Adzes (general & multipurpose)
Adzes (hunting, fishing & trapping)
Bread stirrers
Hearths (bowdrills (firemaking: friction))
Hearths (fire plough)
Areca nut mortars
Hearths (fire-saw)
Alarms
Hearths (firedrill)
Headdress cases
Hot water bottles
Fish scrapers (scrapers (food processing & storage))
Buffalo bells
Ambulance carts
Balls (yarn)
Alarm guns
Areca nut containers
Headgears
Flour bags (bags (food processing & storage))
Fish selling tallies (tallies (calculation & recording))
Buddhist texts
Balls (fibre)
Flour bins (bins (food processing & storage))
Ammunition pouches
Aeroplanes
Ink blocks
Breechings (horse furniture)
Ammunition cases
Agricultural tools
Fish traps (no-return traps)
Headsquares
Bridal gifts
Bullets (cartridges (weapons: ammunition))
Arm coverings
Hooks (curtain fastener)
Hoof plates (horse furniture)
Head veils
Fish lines
Hoof plates (ox furniture)
Head-taking tallies (tallies (calculation & recording))
Tapers (lighting devices)
Hat money
Hoe blades
Bullet moulds
Hatchet knives (knives (weapons: edged))
Fishing nets (nets (hunting, fishing & trapping))
Tapers (ritual & belief: religious buildings & furnishings)
Hollowing drawknives
Flies
Flying fish puzzles
Collection Information
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