Distaff, decorated with incised floral and geometrical designs in wood dated 1915. Pindus Mountains, Greece.

Triangular shape, made from a square folded over and stitched, with cord of plaited threads for suspension.

Necklace/pendant: chain and loop decoration with many loops. Prison work. Coloured beads (black, white, red) set out as one red bead between two white beads at the end of each loop.

Bread-stamp in wood. Carved by Monks on Mount Athos, Greece, and found in every Greek household. On main side, two compartments for Jesus Christ, one for nine archangels and one for Virgin Mary. The small stamp is a duplicate of the compartment…

Cross carved by Monks on Mount Athos, Greece, 1910. Engraved with a figure of Christ on the cross, on the obverse the Virgin Mary carrying Infant Jesus in the centre, with Cherubim on left and right arms of the cross

After this come a number of small Vases, plain black, sometimes also with slight ornamentation in raised white or in lines incised down to the ground colour of clay: in one case, both styles are used together. Such ware is late; and is found in…

Ear-ring, hoop and pendant. Pendant made up of turquoise stones capped in gold, separated by pearl, with a coral bead capped with gold at the base.

Wax impressions of nine Buddhas contained in hinged copper case, the wax is painted so that the sky is blue, the earth is green and the Buddha images are red.

Clay relief of Tibetan/Buddhist deity (The God of Destruction) with raised sword, within a hinged copper case.

Reliquary, in the form of a model of a chorten (Mchordten) in brass and set with precious stones, with small figures of the seated Buddha facing the four directions. Collected during the Lhasa Expedition 1903/4. According to correspondence (includes…