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adornment: comb
Anchor model
armament, ethnographic: arrow
armament, ethnographic: blowpipe
armament, ethnographic: bow
armament, ethnographic: chikuto(Japanese sword)
armament, ethnographic: spear
armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver, Bhotanu
armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver, blowpipe
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commemorative artifact: fan
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documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
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land transport: sledge, dog
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personal gear: cane, bamboo
personal gear: fan
personal gear: umbrella
personal gear: walking stick
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presentation artifact: fan
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water transport: cargo vessel: barge (Indo-China)
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, coasting (Java)
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, duck (China)
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, flower (Chinese)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, pole (Foochow)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, river (Upper Yangtze)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, trading (Pehili)
water transport: hunting vessel: whaleboat (tena - Indonesia)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: boat, six mat (China)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: Liu-pieng Ch'uan (six mat boat)
water transport: native craft: canoe, birch bark (North American Indian)
water transport: native craft: canoe, crooked
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Soloman Islands)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger dugout (Te Puke)
water transport: native craft: dinghy (Bangladesh)
water transport: native craft: market boat (Ceylon)
water transport: native craft: raft (Formosa)
water transport: passenger vessel: boat (Japanese)
water transport: sailing vessel: bhooti (East Africa)
water transport: sailing vessel: boat (Japan)
water transport: sailing vessel: dhow (East Africa)
water transport: unknown: boat
water transport: unknown: boat (Japanese)
water transport accessory: killick
water transport accessory: model, killick
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metal: unknown
organic: bamboo
organic: bark
organic: bone
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organic: horn
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Goss, James
Keraf, Rofinas Sifo
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William Starling and Sons
Ya, Tung
Yoshimitsu
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Anglo-Nepalese War, 1814-1816
China's War against Pirates, 1862
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Old Stan's fl.1922
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Ringdove 1856 (HMS)
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Ampuhamy, H. A. D. Newton
Barker, Paymaster Leonard Richard
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Blundell, G. C.
British Antarctic Survey
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Fisher, John Arbuthnot
Fowler, Robert
Goss, James
Japanese Army
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Patterson, Thomas C.
Prentice, Gladys
Royal Collection Trust
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Union-Castle Line
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Thames Rowing Gig (Unknown tool)
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Cargo vessel; Pole junk (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set)
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Chikuto (Chikuto)
Cargo vessel; Junk, river (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set)
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