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Medal (1971.15.3557)
4.6 x 4.5 x .48 cm (33 g)
Thick pewter medal picturing a male profile, General Gordon. "THE LATEST CHRISTIAN MARTYR GENERAL C.G. GORDON. C.B.,R.E." borders the front side of the medal. A hole has been drilled through the medal and goes through the first "O" of Gordon at the top center of the medal. The reverse reads "SENT BY THE GLADSTONE GOVERNMENT TO THE SOUDAN WITH ONE COMPANION, JAN. 1884 IN MARCH HE ASKED FOR 200 BRITISH TROOPS BUT WAS DELIBERATELY ABANDONED TO HIS FATE UNTIL TOO LATE" in the middle of wreath.

Paisley Shawl (2003.01.0001)
228 x 160 cm (1961 g)
A large rectangular shawl. On the front of the shawl, there is an intricately patterned piece of material that, presumably, was woven together. The predominate color is a dull red. However, there are also hues of dull green, white, and brown. The back side is lined with a solid off-white piece of material. Along the two shorter sides of the shawl there are red, green, brown, and white tassles.

Woman’s Folk Skirt (2003.02.0001A)
127 x 84 x 2 cm (2810 g)
Heavy black wool felted skirt.

Woman’s Folk Skirt Belt (2003.02.0001B)
160 x 30 cm (339 g)
Belt. The central part is made of weaved and dyed fibers. The belt extends around the waist, and has a small yellow button to join the two ends. The front of the belt below the central design is covered with long red fringe.

Woman’s Folk Blouse Front (2003.02.0002)
44.4 x 40.4 x .1 cm (77 g)
Yellow and cream blouse front with colorful design in the center and along the bottom. Straps along the sides for tying and button at the top. Square and flower patterns.

Woman’s Folk Blouse (2003.02.0003)
88 x 67.5 x .1 cm (140 g)
White blouse with blue thread around the top and blue, black, and red snowflake patterns, as well as a black stripe design with blue and orange flowers. Short sleeved.

Pair of Woman’s Socks (2003.02.0004)
38.4 x 35.9 x .4 cm (310 g)
Colorful pair of attached socks made of heavy material. Pink and blue toes with matching string in between the two socks. Star design with green, yellow, brown, and purple, and white and black triangles. Red heels.

Boy’s Folk Vest (2003.02.0005A)
42.1 x 27.5 x 1 cm (383 g)
Colorful boys vest. Red borders with white and gold patterns. Small golden seed-like objects attached on either side of the vest front.

Boy’s Folk Blouse (2003.02.0005B)
115.9 x 28.5 x .1 cm (383 g)
White shirt with red collar and long colorful sleeves. Buttons at the end of the sleeves. Pink and white stripes on the sleeves, along with a colorful pattern of squares.

Boy’s Folk Vest (2003.02.0006A)
40.2 x 34.3 x .3 cm (502 g)
Tan vest with red and orange around the edges, and yellow designs in a button area.

Boy’s Folk Blouse (2003.02.0006B)
106 x 31.2 x .1 cm (502 g)
Long-sleeved blouse, open down the center. The central part of the blouse is beige and has a red ring of fabric around the collar. The sleeves are knitted and attached to the body at the shoulders with beige thread. The sleeves are red and divided into registers by thin white lines. The decoration within the registers includes starbursts, checkered patterns, and other geometric shapes. The colors include pink, blue, yellow, and green. The sleeves have rings of green, pink, and yellow. On the body, the edges are folded under and stitched into a short hem.

Woman's Robe (2003.03.0001)
156.4 x 119.6 x 67.3 cm (849 g)
Chinese pink robe with blue, black, and cream butterfly decoration. Manchu style opens on side with gold buttons on left side of body. Floral pattern on pink material. Border of blue embroidered butterfly pattern. Inside of sleeves is cream background with blue butterfly pattern.

Woman's Skirt (2003.03.0002)
98.2 x 95.8 x 58.2 cm (452 g)
Primarily red pleated skirt with blue, pink, green, and cream decoration. Waist line is cream with blue floral decoration rectangular pattern running down the middle and one end flap. Blue border also runs along bottom of the skirt. Flowers along bottom half.

Woman's Skirt (2003.03.0003)
115.6 x 112.2 x 58.6 cm (415 g)
Cream and black pleated guaze skirt. Light colored waist, blue floral pattern across bottom. Black outlining around bottom.

Shoe (2003.04.0001A)
27 x 11 x 5 cm (138 g)
Birch bark shoe; two shades of woven color. Bark curls up on the sides. Colors are alternating, darker brown and lighter brown. Some edges of bark are frayed. Some holes in the bark, and one dark piece sticks out over toe part of shoe. Right shoe is attached by small piece of rope to the left shoe.

Shoe (2003.04.0001B)
26 x 11 x 6 cm (138 g)
Birch bark shoe; two shades of woven color. Bark curls up on the sides. Colors are alternating, darker brown and lighter brown. Some edges of bark are frayed. Some holes in the bark, and two dark pieces stick out over toe part of shoe. Left shoe is attached by small piece of rope to the right shoe.

Boot (2003.04.0002A)
38.5 x 26 x 8.5 cm (246 g)
Left Boot; mainly red in color with white at the top. Various other colors also: orange, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple, and white. Leather.

Boot (2003.04.0002B)
36.5 x 26 x 8 cm (245 g)
Right Boot; mainly red in color with white at the top. Various other colors also: orange, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple, and white. Leather.

Kokoshnik, Headdress (2003.04.0003)
27 x 13.9 x .1 cm (96 g)
Headdress with pearls on the top. There is no back, but a red ribbon to tie. The front has small gems on it and red, blue, and white crocheted designs. The inside is plain orange.

Apron (2003.04.0004)
63.4 x 52 x .1 cm (165 g)
Colorful apron. Blue border with red, blue, and white designs in the middle. Straps to tie around the middle are red, sewn with white thread. There are six main rectangular patches with designs. They all have star-like patterns on them. The designs are done with thread in a crochet-like manner and there is some cross-stitching. There are some small stains on the apron.

Blouse (2003.04.0005)
136.4 x 37.6 x .1 cm (193 g)
White (cream?) blouse with embroidery on the sleeves. Embroidery is red and black. The border is red in a zig-zag pattern with a black flowery design in the middle.

Sarafan, Dress (2003.04.0006)
126.4 x 108.9 x .05 cm (371 g)
Jumper in floral fabric. Trim in red. background color is navy blue. Blue and red with yellow flower design.

Apron (2003.04.0007)
97.2 x 74.4 x .2 cm (182 g)
White (cream?) apron with red design on the bottom. Ten bands of red in various thicknesses. Bands are not completely red. Have checkered pattern of red and white. Red band going down the center, vertically.

Blouse or Long Shirt (2003.04.0008)
143.2 x 109.9 x .2 cm (337 g)
White shirt with red pattern on the wrists, shoulders, and collar. Pattern on the wrists also are pink and blue. Stripes on the shoulder are perpendicular to the sleeves.

Blouse or Long Shirt (2003.04.0009)
143 x 103.1 x .3 cm (567 g)
White shirt with red embroidery in vertical stripes on the sleeves. Also some blue and yellow. Five distinct bands of color on the sleeves. On the shoulders are bands perpendicular to those on the sleeves.