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Black satin circular hat with turned up velvet brim. Orange cotton lining. Red string attached across top. Narrow folded string of blue cotton fabric attached at each side on inside. Black velvet turned up brim. Inside of brim lined with black silk…

Black cotton velvet pillbox hat with red fringe tassel on top. Red cotton lining with horsehair-like band sewn around inside edge. A navy blue cotton bias covering a string sewn on each side. Circular band of black cotton velvet topped by red fringe…

Maroon silk brocade pillbox hat with gilt thread Chinese character rosettes mirrors tassels and pompoms. Maroon silk brocade on top pleated in toward center. Also pleated around small hole in center is bluegreen brocade circle with lavender black…

Maroon silk brocade pillbox hat with gilt thread Chinese character mirrors rosettes and tassels. See 1987.023.011. Same except wide band is maroon silk satin. Top narrow binding is pink and yellow. Bottom binding is blue. Center pompom is missing.…

One Mien girl's cap of embroidered black cotton. A close-fitting cap of black cloth covered with fine embroidery in the "weaving stitch" (all vertical lines). A large woolen pom-pom encircles the top like a crown and a ball- shaped one covers each…

Bright blue satin baby hat edged with black silk fabric. The fron has a tiger face red lips outlined with fine gold threads fastened with red thread white satteen fangs and pea green satteen nose outlined with fine gold threads held by green threads.…

A circular tray with a frame of bamboo and a tray surface of split bamboo in a chevron pattern. The miniature utensils are: 1. A wooden plow (metal tongue is glued on) with water buffalo yoke attached 2. A harrow with seven teeth 3. A section of…

A woven tray made of a bamboo circular frame and split bamboo in a chevron weave forming the tray proper. There are seven miniature replicas of Thai fishing utensils attached. There are two nets a lead-weighted throw net and a dip net with a handle…

Donors were given this instrument by friends when they were living in McLean Virginia in the 1960's. (A) Chinese fiddle. The resonator head is made of a section of bamboo 4.5" long and 2.125" in diameter. The bottom end is open. The top end is…

Chinese fiddle bow made of bamboo slightly curved to give a bow shape. A slot at the narrower end holds a knotted end of the bowstrings. 3" from the other end is a hole through the bamboo through which the other end of the bow strings is passed and…