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  • Collection: Collecting the world

amuletvotive.jpg
Ear-shaped silver votive offering dedicated for sickness of the part represented, for a cure when ill.

amulet7.jpg
A cluster of 7 amulets, 2 dark brown, 1 beige, 3 light brown, 1 red striped, cords all twisted together 'against the effects of evil

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black amulet.jpg
Triangular, black amulet, decorated with embroidery, beads and gold lace in circles and loops, with coloured rope: green, pink, yellow, orange, purple and brown. Used against illness by Catholics, from Shala, North-East Albania. Note in donor file:…

spade.jpg
Wooden spade-shaped implement, used for beating clothes when washing. Kosovo work.

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alms-dish.jpg
Circular alms-dish, in tinned copper. Shows Eve handing apple to Adam with serpent entwined round tree. Greek inscription on inside of dish. From Mount Athos, Greece.

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doll.jpg
Doll, dressed in the ordinary costume of the Vallahadhes, Yanina in Epirus, West Macedonia.

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cradle.jpg
Shelves set in each other & bowed twig at the head end. A long narrow hole as a handle-hold on both of the long sides, these sides decorated with a pattern of regular lines and stylised flowers. This is one of four cradles collected from Albania by…

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flask.jpg
Round flask, made of carved wood, wooden stopper, leather handle.

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leather shoes 2.jpg
Two black leather shoes, each one decorated with a large pompom and orange button, soles decorated with white metal studs. Hasluck: 'worn by Albanian women'.

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purse.jpg
Round leather purse. Decoration: iron crow button, red leather, openwork and brass rings (three), leaf-shaped decoration on the bottom. Leather thread through purse.

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