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Purchased from the Ceylon Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Accession Lot

  • Object[71]
  • no[24]
  • yes[47]
  • no[71]
  • asian[71]
  • arrow[2]
  • axe[3]
  • bow[1]
  • chonka board[1]
  • cowrie[4]
  • dancer's bell[2]
  • die[6]
  • game board[4]
  • game piece[18]
  • hook[2]
  • humming top[2]
  • mancala[1]
  • mancala board[1]
  • mask[4]
  • merells game board[1]
  • model[11]
  • needle[1]
  • playing stick[6]
  • ruler[1]
  • spinning top[3]
  • stick[1]
  • tip cat[4]
  • burma[1]
  • maldives[13]
  • sri lanka[58]
  • 19th century[2]
  • burmese[1]
  • sinhalese[51]
  • vedda[6]
  • boat[2]
  • carrying chair[1]
  • cart[2]
  • cart frame[1]
  • cart roof[1]
  • cart wheel[1]
  • coronet[1]
  • mancala[2]
  • outrigger canoe[3]
  • plow[1]
  • saman[1]
  • yoke[1]
  • bone[3]
  • cloth[2]
  • copper alloy[2]
  • cowrie shell[4]
  • iron[5]
  • ivory[2]
  • metal[3]
  • pigment[2]
  • rattan[2]
  • skin[2]
  • string[2]
  • textile[2]
  • thread[1]
  • wood[54]
  • carved[2]
  • painted[13]
  • woven[1]
  • yes[13]

61 - 71 of 71 Records

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16637B

Dancer's Bell

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16636

Mask

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16638A

Bow

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16798

Needle

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16630

Mask

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16629C

Model

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16799C

Model

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