Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Textile (Portugal), 19th century

  Part of cover or curtain, of cotton striped in blue and white with printed designs in stripes. In blue, a vase with flowers; in white, groups of dogs alternating with…

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  Lance Point, 19th century

  Long flat head with two rear barbs above series of 15 projecting barbs; the whole above a series of 8 opposed barbs at teh head of the tapering hollow socket.

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  Lance Point, 19th century

  Small spatulate point above series of 77 projecting barbs, the whole above a tapering hollow socket.

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  Lance Point, 19th century

  Flat point with central spine above two fins held close to shank. Shank twisted below and furnished with small projecting barbs above hollow flaring socket decorated with scaled bands. Other…

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  Lance Point, 19th century

  Long spatulate point above series of 16 projecting barbs, the whole terminating in hollow flued socket.

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  Panel (possibly Portugal), 18th century

  White silk floral damask embroidered with scattered animals, birds and insects in colored silks and metal threads. With an embroidered obelisk surmounted by a coronet with serpents on either side.…

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  Floor Tile (possibly Portugal), 16th–early 17th century

  Square tile of buff clay with thin underfired opaque grayish-white glaze. Underglaze blue painting of diagonally placed heraldic shield with eagle and three pointed arches. Above, helmet with plumes, and…

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  Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century

  Long narrow band made from two shorter pieces stitched together. All natural raffia color, in a creamy tone. Three pattern areas of geometric interlacing of alternating bands of textured pile…

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  Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century

  Long band composed of three shorter pieces stitched together. All-over embroidery in irregularly interlaced pattern of bands striped in three shades of brown. One selvage present, other long edge cut…

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  Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century

  Natural, brown, and rust-red strips of plain woven raffia stitched together on long edges, finished with buttonhole embroidery and raffia pompoms.