Bowl made from the capsule shell of a brazil nut. Top of shell has been shorn off to create an even rim, and woody bark has been removed, leaving exterior of shell smooth, with some natural scarring. A low, small round foot has been carved into the base of the shell. Interior is smooth. (Part of ...

Beaded headdress made of shiny iridescent purple fabric, with a thick band that wraps around the forehead, a connected narrower band extending across the top of the head, and from this a third band extends from the centre of head to forehead. Each band is decorated with several lines of gold, whi...

Dress made of a shiny iridescent purple fabric, sleeveless, of knee length, with a wide collar and button front. Skirt is pleated at back and flares toward bottom. Three decorative flaps sit at waist on hips and centre back, with tassels made of plastic beads hanging from their bottoms. Decorativ...

Byzantine coin of Anastasius I, 491-518. Obverse: bust of Anastasius I, facing right; to left, inscription says ‘ST’. Reverse: large ‘E’.

Byzantine coin of Tiberius II Constantine, 578-582. Obverse: bust of Tiberius II Constantine, facing front; he wears a helmet and a cuirass. Reverse: large ‘I’; to left and right, crosses.

Byzantine coin of Constans II, 641-668, shaped like a square. Obverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Constans II, with beard; he wears military attire; to left, he holds a long staff topped with a globe and cross; to right, Constantine IV, his son; he wears a chlamys and is wit...

Byzantine coin of Heraclius, 610-641. Obverse: two busts, facing forward; to left, Heraclius, with beard and crown with cross; to right, his son and heir, Heraclius Constantine, without beard but with crown with cross; between their heads, another cross. Reverse: large ‘I’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a v...

Byzantine coin of Justin I and Justinian I, 527. Obverse: bust of Justin I, facing right; he wears a diadem and cuirass; to left, inscription says ‘DN’; to right, ‘NVSIVSTINIA’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, right, and above, crosses; beneath, ‘B’; exergue difficult to read, possibly ‘NIKM’?

Byzantine coin of Justinian I, 527-565. Obverse: bust of Justinian I, facing right; he wears a cuirass; to left and right, inscription says ‘DNIVSTINIANVS…PAVC’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, crescent opening upwards; to right, star; above, cross; beneath, ‘E’; in exergue, ‘ANTIX’.

Byzantine coin of Maurice Tiberius, 582-602. Obverse: bust of Maurice Tiberius, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a cuirass; to left, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘AVRICPPAV’. Reverse: large ‘I’; to left, ‘[A]NNO’ in a vertical posit...