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Headpiece made from padded black fabric. It is shaped into 3 vertical raised curves - a larger one in front and two smaller ones at the sides. It is decorated with an assortment of glittery shop-bought jewellery, shiny strips of material and a strip of open work beading around its base.

Roughly triangular shaped hide with split swallow tail ends. The top band is decorated with a alternating triangles of white and blue beads.

Roughly rectangular hide apron trimmed with beadwork around its outer edges with cloth waist straps attached. Bits of dark fur still adhere to the waist band area. A small tongue of hide projects from the right hand side. The lower edge is trimmed with rows of beadwork and six attached beaded skirt decorations are located at the lower end. Of these two long rectangular pieces and two round pieces are symmetrically placed slightly to the right side of centre. On the far left hand corner two long rectangles of beaded decoration are attached abutting each other just inside a small beaded flap of the backing skirt.

Roughly rectangular apron of hide that narrows slightly to the top. It has long thongs attached to the waist area for tying the skirt around the waist . The sides and bottom edges of the skirt is trimmed with strips of lacy beadwork only halfway up the sides. There are three large beaded pinwheel skirt decorations attached to the front panel as well as three small round decorations of pain pieces of hide surrounded by beading. The lower right hand corner has two small flaps cut into the skirt. The whole surface has a textured design worked into the hide itself.

Beadwork wrapped over a rolled core of textile with a ridge of beading running along its entire length. A row of brass studs attached to this. Divided into 5 bands of colours.

Thickly fringed skirt attached to a leather waistband. The waistband has two toned zigzag beadwork decorating the waistband horizontally . There is a panel of beadwork suspended from that and another slightly narrower openwork panel of beads attached to lower panel. There are 2 bunches of tassels on either side of the lower panel.

Thickly fringed skirt attached to a leather waistband. The waistband has been decorated with 2 rows of buttons.

Thickly fringed skirt attached to a leather waistband. The waistband has two toned zigzag beadwork decorating the waistband horizontally .

Thickly fringed skirt attached to a leather waistband. The waistband has 2 toned zigzag beadwork decorating the waistband horizontally . There is a double strip of beadwork edging the waistband and suspended from that another slightly narrower panel of beads with a zigzag fringe of beads . There are 2 bunches of tassels on either side of the lower panel.

Thickly fringed skirt attached to a leather waistband. The waistband has 2-toned zigzag beadwork decorating the waistband horizontally . Suspended from the waistband and hanging down in from of the fibre skirt are long strands of beads that stop about 4 cm before the end of the fringes.

Triangle of leather with a swallowtail shape cut at its point. It has 2 thongs as waists ties and 2 thongs hanging down the centre back. It is decorated along the waistline with a row of buttons and a row of beads. It has two bead at the top of the central thongs and 4 other sets of 2 buttons as decoration on the panel.

Triangle of leather with a swallowtail shape cut at its point. It has 2 thongs as waists ties and 2 thongs hanging down the centre back. It is decorated along the waistline with a row of buttons. It has 4 buttons vertically at the top of the central thongs, two bead tassels on either side with a button at the top of each and 6 other sets of button decoration on the panel.

Triangle of leather with a swallowtail shape cut at its point. It has 2 thongs as waists ties and 2 thongs hanging down the centre back. It is decorated along the waistline with a row of buttons. It has 4 buttons at the top of the central thongs, and other sets of button decoration on the panel.

Rectangle of leather covered with beadwork. There is a central horizontal stripe in the centre 4 small rectangles - 2 on each side of the centre

Rectangle of leather covered with beadwork. There is a central horizontal stripe in the centre 4 small rectangles - 2 on each side of the centre

Rectangle of leather covered with beadwork. There is a central I-shaped motif in the centre and on either side 2 motifs with 5 squared arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

Rectangle of leather covered with beadwork. There is a central I-shaped motif in the centre and on either side 2 motifs with 5 squares arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

Flat belt of beadwork wrapped over a rolled core of textile. It is divided into 12 panels of the isishunka sequence and has a diamond design at its centre.

Rectangle of leather covered with beadwork. There is a central double cross-shaped motif in the centre and on either side 2 motifs with 5 squared arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

Rectangle of leather covered with beadwork with an N shaped motif .

Rectangle of leather covered with beadwork with 2 U shaped motifs in the centre their feet pointing to each other. .

Rectangle of leather with horizontal 3 flaps cut in the lower 2/3 of the piece. The panel is covered with beadwork except for a strip in the centre where the leather is showing. There is a small rectangle of multi coloured lines on the solid side of the piece with a zigzag trimming and two vertical rows of spaced beads and the flaps are covered with beadwork with a trim of coloured beads

Rectangle of leather with horizontal 3 flaps cut in the lower 2/3 of the piece. The panel is covered with beadwork except for a strip in the centre where the leather is showing. There is a small rectangle of multi coloured lines on the solid side of the piece with a zigzag trimming and two vertical rows of spaced beads and the flaps are covered with beadwork with a trim of coloured beads

Square of beadwork with striped design

Square of beadwork with striped design

Circle of leather with 8 radiating wedges of beadwork

Circle of leather with 9 radiating wedges of beadwork

Diamond shaped piece of leather with 8 radiating wedges

Necklace of bunches of beaded strands in 4 sections.

Two long strands covered with brass beads. The ends are embellished with large grass beads and fringes of smaller beads