Flat, square bag with a long handle. The fabric on the front of the bag is a shiny synthetic. Bottom corners are rounded, with a thick light tan fringe hanging between. The handle is black and attached to the bag at each top corner. The centre of the bag holds a light tan Chinese character sewn to the middle, surrounded by a boarder of thin light tan fabric on all sides. The back of the bag is thin white cotton.

Cantonese opera scholar’s robe made of light blue fabric front and back, lined inside with white cotton. The left side of the robe crosses over the front, to attach with a tie under the right arm, creating a shallow V-neck. The sleeves are indented slightly at the under-arm, then widen and remain thus from shoulder to cuff. Long white panels of the same width are attached at each cuff. The robe is decorated with sequins in a pattern of leaves, branches and flowers front and back and on arms. Gold and silver sequins border the robe edges.

Blue fabric hat is a squared cone shape, topped with elaborate, shaped flaps. From the flaps at the side of the head hang long, light green tassels. The hat is decorated in copper, gold and silver sequins with floral and swirl patterns. Two ribbons, each approximately 72 cm long, dangle from the rear bottom of the hat and are also decorated on their ends with sequins. White cotton ties close the hat at rear centre. The interior of the hat is lined with white fabric.

Blue fabric hat. Hat is a squared cone shape, topped with elaborate, shaped flaps. The hat is decorated in copper, gold and green sequins with flower and swirl patterns. Yellow ribbon edges the flaps, with black ribbon on the bottom edge of the hat. Two ribbons, each approximately 76 cm long, dangle from the rear bottom of the hat and are also decorated with sequins. A long metal button holds the hat closed at the back along with two white cotton ties beneath. Two small detachable wings (parts b and c) fit into either side of the long button. The interior of the hat is lined with white cotton.

Cantonese Opera costume boots. The body of each boot is made of yellow silk on the outside, with the outline of a tiger’s body embroidered on the front in black, tail to the top, shoulders at the ankles. Tiger stripes decorate the foot of the boot. On the toe is the tiger’s head, embroidered in metallic thread on a separate and attached piece of material. The ears, nose and tongue are attached pieces of red material, long pointed canine teeth are white, and the eyes protrude and are white and black. The inside of the boot is lined with unbleached cotton and two cotton strings are attached at the inner boot top for tightening. The sole of the boots are made of a thick piece of wood, painted white, angling sharply from ball of the foot up toward the tip of the toe.

Cantonese opera costume hood. The hood is long and deep, rectangular in shape with a rounded bottom corner. The exterior is completely covered in sequins; a green base with silver and light green leaf and foliage pattern, accented with transparent bead tubes. White satin lines the interior, with a short white fur edging around the whole. The inner top of the hood holds a strip of sequins from which a total of four green satin ribbon ties with sequins and fur ends hang. The hood goes with a cape, 2967/28.

Cantonese opera costume cape. Garment is long, with a high back slit and an encircling collar at top. The exterior of the garment and collar are entirely covered in sequins; a green base with silver and light green leaf and foliage pattern, accented with transparent bead tubes. Ivory satin lines the interior, with a short white fur edging around the boarder of cape, back slit, and collar. Two short green satin ribbon ties with sequins hang from the collar. (The cape can be worn with a hood, 2967/29.)

Heavily sequined skirt panels. Skirt is made up of two oblong panels trimmed with white fur, one panel crossing in front of the other, attached to a narrow cotton waist band with side ties. The panels are completely covered with a dense floral pattern of red, dark pink and light pink sequins and translucent cylindrical beads. The back is a shiny white fabric, undecorated. The bottom of each panel holds several long red tassels. A square stamp in blue ink with Chinese characters sits on the back lining.

Coral coloured blouse. A blouse of pale orange synthetic fabric lined with white synthetic fabric with long, wide sleeves that are trimmed with light and dark pink sequins sewn in a zig zag pattern around the sleeve openings. The blouse fastens with six metal snaps sewn down the back, and there is a square stamp in blue ink with Chinese characters on the inside lining.

Sequined skirt panel. The narrow panel has a dense floral pattern made of red, dark pink and light pink sequins and translucent cylindrical beads. The back is lined with a shiny synthetic fabric in orange. Eighteen long, light pink tassels hang from the sides and bottom of the panel and the edges are trimmed with white fur. A narrow waistband of white cotton is attached along the top and has a long tie on each end. There is a square stamp in blue ink with Chinese characters on the back lining.