Textile made of a rectangle of off-white silk folded in half and sewn together to form a square.

Woven textile with designs. The rectangular textile is cut on three sides and hemmed on one. The design has a five-toed dragon surrounded by cloud, fire, pearl, bat, coral, peach, narcissus, mountain and wave motifs in red, white, blue and green on brown ground. The back is unlined.

Woman’s embroidered hat or headdress, consisting of a skull cap with a long, wide ‘tail’ or extension in the back. The skull cap is made of black cotton textile, which is gathered at the top to fit the shape of the head, and there is an elaborate embroidered, crown-like topknot in the centre. The ‘tail’ or extension is attached to the back of the cap from approximately ear to ear and tapers to a narrow, squared-off end at the wearer’s waist. There is a triangular embroidered motif at the centre back where the extension meets the cap at the base of the skull. On the extension, triangular and diamond-shaped embroidered motifs are worked in bright pink and red silk floss, with small accents of green and yellow, and are arranged horizontally in narrow rows down the length of the extension. The embroidery stitches are so densely worked that very little of the background textile is visible. The extension is backed with a coarsely woven textile made of a bast fibre, perhaps jute. There is a small amount of silver thread embroidery on the crown.

Gray animal mask with fabric over metal and wood frame. The animal has striped horns, cone-shaped ears, sculpted eyes and protruding snout with open nostrils and mouth. The details, (such as striped horns, beige eyes, red mouth) are added with paint. The inside is unpainted.

Hat in pillbox style made of black silk. The hat is oval as viewed from the top, and the top is ridged. An extra flap of fabric folds against the front and sides. The flap finishes in rounded ends on the sides, which are held up with dark purple ties that are tied at the top of the hat, and a point at the centre over a mottled green bead attached near the rim. Lined with blue fabric, which is painted with an inscription in chinese characters at the centre.

Lavishly embellished robe, made from light beige heavy silk brocade fabric, woven with silver and gold metallic threads, incorporating floral motifs and roundels. The brocade has been cut and pieced to create a symmetrical placement of the motifs. The robe has long, straight sleeves and mandarin collar. The robe closes asymmetrically in the front (left over right), with buttons and loops at the neck at centre front, at the upper chest on the right side, under the right sleeve and at the waist side seam. All edges (neck, front, hem and cuffs) are trimmed with brightly coloured, finely embroidered and soft brown fur. Two rows of brightly coloured, finely embroidered bands encircle the robe at hip level. The robe is very heavy, long and voluminous. Lined with bright blue and turquoise silk damask textiles.

Red robe with roundels. The robe has a round neck, long wide sleeves and side opening with brass frog closures. Around the neck and cuffs is a border of printed pattern with the Eight Buddhist symbols of good fortune and peony motifs on dark blue ground, trimmed with gold braid. On the front and back are large roundels containing the same printed pattern on red ground. The bottom has mountain and wave motifs with symbols of wealth and fortune (pearl, scroll, rectangular gold ornament, circular gold ornament, swastika). The inside lining is blue damask silk containing floral motifs.

Panel with a red ground embroidered with multicoloured and gold birds and flowers. Black borders embroidered with a floral motif in two hues of blue finish the sides and bottom edge and a band crosses the red panel near the top. The top edge of the panel is finished with light blue cotton and there is a loop at either side. The reverse is finished with off-white cotton.

Black rectangular panel with an inset rectangular panel of dense embroidery. There is a geometric pattern in dark blue. Around the embroidery is an appliqué blue ribbon and red-green trim. Some of the area around the embroidery is dyed a green-black colour The back is unlined.

Hand-sewn, blue-black, straight cut suit pants with centre panel on bias. Braided edges along the bottom cuffs and a wide waistband of blue fabric. (Pants are part of a suit, with robe, 2506/2 a.)