The handle of the whip is made out of wood and it has been capped in metal sheeting at the ends. There are also five metal bands along the shaft. The metal ends and the bands have been secured with three small nails in each. The bands and one of the ends have been perforated with small holes. The top end of the handle has been fitted with a metal ring that supports a short and tightly braided leather loop. There is a hole through the metal tip at the bottom of the handle and a leather strap has been attached through this hole. The leather strap, the stock, supports a long length of tightly braided leather rope. This leather rope, the thong, ends with a small fringe. It has been twisted, the leather has stiffened, and it will no longer straighten.

A wooden staff with six metal bands along the shaft and tipped metal ends. The tip of the staff is pointed. A metal wire extends through a hole in the staff near the top, above the second metal band. This wire secures two metal coins and a metal hook/clasp that has been hinged and shaped to rest flush against the cylindrical shaft. There is a coin on each side of the staff, both read "Republica del Ecuador". There are also some short decorative ribbons located at the same point as the coins and clasp. There is a cotton ribbon striped dark yellow, blue and red and wool ribbons in blue, green, and red.

An oblong, multi-coloured, tightly woven basket bag with four braided straps. The base yellow-white colour of the undyed cabuya fibre has been decorated with four vertical columns of angular, hand-like shapes that are each composed of five horizontal stripes. The inner and outer prongs/stripes are positioned on a diagonal and the three prongs/stripes in the middle are straight. The straps have unique colour schemes. One strap has been braided with black and undyed strands of cabuya fibre. One strap has been braided with yellow and undyed strands of cabuya fibre. One strand has been braided with pink and undyed strands of cabuya fibre. The last strap has been braided with orange and undyed strands of cabuya fibre.

A rounded, multi-coloured, tightly woven basket bag with four braided straps. The bag has been decorated with four vertical, overlapping columns of stacked, multi-coloured lozenge shapes. The braided straps are different colours. Two of them have been braided with dark purple and undyed strands of cabuya fibre, with bits of orange. One strap has been braided with dark orange and undyed strands of cabuya fibre. The fourth strap has been braided with light orange, dark orange, and undyed strands of cabuya fibre. The straps are thicker at the base, where they attach to the basket, and they all taper to thin ends.

An oblong, tightly woven basket bag with two braided straps tied together at the ends. The base yellow-white colour of the undyed cabuya fibre has been decorated with seven single-colour horizontal stripes. The stripes have been placed in the following order: dark blue, green, dark blue, purple, yellow, red, green. A multi-coloured circle has been woven on the bottom of the bag. This circle is dark blue, yellow, green, and red. The straps have been braided with green, purple, and undyed cabuya fibre strands.

An oblong, tightly woven basket bag with four braided straps. The base colour of the bag is the dark yellow-white of the undyed cabuya fibre. The bag displays a geometric pattern in brown, dark orange, and black. This pattern consists of rhomboidal arrow shapes, stepped rectangles, and stripes. The straps are braided with strands of brown, dark orange, black, and undyed cabuya fibre. The straps are thicker at the base, where they attach to the bag, and then they taper to thin coiled ends.

A multi-coloured fiesta shawl made with a base yellow-white cotton fibre. The shawl contains two borders of embroidered animals, men, and men on horseback wearing triangular hats with crosses. Below the animals in the border is a broad stripe of multi-coloured, machine-stitched embroidery patterns. Both ends of the shawl have been finished with multi-coloured acrylic pom-poms. The animal imagery was drawn on the cloth with red pen and then these drawings were stitched by hand and with a sewing machine. The imagery on one end, from left-to-right: bird, dog, man with gun, animal, animal with antlers, animal, bird with elaborate feathers, bird, horse, man on horse with hat. The imagery from the other end, from left-to-right: text "Fin", man with hat, animal, bird with elaborate feathers, bird, dog, animal with antlers, dog, horse, man on horse with hat.

A papier-mache figure of an Ecuadorian Highlands peasant woman ready to plant potatoes. The figure is wearing a grey-white hat, and a grey-white shawl that has been secured with a metal, light yellow straight pin. She is also wearing a green shirt, a brown apron with a pocket, and a long pink skirt.

A gold coloured, metal straight pin with an oval-shaped finial holding a piece of blue glass. The finial has been created with seven scallop shapes around the outside. The neck of the shaft protrudes on one side, and this small protrusion contains a small, circular hole. A zigzag pattern of incised line radiates out from the finial centre to each of the scalloped edges, across the neck of the pin, and part way down the shaft. This same pattern has been applied to both sides of the pin.

A gold coloured, metal straight pin with a lion head finial. The oval shape of the pin and the scalloped edges can be interpreted as the representation of the lion's head and mane. The raised oval and raised triangle in the centre of the pin represent the lion's face and nose. Three incised dots represent the animal's eyes and mouth. Three horizontal lines have been incised across the neck of the pin. The neck also contains a metal protrusion on one side, with a circular hole in it. The reverse side of the finial has been engraved with radiating lines that represent the back of the lion's mane. The reverse also contains two incised horizontal lines.