Ceremonial shields
Cake rollers
Oil bottles (bottles (food service))
Camel furniture (land transport: animal furniture)
Cutting tools
Cartridge containers
Camel furniture (land transport: animal powered)
Paddy boats
Candles (ritual & belief)
Panniers (donkey furniture)
Cauterising tools
Panniers (horse furniture)
Armguards
Altars (ritual & belief: religious buildings & furnishings)
Censers
Parade knives (knives (weapons: edged))
Bust, carrying sack on heads
Canoes (water transport: accessories)
Bust, man with caps
Pack ropes (animal furniture)
Apple corers
Oil spreaders
Spatulas (medical science)
Spatulas (lacquerworking)
Barley hummelers
Spatulas (painting)
Bags (land transport: animal powered)
Shuttlecocks
Return hooks
Paddle steamers
Bailers (water transport: equipment)
Pack trees
Rice bags (bags (food processing & storage))
Punch bowls (bowls (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking))
Packs (camel furniture)
Resin containers
Pallone gauntlets
Books (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus)
Axe/adzes
Book covers (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus)
Axe/adze blade holders
Secret daggers (daggers (weapons: edged))
Paint pots
Pall mall mallets
Potato carriers (carriers (food processing & storage))
Nuggars
Blowpipe pellet moulds
Nutmeg boxes (boxes (food processing & storage))
Reins (animal furniture)
Posset drinking containers (drinking containers (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking))
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.
The database retains language taken from historical documents to help research. Please note that some records may feature language and reflect systems of thinking that are outdated and offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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