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Part of wooden panel or bar.

Title Part of wooden panel or bar.

Material wood

Pressmark MAS.719
Part of carved wooden pilaster.

Title Part of carved wooden pilaster.

Material wood

Pressmark MAS.721
Arrow-head, stemmed, with a triangular body. Made of bronze.

Title Arrow-head, stemmed, with a triangular body. Made…

Pressmark MAS.730

Item type arrow
Object made of a wooden stick around which a coarse string is wound. The usage is unclear.

Title Object made of a wooden stick around…

Pressmark MAS.733
Skewer made of iron. The object is straight with a circular handle.

Title Skewer made of iron. The object is…

Pressmark MAS.734
Arrow-head made of bronze with a triangular body.

Title Arrow-head made of bronze with a triangular…

Pressmark MAS.735
Wedge, made of wood with a little loop at the widest end. Traces of black paint are still visible.

Title Wedge, made of wood with a little…

Pressmark MAS.738
Part of a fire-lighting equipment. This is a fragmentary wooden board with ten carved notches. Into these notches a wooden shaft was inserted and then spun with the hands, eventually creating heat through friction.

Title Part of a fire-lighting equipment. This is…

Pressmark MAS.742
Wooden apparatus of unknown usage. It consists of two upright pieces of wood which are held in place by two parallel cross-pieces tenoned into them. Between those pieces is a roller into which a slit has been cut. Stein (1921a, 771) suggests that the apparatus was used in connection with weaving or spinning. Fur further information see curator's comment.

Title Wooden apparatus of unknown usage. It consists…

Pressmark MAS.747
Wooden block. The object has an octagonal shape and six round holes drilled into the upper side. Traces of black paint are visible on the outside. The use of the object is not entirely clear but it could be some sort of incense holder.

Title Wooden block. The object has an octagonal…

Pressmark MAS.749
Figure. The shape of this wooden object resembles a snake with the scales painted in black ink. The animal holds a string of fibre in its mouth. The exact use of the objetc is unclear.

Title Figure. The shape of this wooden object…

Pressmark MAS.750
Wooden bracket for hanging equipment or clothing. Crescent-shaped on one end, the edge of one crest is rounded. The incised patterns on two sides mainly consist of curved and zigzag lines, traces of yellow and blue pigments remain.;

Title Wooden bracket for hanging equipment or clothing.…

Pressmark MAS.751
Rectangular seal case made of carved wood. The centre is hollowed out and three grooves have been sawn into two opposing sides. These were meant to hold the string which kept the seal in place.;

Title Rectangular seal case made of carved wood.…

Pressmark MAS.760
Pen, made from the branch of a tree. For the carving of the tip, the bark has been peeled away.

Title Pen, made from the branch of a…

Pressmark MAS.761
Arrowhead made of bronze with a triangular body. The stem is made of iron, the tip is very worn.

Title Arrowhead made of bronze with a triangular…

Pressmark MAS.762

Item type arrow
Wooden bracket for hanging equipment or clothing. Slightly curved on two ends, the edge of one end is rounded. The incised patterns on two sides mainly consist of curved lines, traces of yellow and blue pigments remain.;

Title Wooden bracket for hanging equipment or clothing.…

Pressmark MAS.763
Rectangular seal case made of carved wood. The centre is hollowed out and three grooves have been sawn into two opposing sides. These were meant to hold the string which kept the seal in place.;

Title Rectangular seal case made of carved wood.…

Pressmark MAS.764
Rectangular seal case made of carved wood. The centre is hollowed out and three grooves have been sawn into two opposing sides. These were meant to hold the string which kept the seal in place.It is also preserved.

Title Rectangular seal case made of carved wood.…

Material wood

Pressmark MAS.765
Rectangular seal-case made of wood. The centre has been sawn out in a square.

Title Rectangular seal-case made of wood. The centre…

Pressmark MAS.766
Sample of calcined reeds, originally coming from a stack of fascines.

Title Sample of calcined reeds, originally coming from…

Pressmark MAS.767
Noose made of a coarse rope. The rope is bent double and plaited together to make a rope of double size.

Title Noose made of a coarse rope. The…

Pressmark MAS.768
Arrowhead made of bronze with a triangular body and an iron stem. The tip is very worn.

Title Arrowhead made of bronze with a triangular…

Pressmark MAS.769

Item type arrow
Roughly square seal case made of wood. The centre is hollowed out and in two opposing sides, three grooves have been sawn. These were meant to hold the string, which is also preserved and was used to keep the seal in place.

Title Roughly square seal case made of wood.…

Pressmark MAS.771
Wooden bracket for hanging equipment or clothing. Slightly curved on one end, painted in black and red on three sides. On two sides the decoration consists of a black circle with a red centre as well as several straight and curved lines in black. The underside is decorated with smaller curved lines. The decoration is not clearly identifiable, but it could be some sort of feathered animal.;

Title Wooden bracket for hanging equipment or clothing.…

Material wood

Pressmark MAS.772

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