Single bound-foot shoe. Shoe has a rounded, raised heel and is roughly triangular in shape, narrowing to a point in the toe. Fabric extends around the sides and toe of the shoe, but is open along the top of the foot. Fabric around the sides of the shoe is black, covered with multicoloured floral embroidery, and trimmed with black brocade; two strips of patterned fabric--blue and pink, respectively--are sewn beneath the black trim. Fabric used on the raised portion of the heel and the bottom of the shoe is a pearlescent white. Interior fabric is a light pink. The back of the heel is covered with a rectangular piece of green brocade with a patterned, white, scalloped, inset border trimmed with black cloth.

Pair of black, silk, slipper-style shoes with a thick, platform-like sole; sole is comprised of compressed layers of leather. Cotton lining.

Single bound-foot shoe. Shoe has a rounded, raised heel and is roughly triangular in shape, narrowing to a point in the toe. Fabric extends around the sides and toe of the shoe, but is open along the top of the foot. Fabric around the sides of the shoe is red-pink, covered with multicoloured floral embroidery, and trimmed with black brocade; two strips of patterned fabric--green and white, respectively--are sewn beneath the black trim. Fabric used on the raised portion of the heel and the bottom of the shoe is a pearlescent white. Interior fabric is a light pink. The back of the heel is covered with a rectangular piece of red-pink brocade with patterned black and blue borders trimmed with black cloth.

Pair of bound-foot shoes. Shoes have a raised heel and are roughly triangular in shape, narrowing to a point in the toe. Fabric covers the sides and toes of the shoes, with an extra rectangular piece of fabric extending up the back of the ankle; shoes are open along the top of the foot. Thin, twined cord laces back and forth across the back of the heel. Shoe is covered with orange-red fabric with blue piping along the upper edge and multicoloured floral embroidery radiating from the toe. Heel is covered with white brocade featuring multicoloured figures; grey and maroon piping line the top and bottom of the heel, respectively. The material extending up the ankle is a light lilac colour, with a matching fabric strap looped at either side.

Pair of bound-foot shoes. Shoes have a wedge heel and are roughly triangular in shape, narrowing to a point in the toe. Fabric extends up the heel and ankle, around the sides and toe of the shoe, but is open along the top of the foot and ankle. Fabric used on the heel and foot is light green, trimmed with red, and covered with intricate, multicoloured floral embroidery. Fabric up the back of the ankle is a lilac floral brocade with wide bands of black cloth sewn around the top. A wide loop of red shoelace is sewn on either side of the ankle fabric.

Large, rectangular, red-brown woven textile entirely covered with geometric pattern darning embroidery. Embroidery is executed with iridescent white, orange, yellow, and light green thread. Design consists primarily of alternating horizontal bands of white and orange chevron patterning with borders running along both lengthwise edges. One border is thin, with orange thread creating a simple diamond-shaped pattern; the other border is wide, with more elaborate diamond-shaped patterning in white, orange and green thread.

Yellow hood with embroidery. The hood is sewn down the centre back and curves to a point. There are two ribbon ties sewn below the facial opening. On each side is a purple floral motif with trailing ribbon and crescent shapes. Around the outer edge are black squares with a floral motif. The inner lining is white cotton.

Two square badges (part a-b) with embroidered designs. The design has two large lotus in pink and turquoise on black ground, above wave and mountain motifs in gold, pink, orange and green. The badges are edged with tin reflectors and white rabbit fur. The back lining is white cotton with eight metal snap closures around the edges. There is a purple stamp, black ink and pencil on the back of each badge.

Chinese characters in gold embroidery, on deep pink ground with plain turquoise border on three sides, white on side hanging from staff. Black Chinese characters at bottom back of white border. Curved staff has light green silk fringe at gold painted tip.

Chinese characters in gold embroidery, on deep pink ground with plain turquoise border on three sides, white on side hanging from staff. Black Chinese characters at bottom back of white border. Curved staff has light green silk fringe at gold painted tip.