Sago peg with carved, painted head. Peg is split from its tapered bottom to midpoint, where it is wrapped with a wide band of woven rattan as well as two thin rings also of woven rattan. Its top is painted a dark brown with areas of lacquering, and carved into the heads of a human and a bird. Two...

Ceremonial yam mask. Object is made of tightly woven plant fibre covered in thick paint. A wide lower rim takes an oblong shape, topped by a tall circular body in the shape of an eye with brown pupil surrounded by rings of rust-orange, white and dark yellow. The eye is edged by a thin, stiff spin...

Woven string bag (bilum). Bilum is wide and curved at the base, narrowing toward mouth where a thin handle is attached at each side. The bag is dyed in horizontal strips of pink, light tan and brown. At centre on both sides are undulating lines in dark pink interspersed with checks. Back of bag h...

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO...

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned, with a cross between their heads; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVST’; to right, it is illegible. R...

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription is difficult to make out due to its small size, but it most likely says ‘DNIV...

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, ‘NVSPPAVC’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in ...

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, ‘NVSPP’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a v...

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, ‘NVSPP’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a v...

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: Justin II, on left, and Sophia, on right, both enthroned; Justin II holds a globus cruciger; Sophia holds a cruciform sceptre; both rulers have haloes; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, ‘NVSPP’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a v...