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Pendant in copper wire, filigree work and inset with green and red glass stones. Worn by Scutari women.

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Crochet and bead work purse, made by prisoners. Textile colour: discoloured grey, discoloured red, and beige and yellow discoloured blue. Beads: green and white striped effect.

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Cross carved by Monks on Mount Athos, Greece, 1910. Engraved with a figure of Christ on the cross, on the obverse the Virgin Mary carrying Infant Jesus in the centre, with Cherubim on left and right arms of the cross

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Oblong wooden box with sliding lid with cross. Containing a scene with two religious figures.

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Wooden box, decorated with a carved picture of a house and inlaid work on the border.

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pop.gun.jpg
Pop-gun, in wood, having end of piston shredded to fit tube tightly.

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Notched wooden stick used by bakers in counting out loaves of bread

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Iron collar to protect dogs from wolves.

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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.

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

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