Toy string puppet Brahma bull. The bull is composed of many wooden parts, which are attached at the joints by string or nails. The bull is white with black hooves, grey horns, and red ears, nostrils and collar and is decorated with copper metallic paper cut out patterns. Attached by many strings to a red wooden control bar composed of a single long piece of wood with two cross-bars.

Boot strap composed of a woven band with several bands of colour in blue, green, red, dark red, off-white, and cream. Two central bands of blue and green are decorated with a geometric and woven pattern in off-white featuring repeated bands, chevrons, and diamond shapes. The ends are composed of loose threads twisted into strands.

Man’s floor length dark red, A-line robe, with asymmetrical front opening and 5.5 cm wide neckband. Left front overlaps the right front and extends to the right underarm seam. No closures. The robe constructed from long, narrow (18-19cm) strips of hand woven woolen textile that are hand stitched together, edge to edge. The textile is heavy and ‘rustic;’ it is woven from variegated red yarn (ranging from light red to deep red), giving an irregular horizontal striped effect. Long, straight sleeves. Neck area and cuffs are faced with strips of blue-green cotton textile, but the robe is otherwise unlined.

Man’s vest, made from narrow vertical strips of hand woven, ‘rustic,’ dark-red wool textile that have been sewn together edge to edge; the strips have been cut and shaped to fit closely at the shoulders and flare out at the hem. The vest (front and back) is overlaid from shoulders to the waist with a patchwork of plain gold-thread textile and gold brocade with floral motifs in red and pink with green foliage. An 11 cm wide strip of a more finely woven dark red wool textile extends from the front edge of each arms eye, continues over the shoulders and down the back of the vest to about waist level. A 23.5 cm wide strip of the same finely woven dark red textile, folded lengthwise in half, has been applied at the centre front edges and extends around the neck to form a high collar; this strip is longer on the right side than on the left. A piece of bright red cotton broadcloth has been loosely tacked over this strip, leaving a section on the lower right uncovered. No closures. Voluminous. Unlined.

Painting depicting a Kathmandu scene with three figures beside a light green statue of Garuda in the foreground, and people sitting in front of steps with umbrellas with a goat standing on the steps above them in the background, surrounded by buildings and blue sky.

Flat, multicoloured, symmetrical wooden carving of a central zoomorphic figure biting a double sided dragon-like tail.

Flat, rectangular wooden mask with two square eyeholes, a long, protruding nose, and a crescent moon-shaped mouth with gold covered teeth. Wiry brown, black and grey hair is applied for the hair, eyebrows, moustache and beard.

Dark red, bonnet-like hat, rectangular in shape with a slightly rounded top. The right and bottom edge are open. There are two black cotton strips for ties.

Rectangular woodblock print on off-white paper. Depicted in black ink is an image of Buddha seated cross-legged on a moon disk and lotus flower. His hands rest in his lap, holding a begging bowl with nectar. He is wearing a robe but his left shoulder and chest are exposed. He is surrounded by clouds, sun and moon.

Sash composed of woven wool with lengthwise bands of orange, dark red, medium red, blue-black, and off-white. The centre band is composed of black with two rows of short vertical stripes. The ends are twisted into strands with a knot near the end of each.