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Brass bell with an orange braided string, and a striker.

Brass water pipe for smoking tobacco

Wood carved with a spiral design and heavily varnished, capped with stamped silver-colored metal. Possibly the handle of a European-style umbrella or walking stick.

A pair of brass vases, similar to those used in offering flowers on home altars.

Maedate (decorative device for a helmet) in copper- and silver-colored metal. Cloud patterns separate a crescent and disk.

Man astride a horse, bearded, and dressed in the clothes of a Taoist immortal. The horse has a high saddle, elaborate tack, and a long blanket draped over its back.

This is a carved bronze plate showing the caretaker and the Torii. It was probably not used in religious practice, but rather sold as a souvenir. On the left, a caretaker with a broom looks up at the sky. On the right, a pigeon is pecking at the…

Doll figurine of a woman holding an umbrella. The umbrella is missing. She is in a pose that suggests movement, probably dancing, with her head tipped to the side and her hands raised. Her hair is swept up in a style typical of the 18th or 19th…

This is a bowing Korean doll wearing a formal orange hanbok with a headpiece and hair accessories. Her face is pale and made up with blush, eyeliner and lipstick. Two distinguishing features of this doll are the red dot on her forehead and the beauty…

A male and female dancer in the national dress of Thailand. A gold paper label affixed to the stand reads "Made in Thailand."