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  • Collection: Collecting the world

sheperd's crook.jpg
Shepherd's crook in wood, decoration: incised cross-hatching and diagonal lines, figure on the back, 'said to be that of a goddess'. Hasluck: 'A Shepherd's Crook. This specimen was carved in a village near Larissa, but the industry is common all over…

apron.jpg
Apron, in tapestry work, decorated with copper, beads and copper wire. Bulgaria or Yugoslavia? (see Museum's 'Slip Catalogue).

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saddle bag.jpg
Saddle-bag in plush and leather. Various designs in red, navy blue and fawn.

tray.jpg
Large round tray, beaten copper, tinned after engraving with two interlocking triangles in centre. Moslem date engraved on margin, and Arabic inscription.

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dish.jpg
Round dish used as a hanging decoration ('hoel'). Decoration: woman in centre, long dress, floral design, (black) drawing, other colours: white, brown, green, yellow.

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headdress.jpg
Bride's head-dress in tapestry. Profusely decorated with beads and coins. In use in villages in mountains. Bulgaria or Yugoslavia?

postage stamps.jpg
Turkish stamps, one hundred and nine, surcharged with the Albanian double-headed eagle after Albania declared her independence on November 28th, 1912.

spindle.whorl63205.jpg
Spindle whorl, decorated with floral and geometric designs, and figures of birds, in boxwood. Used in spinning.

Ptah.jpg
Figure of Ptah-Sokar in green glazed ware.

Ptah Sokar Osiris.jpg
Figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, originally painted, gilded and inscribed, crown missing, hawk in front
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