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  • Collection: Collecting the world

reaping glove.jpg
Wooden 'reaping hand' used when shearing with a hook. Colour: brown. Shape: pin, narrow wing, 4 holes, oval.

scare devil.jpg
Scare-devil in cloth and wood. Used to scare away evil eye from bee hives.

black cylindrical.jpg
Black cylindrical coffee container with sliding plate to cover entrance. Rod through centre with sharp end.

belt.jpg
Black leather belt, decorated with serrated white leather insertion, black enamelled studs and embossed geometrical designs, with a money pocket.

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child's pen.jpg
Components: top with porringer, floor, four legs. Carved decoration on the top and porringer: zigzag, linear, circular. Probable only the top comes from Albania (fragile and different kind of wood). Original label in museum's 'donor' file: 'with…

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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net.jpg
Partridge net in cotton thread and horse's hair. See Additional Notes for more details.

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