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Coarse sunbaked vase. Museum's slip catalogue quotes Thomson 'found under stream of lava on Mount Albano by Signor Carnivallieri who gave it me. It represents a wine skin.'

Jug (or askos) in red clay with black glaze, used for feeding lamps with oil. Nola manufacture.

Kris with straight, double-edged, damascened blade in steel. Carved wooden handle. Carved wooden sheath bearing symbols in black ink. Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'Madurese Kris. The letters on the sheath are the 'chop' of a Chinese pawnbrokers. Mr Arthur…

Large hat, pink/red border. Thomson: 'Toedung or hat from Bashee Isles'.

Kris with straight, double-edged damascened blade in steel. Carved wooden handle in form of female figure with flowing robes. Carved wooden scabbard with head decorated with birds, flowers etc. in black, red, gold and blue.

Kris with ornate damascened wavy blade bearing figure of rampant lion. Carved wooden handle and scabbard. Thomson's Catalogue, p96: 'Madurese kris. Mr Arthur Fraser.' Arthur Fraser was Thomson's brother-in-law, a 'merchant in Java'.

Kris with ornate, double-edged, wavy, damascened blade bearing figure of head of lion or dragon. Carved ivory handle and red painted wooden scabbard.

Kris with straight damascened, double-edged steel blade. Carved wooden handle and scabbard.

Blow-pipe and spear combined. Steel spear-head and brass fore-sight are attached to the shaft with cane lashings, metal plate as rear-sight is missing. Blow-pipe forms the shaft. Illustrated in Ogston (1884-1929) Volume 3.

Steel blade, guard in the form of two gilded animals, long wooden shaft painted in red, black and yellow. Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'Spear - Gold mounted - from Sumatra - bought from Major Ondaatje.'