Spoon, engraved with floral and geometrical designs, in beech wood. From the Pindus Mountains, Greece.
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Spoon, engraved with figure of double-headed eagle and human face, in boxwood. Made in prison at Corfu, Macedonia.
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Beech wood bowl, used by travellers for holding cheese
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Spindle whorl, decorated with floral and geometric designs, and figures of birds, in boxwood. Used in spinning.
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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 dedicated to Christ.
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Wooden 'reaping hand' used when shearing with a hook. Colour: brown. Shape: pin, narrow wing, 4 holes, oval.
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Scare-devil in cloth and wood. Used to scare away evil eye from bee hives.
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Black cylindrical coffee container with sliding plate to cover entrance. Rod through centre with sharp end.
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Black leather belt, decorated with serrated white leather insertion, black enamelled studs and embossed geometrical designs, with a money pocket.
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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 porringer attached for maize bread and milk, or maize flour and milk. Spoon to follow later. From Shala (Roman Catholic tribe) in N E Albania.'
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