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  • Collection: Collecting the world

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Distaff, decorated with incised floral and geometrical designs in wood dated 1915. Pindus Mountains, Greece.

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Triangular shape, made from a square folded over and stitched, with cord of plaited threads for suspension.

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White goatskin bag, drone and chanter made of wood. Reeds in straw.

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Triangular shaped amulet, waxed canvas and waxed paper, text written in arabic in ink by Mohammedan Lodjers. Used as a charm against illness. Hasluck: 'Amulets for illness. From various places in Albania. All written by Mohammedan Lodjers, but those…

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Sample of small pieces of fur sewn together. From Kastoria, W. Macedonia. Hasluck: 'Kastoria has an almost unique industry. Snippets of furs are bought from the workrooms of Europe and sent to Kastoria, where the unworn parts are cut up by skilful…

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Heart-shaped silver votive offering dedicated for sickness of the part represented, for a cure when ill.

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Eye-shaped silver votive offering dedicated for sickness of the part represented, for a cure when ill.

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Leg/bone-shaped silver votive offering dedicated for sickness of the part represented, for a cure when ill.

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Child-shaped silver votive offering dedicated for sickness of the part represented, for a cure when ill.
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