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31.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm (589 g)

Decorated ceramic meat pounder with plain wooden handle. The head has a flared shape with two circular bases. The larger of the two has a textured surface consisting of small, pyramid-like projections. The smaller base is flat except for a small, circular, metal insert in the middle. The sides are decorated with blue glaze over the white background. There are five thin bands near each base and a floral design in the middle. The handle has a cigar-like shape, but is more bulbous near the head and at the end. There is a notch about 5 centimeters away from the head.

26.3 x 17.2 x 15.1 cm (1270 g)

Wooden, rectangular container with a drawer and metal handle. The top and bottom bases extend out. The edges of the sides join in a zigzagged pattern. The shallow drawer is near the bottom and has a black knob. The metal grinding handle is attached at the top of the container. It has a wide, circular base decorated with flowers and arching lines in a regular pattern. There is a small handle extending from the metal base and attaching near the edge of the wooden container.

9.8 x 4.5 cm (34 g)

Small clear, plastic hourglass encased in a wooden cylinder with two oval windows and wider, flaring bases. The wood is decorated with carved flowers and small incisions. There is a five-petal flower on each base and two flowers with attached vines with six leaves between the windows. The small incisions are around the oval cutouts and the bases. The sand in the hourglass is reddish in color.

24.4 x 1.2 cm (39 g)

A thin, oblong shaped ring, wrapped in varying colors of leather-like material. The ring is joined on one end by a thick, rectangular prism of dark brown leather material. On one face, there is a diamond line design, with a thin line running perpendicular to and through the rest of the design. There are two triangular ends, connected by four horizontal lines. The reverse side has diagonal beige stitches lengthwise. On either side of the leather band are black and white alternating diagonal wrappings. The wrappings are covering medium brown colored sections of leather material. These are the thinnest sections on the ring. The interior of the ring has beige diagonal stitching, similar to that on the dark brown, patterned section. The brown sections overlap, and attach to each other by small wrapped areas.

35 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm (49 g)

A brown, leather tassel with a wrapped, di-colored handle. The handle is made of two circular sticks wrapped in white and yellow material. On one face, there is a smaller, curled, alternating yellow and green wrapping. Both ends of the white and yellow wrapped areas are bordered by horizontal, alternating white and black bands. There are two black and three white bands on the top, and four black and five white bands on the body side. There are two sets of lengths of dark brown leather tassels. The first is short, and clustered around an oval shaped piece of leather material, only visible from one side. The rest of the tassels are three times the length of the smaller group. The tassels are made of dark brown leather straps, approximately a quarter centimeter in width.

41 x 6.6 x 2.5 cm (72 g)

A dark brown leather tassel with three wrapped areas that comprise a handle. The handle has two red and one green wrapped, circular sticks, which are all topped with alternating six white and five black horizontal lines wrappings. They are connected in the center by two white and one black wrapped bands. There are gold vertical patterns on each of the three pieces of the handle. The handle is connected to the tassels by four black and five white wrappings, followed by two thick black leather bands. One set of dark brown tassels emerge from in between the two black bands, and a second set of dark brown tassels emerge from underneath the second black band. The second set of tassels are connected to a large, teardrop shaped piece of leather material, only visible from one side of the tassel. There is a cylindrical, leather wrapped post that stems from the handle, with beige stitching. The post has an off-white leather band just above a third section of dark brown tassels

28.2 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm (95 g)

A thin, rectangular piece of stained brown wood with four pegs and a hole in the surface. One face has four protruding, circular pegs at one end, each staggered, and a drilled hole at the opposite end. On the reverse face, there are three flattened circles of wood and one small hole near one edge, and the drilled hole from the opposite side.

25 x 11.1 x 4.5 cm (492 g)

A wooden door lock, rectangular shaped, with five triangular points at one end and two protruding sections on one face. There are drilled holes through the protrusions that widen on the reverse face. One protrusion is rectangular, and covers the short edge without triangular points. The second protrusion is rectangular shaped with a smaller rectangular section missing on one side of the longer edge. There are small carved lines on the interior edges of the protrusions. On the reverse, flat face of the door lock, there are eight carved lines, paired in two parallel lines, that result in a rectangular shape, and two carved lines that run perpendicular to the five points.

32.8 x 7.7 x 3.8 cm (342 g)

A piece of stained wood block, cut in a rectangular shape with a thin, rectangular piece cut from one long edge. One face has a large rectangular depression from one of the shorter edges across two thirds of the length. The longer edge opposite the rectangular missing section is dark brown, knotted wood. There are a few similar knots throughout the piece. On one section of the long edge of the lock with the missing rectangular section, there are four staggered, drilled holes. On the reverse face, there is a protruding square section on one of the smaller edges with carvings. There are four sections of two parallel lines that connect to form a square, with a carved “X” in the center. On the reverse end, there are some oblong shaped depressions in the wood, as well as dark brown colored knots.

11.9 x 3.3 x .8 cm (26 g)

A long, thin, dark brown and red rusted nail with a flat, circular top. The nail body is bent throughout, and blunted at the tip. The head is circular with some areas of erosion and staining.

2.8 x .7 cm (<1 g)

A small, grayish brown, cylindrical wood peg with smooth sides and jagged edges. The diameter of the peg changes, and one edge is smaller than the other.

6 x 3 x 2.4 cm (24 g)

A small, light brown colored, rectangular wooden block with four staggered drilled holes through two of the longer sides.

2.9 x .7 cm (<1 g)

A small, grayish brown, cylindrical wood peg with smooth sides and jagged edges. The diameter of the peg changes, and one edge is smaller than the other.

2.8 x .7 cm (<1 g)

A small, grayish brown, cylindrical wood peg with smooth sides and jagged edges.

2.8 x .7 cm (<1 g)

A small, grayish brown, cylindrical wood peg with smooth sides and jagged edges. The diameter of the peg changes, and one edge is smaller than the other.

14.9 x 13.1 x 1.2 cm (243 g)

An oval, flat ivory bracelet with a circular hole in the center and a textured gold and black mottled plate on each face. The ivory is covered in small, dark gray lines throughout of varying sizes and shapes. There are larger cracked lines on both spaces, darker gray to black colored, which are cracked through the entire bracelet. The plates are in approximately the same space on either face. One plate has two curved bulges in the center, and the other has two protruding holes in the center. Each plate is textured with small bumps and black mottles in between the textures. The rims of the bracelet are smooth and convex, with gray lines throughout.

12 x 5.5 cm (110 g)

Part with a series of greenware bowls pulled together to demonstrate creation and decoration of such vessels. APH 1/24/08 Small greenware bowl with decoration. The exterior has a geometric diamond-shape design painted in red and light orange with the greenware color background. On the interior there is a repeating hexagonal pattern in light orange, with thinner lines than on the exterior. Both the bottom of the interior and exterior are an orange color.

10.5 x 5.1 x 3.9 cm (109 g)

Small, shallow bowl with a round base. The outside of the bowl is decorated. Where the bowl starts to widen out there are 5 alternating taupe and orange colored horizontal stripes. Above that, there is a zig-zag pattern made of taupe lines. There are two orange horizontal stripes at the top with vertical taupe marks connecting them. The inside of the bowl is decorated around the rim with diamond shapes. The background of the interior is white colored.

12.5 x 4.6 cm (124 g)

Small greenware bowl, partially decorated in tan, brown and orange. On the interior of the bowl there is a geometric pattern started, in dark brown, on a grayish-tan background. This pattern is in a band in the top half of the interior near the rim. On the exterior, there is an orange-brown background color with a grayish-tan diamond shaped pattern.

11.5 x 4.4 cm (95 g)

Small greenware bowl with slip. Bowl is an orange-brown color on the exterior, and a light tan color on the interior. the bowl has a small rim at the base.

12.4 x 4.3 cm (108 g)

Small greenware bowl painted with orange-brown paint on the exterior and a gray-tan color on the interior. Bowl has a small, slightly extended solid foot. There is a small chip interrupting the lip.

9.9 x 4.1 cm (78 g)

Small greenware bowl, painted with brown and orange. On the exterior, there is a geometric design that resembles “X” shapes, with brown and orange paint, and orange borders. On the interior, there are three bands of zig-zag patterns, also with brown and orange paint. At the bottom interior of the bowl are two designs, both are linear with shorter line segments crossing it perpendicularly.

10.3 x 5.9 cm (104 g)

Small, footed, tan colored bowl. The greenware has some slight color variation, but is mostly uniform throughout the bowl. The bowl part is fairly shallow, with the foot being about the same height as it.

11.6 x 4.5 cm (186 g)

Small, tan clay bowl, made from coiling clay. There are a few areas on the rim that are chipping, exposing a lighter colored clay. The rim is not quite evenly horizontal. The coiling is clearly seen on the interior of the bowl.

15.8 x 6.8 x 6.2 cm (170 g)

Painted ceramic bird figurine. The beak, two dots between the eyes, interior of the eyes, interior outline of the wings, and some dots inside the wings are red. The bottom of the bird, the exterior outline of the eyes and the exterior outline of the wings are yellow. The head and some dots inside the wings are light brown. The end of the tail and the outlining lines of the tail are dark brown. The stripes on the tail are orange. The rest of the body is white. There are seven holes in the figurine- one on the bottom, four on the sides, one on the top, and one in the beak.