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A finger woven sash, warp-face, in brown, red/dark orange, beige and dull gold, with very long fringes and a pattern of elongated diamonds. The outer gold lines in the pattern have a very subtle stripe (perpendicular to the length of the sash)…

One of a collection of eight wampum belts from North America.

Small bulb with a frosted window; a "sapphire" window, in a cardboard box.

Sample of pitch?, black substance, mounted on a card label: 'Pitch? found in Oil Shop opposite Baths Pompei 1828'.Inscription: Pitch? found in Oil Shop opposite Baths Pompei 1828

Three lumps of lava, mounted on a card label: 'Lava used in building houses in Pompei'. Thomson's MS Catalogue adds: 'A proof that Vesuvius a volcano before AD 79'. Inscription: Lava used in building houses in Pompei

Specimen of balsam, in a glass test-tube, stoppered with cork and mounted on a card label: 'Balsam used in embalming by Egyptians, from a Mummy'. Inscription: Balsam used in embalming by Egyptians, from a Mummy

Specimen of grey ash, in a glass test-tube stoppered with pink cotton-wool, mounted on a card label: 'Ashes which now fill amphorae of Wine Cellar of Arius Diomedes, Pompei'. Inscription: Ashes which now fill amphorae of Wine Cellar of Arius…