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Fragment of a statuette; head with 'hat'; pre-classic. Valley of Mexico, 2000 B.C.-A.D.500 Clay figurines appear in the graves and household debris of the earliest farmers in Mexico and continued to be made and used by successive civilisations until…

Fragment of statuette; pre-classic. Clay figurines appear in the graves and household debris of the earliest farmers in Mexico and continued to be made and used by successive civilisations until the Spanish Conquest. Those made by the village…

Terra-cotta head, from Paestum. Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'a votive offering? or a Lar?'

Pottery head, with headdress and slanting eyes.

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

Flat axe head.

Flute in carved wood, was described by Nockells as a 'nose instrument'. Carved decoration of faces (3, and in relief).

Three pieces of carved ivory, tied together, with anthropomorphic decoration. Michie (1887) describes this as a 'Piece of carved bone from Otaheite', Reid (1912) as 'Work of art in elaborately carved ivory', Hunt (1981) as a 'Fly-whisk handle'.

Model of the foot of a Chinese female, in plaster of Paris, with silk bandage and shoe. Michie (1887) 'Models of the compressed feet of a Chinese Lady.' Reid (1912): 'Foot of Chinese female, left, distorted.'