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Paper umbrella. Bamboo ribs are unfinished on interior; exterior ribs are black with brown tips; spiral design in red and yellow on oiled paper; gold paper band on interior joints; silver paper band at inner edge. Three holes in paper.
Kukulu Paliya mask (a form of sanni mask) depicting an animal consisting of two padded wire ? frames, each composed of three wire loops, that have been wrapped in red fabric and hinged together to form a jointed, movable jaw. The upper frame supports a muzzle of light yellow-brown hide with a long, black, flaring wooden nose. The creature also has wooden bulging eyes with black pupils surmounted by eyebrows that are attached individually by string to the muzzle and are decorated with geometric patterns in red, yellow, white and black. At the top front of the muzzle is a moustache of stiff plant fibre. The upper and lower frames each have three small jaws (formed by each wire loop), each with their own set of triangular white plastic teeth. A large curly beard made of uneven strands of tightly coiled dark grey wool, tinged light brown to red in some areas, runs the full outer edge of the bottom jaw. Fabric ties are attached to the jaw. A white adhesive label behind the back of the creature's left eyebrow reads, "Kukulu Paliya."
Wooden box (part b) with sliding front (part c). Box has front which slides into grooves at edges. The front has a strip on top which fits to box and a strip across the bottom. There is black calligraphy on front. Display of dolls (part a) on a platform. Four-tiered dais covered with red fabric, and a wooden backdrop covered with gold paper. Top tier has small platform with two seated figures with two small seated figures, and having three larger figures and two lamps surround them. Next tier has five blue robed figures. Next tier has two figures. Bottom tier has three yellow robed figures, a lemon tree, and a red flowered tree.
Purse with wide black bands and narrow red and green stripes in a plaid pattern as well as black and white concentric diamonds in bands. A silver metallic thread runs crosswise over the bag at intervals. The front of the bag has orange, green, yellow, burgundy, black, red, blue, and silver pompoms attached in a symmetrical pattern. The strap, with parallel bands of black, red, blue, orange, yellow, green, pink, silver, and burgundy, is sewn to the sides of the bag from the base where the ends are left unfinished for a length.
Large wire toy car (part a) with 4 doors which open, and sprung wheels. The car slopes where the wire is missing. It is tied in various places with copper wire. Body wire is silver, painted blue, and worn off in places. Wheel axles are twp metal rods. The wheels are rubber with two bottle caps on the back ones. A piece of wire lays on the back, loose, with both ends bent. Front axles work. A long stick (part b) with a wire hook wrapped with copper wire, and black rubber are attached to the steering wheel with wire dividing it into four quarters while copper wires hold it together. The wheels are apart at one side. Two pieces stick out from copper wire on the stick which has blue paint marks.
Toy truck with body, cabin, front, side windows, and doors formed of horizontal straw elements. The chassis is formed by four brown sticks tied with grass. The wheels are made of blue thong material with a yellow strip in centre around wheel. Four pieces of rubber hold the chassis and the body of the truck together.
Inside ball is stuffed with dusty plastic which is held together by white canvas twined in a square pattern, diminishing to tied ends. The centre of the ball has three lines of red cotton cloth horizontally twined.
Lyre with two arms and crossbar, all incised with a criss-cross design. The arms fit into plastic bowl covered with two pieces of tanned skin and hand sewn with goat gut. Six plastic strings are fastened to six pegs and lashed around the pegs and the crossbar. The strings are fastened across the front of the sound box over a wooden bridge and are all tied to a piece of gut which is sewn onto the sound box and stretched.
Cotton doll (parts a-f) consisting of a pink wrapped head (part a) and five rectangular shaped, pieces of cloth (parts b-f). Part b is an olive green cotton cloth with white abstract design on border and white outline of leaves along with red and orange leaves and flowers. Part c is a strip of cloth in blue with white triangles along with red and white flowers. Part d is a brown strip of cloth with an orange stripe at each end. There is a piece of the same cloth sewn on to one side. Part e is a piece of green cotton cloth with dyed stripes of purple in the centre, the other half is blue with yellow flowers and purple abstract shapes. Part f is a piece of black cloth.
Pair of white gloves with black patches of animal skin with long fur sewn onto the fingertips and the back of the hand (missing on part b). Long, clear plastic claws are also sewn onto the fingertips.