Holders (food service)
Saddle bags (animal furniture)
Poi balls
Torture implements
Scrolls (religious texts (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus))
Saddle pads (horse furniture)
Dolls (tattoo illustration)
Safety lamps (lamps (mining))
Saddle coverings
Totem pole models
Phurbus
Shirts (body covering)
Headrings
Plough planes
Wardrobe packs (clothing: accessories)
Hookah pipe brushs
Carts (wheeled toys)
Varnish containers
Slide flutes
Skuduciais
Marimbas
Sakes (cups (communication artefacts))
Spools (loom component)
Poison arrows (arrows (weapons: missiles & projectors))
Sago stirrers
Hearths (firemaking: friction)
Pastry cutters (cutters (food processing & storage))
Temple lamps
Toy food utensils
Sigu nihus
Sake cups (cups (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus))
Travois models
Spearthrowers
Clamps (wire drawing tools)
Patchboxes
Sleigh models (land transport: animal powered)
Sake cup stands (cup stands (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus))
Unidentified objects
Dibhindas
Panniers (camel furniture (land transport: animal powered))
Sailmaking seam pressers
Pocket candles (candles (lighting devices))
Pastry stamps (stamps (food processing & storage))
Pole sweeps (poles (water transport: accessories))
Bells (domestication of animals)
Saddle pads (animal furniture)
Parangs
Slings (general & multipurpose)
Hole making tools
Silbadors
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The database retains language taken from historical documents to help research. Please note that some records may feature language and reflect systems of thinking that are outdated and offensive.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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