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A watercolour painting which depicts a spiritual being with four arms and an animal-like head. The being has a black head and green body. It is wearing a blue skirt that ends just below the knee. The bottom of the skirt has a border made up of red, blue, yellow, and green horizontal stripes. The main body of the skirt is covered in thinner horizontal stripes, and consists of two pieces which come together in the front. A piece of fabric hangs down from the waistband, which is decorated with a repeating circular pattern. A red, striped sash is draped diagonally across the being's chest. Additional adornments wrap around its chest and neck, and decorative bands encircle its biceps, wrists, and legs. The being's head is elongated, and facing to the left. It has two eyes stacked vertically above an open mouth. Its lower jaw is filled with sharp teeth. The being has a pointed, red ear on the side of its head, and three white bumps on top. A long black tail extends behind the head and across its shoulder. One of the being's arms is holding an elephant head by the trunk. The other arms are holding a round, red and green object, a small, thin blade, and a slightly larger curved blade. There is an animal standing behind the being. The animal is green, with a large, round body, a long face, hooves, and whiskers. The painting's background is bright yellow, and a rectangular black border surrounds the image. There is a unpainted section behind the being's head and shoulders.
A watercolour painting which depicts a spiritual being seated on a horned, four-legged animal. The being's skin is white, and it is wearing a brown skirt that ends just below the knee and curls outward at the hip. The bottom of the skirt has a border made up of white, yellow, and brown horizontal stripes. The main body of the skirt is covered in thinner horizontal stripes, and consists of two pieces which come together in the front. A piece of fabric hangs down from the skirt's waistband, which is decorated with a repeating circular pattern. A blue, dotted sash is draped diagonally across the being's chest. Additional adornments are wrapped around its chest and neck, and decorative bands encircle its biceps, wrists, and ankles. The being has narrow eyes, a small mouth, and stretched earlobes which extend to its chin. Decorations extend from the bottom of its nose. The being's arms are raised by its sides, and one of them is holding an object with a long, thin handle and a rounded, tapered end comprised of multiple strands that hang down to the being's wrist. One of the being's legs is bent underneath it, and rests on the head and back of a four-legged animal. The animal is light orange, with a humped back, short, pointed horns, and long face, legs, and tail. One of its back legs is lifted and bent. The painting's background is bright yellow, and a rectangular black border surrounds the image. Orange and white rings radiate from behind the being's head and shoulders.
Rectangular shaped fabric textile with a red border around a dark brown background and a central figure. The figure is wearing red leggings, a striped garment and an orange top. In its left hand is a torch and the right has a rooster. The eyes are large, the tongue is protruding and the hair is sticking out.
A purple, natural and green striped apron with long brown plastic ties. The pieces of leaf(?) are dyed purple along the top and knotted around a brown plastic string. The middle is left natural and the bottoms are dyed green. The ends of the string extend beyond the skirt as ties. There is a piece of red fabric tied to one end of a brown tie.
A purple apron with long brown plastic ties. The pieces of leaf are dyed purple and knotted around a brown plastic string. The ends of the string extend beyond the skirt as ties.
A circular, purple skirt. The pieces of grass are dyed purple and secured around a fibre string, also dyed purple. The ends of the string extend beyond the skirt as ties.
The headdress has a thick overall black spiral fringe and brown fabric underneath with two twisted fibre ties. The headdress is made from pieces of light brown fabric sewn together with a black fabric flap and head band. Over the entire outside of the headdress, small spiral pieces of black wool(?) are sewn creating a fringe-like effect.
The jacket is patched together with an overall black fringe. The jacket is made from patches of light blue, dark blue and red fabric sewn together. Over the entire outside of the jacket, small pieces of two kinds of black fabric are sewn creating a fringe-like effect. There is a seam down the front centre of the jacket.
Very long, red-brown wood staff decorated with very elaborate scroll, chain, and flower designs in red yellow, and black. The first piece (part a) has the following pattern: elongated triangles with delta-like features at the ends; cross-link chain; elongated triangles with heart-like spades at the ends; chain; flower; chain; scroll; chain; flower; chain; elongated triangles with heart-like spades at the ends; scroll; and elongated triangles. The second piece (part b) has the same pattern in reverse.
Drum made from a cylindrical wooden frame. Skin is stretched over each end with strips of skin that run from end to end. The wood has alternating thin and thicker incised bands that have been painted black, and the wood is varnished. There is a red fabric strap attached through skin loops at either end.