Browse the exhibition: Extremes
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Lamp (lighting devices)
Bucket (containers)
Mask (dance & live theatre)
Mask (dance & live theatre)
Beater
Boot
Boot
Fish club (club (hunting, fishing & trapping))
Needle case; textile tool
Harpoon
Shingleback lizard; shingle-back; stumpy tail lizard; pinecone lizard; sleepy lizard (tiliqua rugosa)
Needle case; textile tool
Concertina
Knife (hunting, fishing & trapping)
Parka
Tufted duck (aythya fuligula)
Boots
Doll (pastimes: toys)
Parka
Walrus harpoon
Walrus harpoon
Snow goggles
European mole (talpa europaea)
Leaf nosed bat (phyllostomidae)
Eurasian eagle owl (bubo bubo)
Seal harpoon; sheath (hunting, fishing & trapping)
Harpoon
Bucket (food processing & storage)
Frame drum
Seal harpoon
Snow goggles
Parka
Stopper (containers)
Needle case; textile tool
Lamp (lighting devices)
Doll (pastimes: toys)
Harbour seal (phoca vitulina)
Collection Information
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
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