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Round flask, made of carved wood, wooden stopper, leather handle.

Shelves set in each other & bowed twig at the head end. A long narrow hole as a handle-hold on both of the long sides, these sides decorated with a pattern of regular lines and stylised flowers. This is one of four cradles collected from Albania by…

Doll, dressed in the ordinary costume of the Vallahadhes, Yanina in Epirus, West Macedonia.

Circular alms-dish, in tinned copper. Shows Eve handing apple to Adam with serpent entwined round tree. Greek inscription on inside of dish. From Mount Athos, Greece.

Wooden spade-shaped implement, used for beating clothes when washing. Kosovo work.

Triangular, black amulet, decorated with embroidery, beads and gold lace in circles and loops, with coloured rope: green, pink, yellow, orange, purple and brown. Used against illness by Catholics, from Shala, North-East Albania. Note in donor file:…

A cluster of 7 amulets, 2 dark brown, 1 beige, 3 light brown, 1 red striped, cords all twisted together 'against the effects of evil

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

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

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