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

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

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

Bread-stamp in wood. Carved by Monks on Mount Athos, Greece, and found in every Greek household. On main side, two compartments for Jesus Christ, one for nine archangels and one for Virgin Mary. The small stamp is a duplicate of the compartment…

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

Beech wood bowl, used by travellers for holding cheese

Spoon, engraved with figure of double-headed eagle and human face, in boxwood. Made in prison at Corfu, Macedonia.

Spoon, engraved with floral and geometrical designs, in beech wood. From the Pindus Mountains, Greece.

Spoon in wood, handle carved with design of animal (fish?). Made by monks on Mount Athos, Greece.

Iron muzzle, half circle with 6 u-shaped spikes. For calves, to make cow kick when they suck and so wean them by force. All over Albania.