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Chinese goose feather fan with horn handle. The quills are held by 2 metal wires. There are 16 gray feathers with white down. Where the quills come together at the handle is red paper on each side with Chinese characters in black. The label is…

Spherical leather drum with wooden bottom bamboo wrappings around center and metal studs in two rows holding hide on top. The hide top flares out slightly with holes around edge (holes made by ropes when stretching the leather.) Chinese writhing in…

Hat has plain exterior of tapered vertical fiber slats laced at the crown and the rim as well as fifteen lines of stitching attaching slats to a more loosely woven webbed interior. The hat rim and two interior reinforcing rings are bamboo. Crown…

A) Boat hull is 41" long overall. 3" wide at center and 1-1/4" deep. It is double ended with upswept blunt bow and stern. Both ends are decorated with black painted metal forms (simulate buffalo horns?) and metal device consisting of a coiled wire…

Six illustrated calendar sheets in Laotian script with white cover sheet which features Laotian script abbreviations and the year 2506 all in red ink above a print three-headed elephant. All bound at top with metal clinch bar. Illustrations of rural…

Women's. Black hand woven cotton yardage with one thin pattern (1") of blue stripes a second wider (4 1/4") pattern of blue stripes and a major pattern (8 1/4") of multicolor stripes running: yellow green black rust black white/rust/black black…

Man's Handwoven cotton fabric with white borders (1/2") and white center (1 3/4"). Colored stripes (1 1/4" ) are black rust green rust black black black/white combinationsrust black/orange mix are repeated. Note: Collected in Laos 1962-1964.

Girl's Skirt material of brown and black horizontal stripes essentially sewn into a tube. The top is altered to afford a neat fold with a clasp as well as a hook and eye. The lower 4 1/2" of the skirt is a sewn-on embroidered piece featuring…

Oval bracelet of solid brass with incised design. Style ( nearly flat sides and interior surface; flattened ends) suggest Lahu Akha or Lisu. Design is two lines across outer surface= then three line joined by cross-hatching # thus: * peoples of the…

Oval bracelet of solid brass with incised design. Style ( nearly flat sides and interior surface; flattened ends) suggests Lahu Akah or Lisu*. Desigh is semicircular lines approximately 1" running then 1" running thus * peoples of the golden triangle…