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Small ceramic bird, standing upright, with a rotund body; body tapers to a tall foot with concave base. Bird has three-dimensional wings on either side, pointed forward and flush to sides; circular eyes sculpted on either side of face. Wings, top of head, and eyes are painted black. Artist mark imprinted along bottom edge of body, on back of figure.
Small ceramic animal with four legs, snout, and long curved horn(?) on top of its head. Figure has three-dimensional eyes on either side of its head, and a tail that wraps around its right hind leg; square cutout imitates nose, and nostrils and mouth are incised underneath cutout. There are circular openings in the centre of eyes, imitating pupils. Two inverted hearts are incised on either sides of its body, below the neck. Eyes and nose are painted black; stripes painted along length of horn(?). Artist mark imprinted on belly.
Small brass kohl container. Round petal-like opening at the top which narrows at the neck to a small opening. The outer surface has a series of bands in the metal that expand to the widest point near the centre. The widest part appears to be where the upper and lower sections were joined, and have a rounded petal-like edge protruding all the way around. The piece then narrows again at the stem, then widens to a round base.
Long-sleeved velvet shirt with embroidered panel on chest. The designs are made from couching down thread. The panel has a red rectangular centre with five large circles. It is then outlined twice with bands of flowers and wavy lines. Between each section is a thin band of repeating V's in dark purple or orange with light green, dark pink and light purple. The panel is edged with orange and light yellow-orange ribbon. The panel is split in the centre to follow the V-neck of the garment. The neck is bordered by grey velvet on each side, and hemmed with orange. The interior is unlined except for silk(?) at the open neck, but edges and seams finished with black lace ribbon.
Multicoloured woman’s dress or tunic embellished with panels and bands of embroidery on both front and back, incorporating several styles of stitches. On the front, there is a large embroidered panel from shoulder to hip, and the upper edge of this panel extends over the shoulders to form a narrow yoke on the back. The panel has a black background and is heavily embroidered with inset mirrors. Bellow, there are three horizontal panels of orange, purple and dark pink, each with circular embroidery using metallic thread. The back of the tunic has a centre-back neckline slit with two buttons. There are also two slits extending up from the hem on either side. The side panels are thin vertical strips of orange, green and bright pink fabric.
Long rectangular table runner with hand-embroidered maroon designs with navy blue, dark green and off-white details. The textile is divided into two mirrored sections by a 6 cm off-white band at the centre. On each side is a large square with concentric diamonds and geometric patterns within, bordered by rows of repeating geometric designs. The sides are unfinished, and each end is folded and sewn with a running stitch.
Embroidered square textile composed of two layers of fabric, light grey-green and off-white. Hand-embroidered designs decorate the grey-green face. The overall design is concentric squares. Every second square is similar with a background colour and small repeating design in another colour. The outer square is light green with red, then yellow with light pink and light blue, red with yellow, and then a small blue square with two star-like designs at centre. Every other square filled with a simple design of crossed-lines or diamonds.
Rectangular deep red textile with long fringe on the short edges. Fringe is repeating small sections of black, white, orange, and eggplant purple. The textile is embroidered with vine-like and sun-like designs using the same repeated spade design. The centre has a large sun design with four smaller sun designs around it, and a vine extending from each corner of the inner rectangle. The out rectangle has four smalls suns along both ends, and angled vine designs down the length.
Small burgundy rectangular textile with embroidered flowers in white, orange, yellow and blue, and green vines and leaves. Designs divided by outer green rectangle, inner orange rectangle, and white circle at centre. Edged with blue-green fabric and fringe, which alternates between sections of dark purple, blue, yellow, green, orange and white, and is loosely plaited together. Backed with a beige with red stripe fabric.
Rectangular cover in a light brownish-pink silk, embroidered with heart, vine-like and triangular designs. Three concentric rectangles with circle at centre in brass metal thread. Small mirror decorations. Edged with fringe in alternating sections of green, orange, red, dark blue or purple with beaded ends. Each corner has a roundel with flower design of cowrie shells with metal centre, and tassels extending out in silk and metal threads.