Part b is a broken off piece of a headdress (part a). It has four leaf-like cut-metal protrusions that descend in size from largest to smallest.

Humanoid face, glossy red, surmounted by green cobra headdress (a) with two detachable ear appendages, (right ear: b; left ear: c) each a coiled cobra with others emerging from either corner of mouth that attaches into a hole in the mask via an unfinished tenon. The eye sockets, and the area at the root of the nose are embellished with petal motifs. The white eyeballs with black pupils project in an exaggerated conical form. The upper lip is drawn back from the open mouth. Two rows of white teeth are exposed with a lolling red tongue. There is a large white fang extending down from each corner of the mouth. The cobras on the brow and at the top of the head each have their hood extended and are painted with faces. The scales are rendered in lines on varying background colours of grey, light red, dark red, and yellow. The body shield plates are in grey and white stripes. The cobras issuing from the mask's nostrils wrap around the fangs.

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."

Humanoid, skull shaped, with a prominent forehead and deeply recessed eye sockets. Prominent cheekbones; large red mouth with teeth showing, including four fangs. Perimeter of mask has four holes, through which a rope is threaded

Mask representing either Dala Radsas or Dala Kumaraya with a painted black face composed of the forehead and eyes joined to the upper lip and top teeth by the nose (there are no cheeks, ears or bottom jaw). The eyes are cone-shaped with rounded tips, the eyebrows are painted in red yellow and black with a petal motif, there is a red ovoid shape between the eyebrows, the nose is narrow with large nostrils defined by a yellow line in the crease, and the wide red upper lip is pulled back in a grimace to expose the red gums and elongated white teeth. The upper lip is decorated with a linear design in yellow. There is a hole on either side of the nose. A label on the reverse reads, "(Either) DALA RADSAS or DALA KUMARAYA," in typewritten characters, and "48" handwritten in blue ink.

Mask with humanoid face, ovoid shaped, with black hair and sunken eye sockets, grey-white eyeballs with crescent-shaped openings under each eye, an open mouth with thin red lips and four large grey-white teeth (two top, and two bottom), a pointed chin, protruding ears, and a small pointed nose. The face and ears are painted orange-brown. Incised grooves in the cheeks and ridges on the forehead indicate wrinkles. Wire is strung between large holes behind the ears.

Mask depicting Garula, a mythical bird figure, with a central head piece (a), a wing-shaped appendage consisting of feathers radiating upwards from a base of concentric triangles that attaches to the left side of the face (b), and another similar appendage that attaches to the right side of the face (c). The mask has a dark red beak and eye sockets, dark green cheeks, and grey-white protruding eyeballs with large black pupils and crescent-shaped holes beneath each eye. A hooded cobra runs between the eyes with its tail curling around the beak and into the mouth. The figure is wearing a headdress of yellow, red, and green feather-like shapes that are layered upwards with a line of larger feathers at the centre. Above is a dark brown, green spotted crown-like form. The wing attachments each fit into a mortise joint hole beside each eye.

Mask depicting Kanna Sanniya (which represents blindness) with a dark grey-green face, small ears, pursed red lips outlined in black, a straight nose with red nostrils, and a three-lobed dark yellow crown with a black design. The eyes are red-rimmed and outlined in black, and the mask's right eye is smaller than the left, which bulges outwards. There is a hole behind each ear through which thin string is threaded and then tied at the rear. A label on the reverse reads, "KANNA SANNI: blindness" and the number "19" has been scratched out and the number "20" written beside it.

Mask representing a wolf head (this is a type of theatrical Kolam mask) with a black face, a long narrow snout, open mouth with red lips and pointed red teeth, bulging eyes with red-rimmed black pupils, and red nostrils. One protruding black and red ear remains nailed the the left side of the animal's head. One longer canine tooth in lower left side of jaw. Flexible red rubber tongue tip and segment of tongue have broken off the end of the remaining piece of tongue that is nailed to the inside of the lower jaw. The upper and lower jaws are wired together on each side with two equidistant vertical stitches. Cotton string is looped through a hole in the top of the head at the back edge and the ends of the string tied together.

Mask depicting Moorman (a kolam dance mask). The mask is of a humanoid face with deep-set eyes, each with a crescent-shaped hole beneath, and an oval, pink face. The nose has slightly flared nostrils, and the mouth is open in a grin that shows a set of uniform white teeth. The mask also has arched eyebrows, long ears and there is a dark red-brown fez above the forehead. On the reverse, at the top of each ear is a nail with wire wrapped around it. There is also a nail with wire at the top centre. Label on reverse reads, "MOORMAN - KOLAM" in typewritten letters, and has an encircled "47" written in pencil.