Wooden shuttle. The shuttle's boat-style rectangular body has a large rectangular cutout, and an eye on one side. Each end of the body tapers to a slightly-upturned and dull point. Within the rectangular cutout, there is a wooden pin inserted through a bobbin, with the pin's tip inserted into a h...
Papermaking mould with a frame composed of four pieces of bamboo - two long pieces, each with two notches for the shorter pieces to be inserted into, creating a square. Each piece has been marked on the interior with a letter 'A' through 'D'. A mesh screen is strung into the middle with four ties...
Ink drawings on a folded paper. The main drawing is of a Hindu deity, with head shown in profile. Deity appears to be seated on a sing beneath a tree, with a peacock(?) perched to the right. The deity has four arms, and holds things in three of their hands. Their legs are bowed, with their feet h...
Small box (part a) of paper noshi awabi (stretched abalone) offerings. Each noshi consists of folded paper, white on one side and red on the other, with a strip of dried abalone down the centre. There are three bundles (parts b-d), and five loose offerings (parts e-i). The open box is covered in ...
Round, burnished, black pot with a side by side double diamond design carved around the sides three times. Each diamond is composed of rows of smaller raised diamonds. The form is globular, with a flat circular base, and wide circular mouth. A round, woven basketry piece (part b) fits over the op...
Woven bodice (part a) with embroidered band across top. At centre, there is a white diamond, with the diamond shape radiating out from the centre in black and white sideways V's. Two black fabric shoulder straps are sewn on one end, and pinned in place by safety pins on the back. The upper sectio...
Stamp design, in dark blue, of Ganesh, printed on off-white paper. The elephant deity is depicted in profile, wearing a crown, holding things in three of his four hands, and sits with his feet together. He sits on a low platform with four feet. In the upper right corner is a small mouse. The pape...
Stamp design printed in dark brown of an image of Ganesh, on paper. The elephant deity is depicted in profile, wearing a crown, holding things in three of his four hands, and sits with his feet together on a low platform with four feet. In the upper right corner is a small mouse.
Joss paper hat-style offering. The folded red paper offering is open along the bottom edge, then folded and adhered shut on the top edge. There is a light pink with green imitation foil floral decoration, partially outlined with an orange ribbon at bottom centre. At top centre there is a copper-c...
Joss paper offerings in the form of a shirt (part a) and pants (part b). The paper shirt has grey, off-white and orange florals on a wine-coloured background. The red with green and yellow streaks, grey dots and triangles paper open collar is adhered to the main shirt, and is outlined with shiny ...