Browse Items (802 total)

  • Collection: Collecting the world

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One of two water bottles, in baked clay.

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Carved chalk, stylised human head, phallic shape, planes of face carved, features incised and drilled. Traces of blue pigment and red pigment.

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Carved chalk figure, stylised human head: cylinder with planes of face carved, and features incised.

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Carved wooden object. Michie (1887) describes this as a dirk, Reid (1912) as a dagger, Hunt (1981) as a weaving peg. Inscription: In ink on the point in cursive style: New Zealand dirk

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Stock of strips sewn together, wooden handle with ivory butt.

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One of two carved and gilded wooden panels, showing central Buddha figure, seated in lotus position, on left another figure also seated in lotus position, on right a standing figure, all surrounded by other figures (human and animal), all in…

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One of two carved and gilded wooden panels, showing central Buddha figure, seated in lotus position, two other figures also seated in lotus position, and surrounded by other figures (human and animal), all in remarkable detail.

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Woodcarving, inlaid with ivory, similar to work on altar screen in church of St. George, Old Cairo.

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Robert Wilson's writing set - small table-top desk with carrying handle, 2 glass bottles for ink, drawer at the front, letter opener, blotter, candle holder.
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