A woven basket with an oval shape that has upward and outward flaring sides. Simple geometric patterns consisting of two hour-glass-like shapes of purple and maroon on a natural background on each side of the basket at either sides of the handle. The handle curves over the basket from one side to the other and continues around the bottom with a reddish-brown woven zig zag pattern along the top.

A basketry woven fan with a deltoid leaf shape. The main geometric design consists of a double pair of curved dark brown bark rows, one from the inside and the other along the outside, going from the bottom of one side to the top of the other side. Light brown bark background.

Headdress made from an elaborate vertical piece (part b) attached to a woven, hoop-shaped headband (part a). The lower half of the vertical piece consists of several tassels, pom-poms and a god's eye fashioned from blue, red, green and orange yarn; the upper portion consists of a plume of brown, black and white feathers. The headband is a light yellow-brown, woven from thin strips of palm leaf with a Greek key-like pattern encircling the sides.

A light brown round basket with a simple open weave pattern and a wide mouth. Plaited handle atttached from one side curving upward to attach to the other side. Flat circular lid is attached to the mouth of the basket.

Rectangular basket with plaited bottom that curves upward to twined walls whose warp it made of the strips of the base. Four dark bands of decoration go around walls; the bands are in groups of two and separate the height into thirds.

Small cream coloured sculpture of a human figure carved out of vegetable ivory. Figure is turning pages of a book with a smaller figure on their knees beside him. Both are wearing patterned robes.

A piece with many strands of plant fibre with one end tightly stitched together with braided strips.

Light-brown woven mask with bulbous nose and bushy beard. The back of the mask has large woven cables in diagonal rows. The front of the mask has tightly woven cables is rows.

Dark-brown woven mask with bulbous nose, bushy beard, and five cone-like projections on top of the head that are decorated with red, black, and white clay. The back of the mask has large woven cables in diagonal rows. The front of the mask has tightly woven cables in triangular patterns.

Long rectangular book with dark brown wooden cover held together by a piece of string that is strung through the pages, is wound around one end, and is secured by a coin attached to a string. Pages inside are made of palm leaf and are covered with light black Sinhala script.