Wall pockets
Forceps (domestication of animals)
Divination sticks
Kris (daggers (weapons: edged))
Plate warmers
Sankhs
Crucifixes
Bellows (heating devices)
Rkang-glings
Rozhoks
Bow drills
Salpinxes
Yardage
Beads
Doll's dresses
Implosive aerophones
Axe models
Tirucinnams
Canes
Awls
Hair tongs
Shoulder cloths
<locks & enclosures>
Tambuyuks
Tapaes
Shears (general & multipurpose)
Shorts
Khasi
Family and home
Kris (weapons (currency & wealth))
Grape presses
Oil lamps (lamps (lighting devices))
Oil presses
Ember tongs
Dyestuffs (samples (textileworking: dyeing & printing))
Goblet moulds (moulds (metalworking: casting))
Life preservers (clubs (weapons: bludgeon))
Greetings cups (cups (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking))
Body paints (cosmetic samples)
Hack saws (saws (woodworking))
Clippers
Fabric of objects (samples (pottery))
Lids (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking)
Raised sandals (sandals (clothing: footwear))
Pounders (pestles (food processing & storage))
Vegetable strainers (strainers (food processing & storage))
Nyastaranga
<electronic electronic instruments>
Grain pounder models
Phials
Collection Information
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