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Thick palm leaf piece woven together in a cross-hatching pattern to form a simple open weave basket with a braided bail-like handle. Opening on each end of the basket.
Plain basket that has rounded sides that come to a flat edge across the bottom and has an oval rim around the top. Natural colour with a lozenge design. Simple dark design at the top and bottom. Two dark loops are at the top of one side.
Woven hand bag shape with an opening similar to that of an evening purse with two small handles. Design consists of alternating horizontal black and natural colour lines.
Flat fan made of finely-split bamboo flaring out from its attachment point to a long wooden handle painted black. Perimeter of fan is circular except for the lower edge where the handle is attached, which is straight and at right angles to handle. Fan is covered with lacquered paper on both sides, patterned with a design of four triangles radiating from centre. The top triangle is black, the one where the handle attaches is smaller and yellow, and the two at the sides are red. The area where the triangles meet is covered with two swirls, one green and yellow. The area surrounding the handle on both sides is covered with a black paper cut, and the area immediately surrounding the handle is painted orange. The fan has a narrow edging of black paper. It is inserted into a split in the handle, which is shaped like a pointed oval where it covers the fan, which is attached with two rivets. Iconographic Meaning: The three swirls represent the “Tae-guk” symbol on the Korean flag, which stands for harmony. The rounded shape of the handle where the fan is inserted represents a peach, symbol of long life.
Flat fan made of finely-split bamboo flaring out from its attachment point to a long wooden handle painted black. Perimeter of fan is circular except for the lower edge where the handle is attached, which is straight and at right angles to handle. Fan is covered with lacquered paper with a design of three swirls converging at the centre, coloured red, green, and yellow. It has a narrow edging of black paper. The fan is inserted into a split in the handle, which is flat and shaped like a pointed oval where it covers the fan, which is attached with two rivets. The shape of the handle is repeated with an outline of orange paint on the fan.
Two natural-coloured rectangular-shaped woven pieces with one piece (part a) fitting into the other piece (part b).
Two rectangular-shaped woven pieces that have a flared corners with one piece (part a) fitting into the other piece (part b). The main design is consisting of a geometric pattern on the bottom (part a), and cover (part b) in various shades of brown while having the weft fillets wrapped with lighter ones.
A small circular head cushion with a hole at the centre. Fancy twist "weave" around the edge.
Basket base (a) with lid (b). Double layer of weaving: the inside is herring-bone weave and the outside is a regular warp and weft weave. Dyed pink and black wefts around centre of base and over lid. Forged iron handles on lid and base.
Scoop or shovel-shaped basket, woven with natural coloured grass. One side curves upwards and the other side widens to a flattened edge. The perimeter of the entire tray is lined with a thick piece of bamboo that is secured by eleven sections of stitched grass.