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  • Collection: Collecting the world

horse figure.jpg
Little ceramic horse, with a hole in back, flower decoration. Colours: white, brown, yellow, green, blue.

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cotton cap.jpg
Cotton cap, worn by male peasants. Colour: white and beige. Middle decoration: smock work and zig-zag embroidery.

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cap hat.jpg
Black leather hat, decorated with embossed white metal band, brass eyelets, gold lace etc.

toy dancing bird.jpg
Rectangular base and top. Poker work decoration and inscription ( maker's name). 4 paper flowers. Bird on top. Hasluck: 'Dancing bird made by a Catholic mountaineer from Albania. It dances as man plays Lahuta - a simple mountain lyre. A thread…

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apron.jpg
Apron, in tapestry work, decorated with copper, beads and copper wire. Bulgaria or Yugoslavia? (see Museum's 'Slip Catalogue).

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saddle bag.jpg
Saddle-bag in plush and leather. Various designs in red, navy blue and fawn.

tray.jpg
Large round tray, beaten copper, tinned after engraving with two interlocking triangles in centre. Moslem date engraved on margin, and Arabic inscription.

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dish.jpg
Round dish used as a hanging decoration ('hoel'). Decoration: woman in centre, long dress, floral design, (black) drawing, other colours: white, brown, green, yellow.

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headdress.jpg
Bride's head-dress in tapestry. Profusely decorated with beads and coins. In use in villages in mountains. Bulgaria or Yugoslavia?

purse 9768.jpg
Crochet and bead work purse, made by prisoners. Textile colour: discoloured grey, discoloured red, and beige and yellow discoloured blue. Beads: green and white striped effect.
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