Door mat
Bed trestle
Bed trestle
Bed board

Chisel (woodworking)
Cabinet
Mattress

Mace (club (weapons: bludgeon))
Bed board
Amphora

Strike-a-light

Chess box

Waistcoat

Adze (woodworking)

Tent rope & hook

Door ornament
Tablecloth
Watch

Bread board
Mortar (food processing & storage)
Brazier

Temple lamp

Temple lamp
Streak plate

Teapot holder
Threshing stick

Sacrificial knife (knife (ritual & belief: thanksgiving & votive offerings))
Digging stick
Thorn picker
Floor felt
Floor felt
Pan (food processing & storage)
Snowshoe
Tent wall panel

Adze (woodworking)
Branding iron

Branding iron
Drawplate
Awl (wire drawing tool)

Beer container (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking)

Knife sheath (sheath (general & multipurpose))
Canoe model
Floor felt
Arrow
Axe (general & multipurpose)
Axe (general & multipurpose)

Axe (general & multipurpose)
Headdress (head ornament)
Sling (general & multipurpose)
Textile (function unknown); textile
Collection Information
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