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  • Collection: Collecting the world

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miniature amphora (imperfect - handles missing), black-figure , showing male and female figures, in glazed red clay.

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Two glass test-tubes, filled with mosaic tesserae (in various shades of blue, red, yellow, green, black and white), stoppered with cottonwool and mounted on a card label: 'Ancient Mosaic Tesserae Rome'

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Mummy of a female child in brown hempen swathings, one side coated in starch of rye, no appearance of boiling.

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Mummy of female (24-30yrs) called Thesaberu, wrapped in brown linen in anthropoid coffin of wood. Remains of a blue and white beaded net over chest on outside of mummy wrapping. Coffin lid is painted, head mask raised and painted red-brown. Although…

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Necklace/pendant: chain and loop decoration with many loops. Prison work. Coloured beads (black, white, red) set out as one red bead between two white beads at the end of each loop.

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Shell beads strung together as a necklace.

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Gold pendant ornament Mixtec style, Oaxaca, Mexico, A.D.1400-1500 The Mixteca were supreme artists in gold and lapidary work. This small mask, with the face of beaten plate and cast pendant ear ornaments, resembles some of the magnificent gold items…

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Pen made from reed.

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Photograph of James Grant, 'Grant Bey', in an oval mount and ornate frame.
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