gourd container (parts a-b) with a bulbous base that tapers to a funnel shaped neck (part a). Part b is a semi-spherical shaped lid with a looped leather tie on top. The entire gourd is dark red with a shallow engraved design of various geometric patterns. The central line is painted green along with alternating lines along the bottom of the base. The inside of both pieces is hollow.
Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of red leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink and the edges of the design are emphasized with indented lines.
Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of twisted red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink.
Spoon carved from one piece of wood with a shallow bowl that has a pointed tip, a handle with a roughly circular tip, and designs in poker work featuring bands on the handle where it meets the bowl and a triangular shape at the bowl tip as well as two lines that border the bowl rim.
Spoon made from one half of a gourd with poker work designs applied to the inner surfaces. Several lines are burnt into the handle edges, the tip of the handle is blackened, and the edges of the bowl are blackened with a series of lines at the front centre of the bowl edge. A symmetrical design consisting of two v shapes and two crescent shapes joined by a darkened area decorates the inner bowl and an x shape ornaments the bowl where it tapers to a handle. The inner handle is decorated with two lines tha run lengthwise.
Ring composed of a length of twisted iron wire, square in cross-section.
Ornament composed of twisted bands of copper and iron bent into a c shape with knobs at the ends.