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Brown wood rattle with the top piece in the form of a bird with a small, thin sea otter on its back and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval bound together with white string and metal and at the handle with brown string. Bird's circular black eyes are surrounded by a plain grooved tapering oval. Body is dark with wings that have black outlined feathers consisting of black and red dashes with a red tip along the outer wing and u forms with a tear drop shape along the inner wing. Tail angles upward with two black outlined feathers consisting of u forms with red accents. The small, thin sea otter on the bird's back has a black body with circular black eyes outlined by a plain tapering oval groove and an open mouth that connects to the back of the bird's upper neck. The sea otter's tail extends straight backward to connect with the bird's upward angled tail. The bottom piece that is the belly of the bird has a face with black ovoid in ovoid eyes with black brows above that have an inverted red split u within. Below, there is a vertically bisymmetrical black design consisting of an inverted red u line outlined by black with a black ovoid in ovoid below sharing a central vertical panel of four black outlined u forms at the bottom.
Brown wood rattle with the top piece in the form of a bird with a bear on its back and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval bound together with metal and at the handle with brown string. Bird's circular black eyes are surrounded by a red area outlined by black from which emanates three long green shapes along either side of the neck with five red feather-like diagonal grooves along the upper part of the back of the neck. Body is black with six feather sectioned wings indicated by radiating grooves. Beak and tail are plain brown wood. The bear on the bird's back has a black body with circular black eyes outlined by a plain circular groove, red nostrils, and an open mouth showing ten alternating plain pointed teeth. The bear's tail angles downward to connect with the bird's flat tail.
Brown wood rattle with the top piece in the form of a raven that has a reclining figure on its back connected to a frog by a protruding tongue and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval emphasized by a bird's face with a recurved beak. Handle is bound with brown string. Raven has black ovoid in ovoid eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area within a black ovoid. A white split u is in between the eye and the nose with another one below the eye and behind the mouth. The nostrils are a vertical black ovoid. The red mouth is outlined by grey. At either side of the neck, there is a vertical black ovoid in ovoid. The body is black with wings that have a black split u, a black ovoid in ovoid, a black u form that has a green L-shape and two red cross-hatched u forms within, a white split u, and a black ovoid at the tip. The tail has an upward curving black ovoid in ovoid from which emanate four feathers that have a white split u within a black u form that has a white ovoid-circle within. The reclining human on top has a black body and a white face with circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above and a black line around the red mouth where the red tongue of the frog connects. The frog has a green dashed grey body and a white face with circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with black brows above and red nostrils. Connected to the back of the frog, there is a bird head that is part of the raven's upraised tail. The bird's head has circular black eyes surrounded by a green area with a red mouth and a black beak while four feathers are along the neck that have a white split u within a black u form. The bottom piece that is the belly of the raven has a face with circular black eyes surrounded by a tapering oval and a green area with black brows above, a black beak nose with green nostrils, and an open red mouth showing twelve white teeth. Below, there is a vertically bisymmetrical black design consisting of an ovoid in ovoid with various curving lines at either corner side and two inverted u forms below sharing a central ovoid in ovoid at the bottom. The bottom of the wings are white.
Set of three brushes: a-b) two brushes with wide off-white bristles (the bristles of part a are stained light pink), a black wood ferrule with incised lines that tapers towards the cylindrical bamboo handle that has a piece of paper with a printed image of a bird and Chinese characters and a length of twined and knotted fibre threaded through a hole in the handle near the end; c) a brush with short black bristles, a cylindrical bamboo handle with a black end and a short loop of woven black fibre attached to the end. Each brush has incised characters on the handle shaft near the end: the lettering on parts a and b are in red, and on part c it is in black.
Bucket (a) made from planks of wood attached around a circular wooden base made from three larger planks of wood with a thick metal wire around the base and woven strips of bamboo at the centre of the bucket's height (b). The wood is dark brown. Two protrusions near the top rim on the outside serve as handles.
Bowl made from planks of wood held around a circular base made from larger wooden planks with an iron band around the base and thick metal wire near the rim. An iron wire is looped through two holes in the side of the bowl.
Headdress with oval shape as veiwed from top and sea lion whiskers attached to the bent stem (?) frame with the tallest whisker tip forming a peak at the centre. The top is covered in light brown cotton fabric with a piece of rounded leather at the back of the top, and the bottom half is reinforced with leather. There are two rectangles of purple ridged fabric attached to either side of the front.
Illustrated book with twenty-three paintings in polychrome. The painting is on the right page and a short poem on the left. The book opens up accordion-style, with the paintings and poems on one side; the other side is blank. The illustrations in sequence are: two people standing beside a shrine in a house with three people kneeling on a mat while two more are bowing on the grass; two people in a grain house being passed a container of grain being carried by two others while another person is carrying a container of grain on the back outside the gate with another carrying two buckets of grain on a pole across the shoulders; two people sifting grain with another person shoveling grain, and four others in the background; two people sifting grain with another person sweeping grain, another person carrying grain on the back, a mother with her child in a house, and a boy with chickens outside; one person pounding(?) grain outside, one person talking inside a building to another leaning over a gate-like wall, two people carrying a container of grain, and two people farming in the upper corner; a person tending to a child on wall, two people sifting grain, one person putting grain into a container that has a yoke-like contraption being operated by three people with two more people in the background; four people holding two-pronged sticks over a pile of grain while another pours a drink for them; four people stacking bundled grain; ten people helping to harvest grain; three people working in a back field while another is opening a water sluice in the fore field; four people working in a field while another looks on; four people working on a back field while two others are carrying food, and drinks for them with a child following behind; four people working in a fore field while two are opening a water sluice for them, and another is riding toward them on the back of an animal; four people working in a back field while another joins four others in a fore field; five people gathering grasses in a lower corner while another is stepping into the water behind them with three more having a basket and carrying trays of grasses in them; one man carrying two buckets on a pole over his shoulders while another man is trying to fix his; a woman fishing a pail out of the water, and two men with a boy holding a bird; two men sowing seeds in a watery field, and a boy holding a bucket on his shoulders with a dog; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal while another is watching from the back of a similar animal; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal while another man holding a stick is watching; and two people putting sacks into a watery field while a man is watching with a woman, and two children behind him. There are four pages of calligraphy at the back.
Illustrated book with twenty-three paintings in polychrome. The painting is on the right page and a short poem on the left. The book opens up accordion-style, with the paintings and poems on one side; the other side is blank. The illustrations, in sequence, are: three people working on fabric at a table with another carrying toe rolls of fabric with two women watching; three women working on fabric in a house with two more outside holding three rolls of fabric; two women working at a loom with one woman bringing them tea while she is holding the hand of child being helped by an elderly woman; one woman spinning thread with two more outside holding some; four people praying at a shrine with a child while one woman is coming to bring tea; two people dyeing yarn, and two people hanging the yarn up outside; two women spinning thread inside with a child, and one woman outside with a child; one woman working on thread in a vat while another is holding the silk sacs in a basket, a child, and another child with a woman talking to two others over a wall; two adults, and two children sorting silk sacs; two men sorting silk sacs inside while two more are watching, and a man holding a hoe over the shoulder with a child; three buildings in which people have silk sacs in large containers; six people in, and around a building with silk sacs attached to two bundles of long grasses; an elderly man watching a younger man working on two green bushy bundles while two men are holding a large flat rectangular object with two more people in the background; two women in a building with large flat rectangular objects, a woman tending to a child in another building where there is also another woman holding a flat circular object as she is talking to a man fanning a fire outside; three women sorting silk sacs while two more are carrying baskets with a child; three women in a building on one side, and a man with a woman in a building on the other side; one woman working at a loom while two more are watching; three women working at a threading contraption with two children underneath; two groups of people sorting silk sacs; one woman lying down while two more are talking next to a five-tiered silk sac sorter; people in a field gathering leaves from trees; three women with two children sorting silk sacs; and three women around a container with another bringing tea.
A paper book with an off-white cover. Cover has a design in blue consisting of a boy, and a girl with a dog, Chinese characters and in English, "MADE IN CHINA". The pages consist of blank squares for writing.