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Carved schist head of the Buddha The halo, which came to be an inevitable tribute for all Buddhist divinities, probably derives from the ancient Iranian convention of symbolising the celestial light of Ahura Mazda with a disc or sun. From this…

Hat from Java made of palm leaves and straw.

Blow-pipe and spear combined. Steel spear-head and brass fore-sight are attached to the shaft with cane lashings, metal plate as rear-sight is missing. Blow-pipe forms the shaft. Illustrated in Ogston (1884-1929) Volume 3.

A pair of heel-less slippers, leather soles, black fabric uppers heavily embroidered in blue, green and gold metallic thread.

Silver medal awarded to Alexander Thomson of Banchory-Devenick, 1832. Inscription: Aberdeenshire Horticultural Society celery

VASE IV Same style. Obv. Dionysos sitting on folding stool. On each side a satyr, one playing lyre, one dancing. Dionysos holds in right hand a vine branch, in left a cup (perhaps at Kantharos). Rev. Apollo sitting on pillar or high stone, playing…

Wooden figure (imperfect) of goddess Sakauna/Takauna. Inscription: old label on back: Takauna, a great Tongan Goddess

Hawaiian war-god, in basketwork, decorated with red and black feathers, and dog teeth.

Black leather circular shield, ornate gold decoration includes gold bosses and crescents, and patterns around the rim. Buffalo hide.