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Harpoon arrows
Belts (clothing: accessories); bells
Souvenir; stand (ritual & belief: thanksgiving & votive offerings)

Chess pieces

Carrier (land transport: human powered)

Bowl (food service)

Basket (containers); lid (containers)

Mask (dance & live theatre)
Boat model; river boat

Cream separator

Cream separator

Kava root (sample (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking))

Cream separator

Cream separator

Box (food processing & storage); cream separator

Cream separator

Handle (containers)

Cream separator

Cream separator

Arm ornament

Shell money

Shell money

Torture chair

Pagoda model

Chess piece

Chess piece

Chess piece

Chess piece

Lid (containers)

Chess piece

Chess piece

Armlet (arm ornament)

Bracelet (arm ornaments)

Bracelet (arm ornaments)

Chess piece

Chess piece

Chess piece

Pagoda

Pagoda

Torture chair padlock

Chess pieces

Chess piece

Chess piece

Totem pole

Totem pole

Cream separator

Spoons (general & multipurpose)

Ear ornaments

Diptych

Lucky charms; shoes (clothing: footwear)
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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