Browse Items (802 total)

  • Collection: Collecting the world

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

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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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…

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

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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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cap hat.jpg
Black leather hat, decorated with embossed white metal band, brass eyelets, gold lace etc.

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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horse figure.jpg
Little ceramic horse, with a hole in back, flower decoration. Colours: white, brown, yellow, green, blue.

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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…

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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