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Gamelan orchestra. "Gendor", composed of eleven metal plates suspended over pipes or tubes, in front a large bird with extended wings and dragons on either side. From Java. Inv. 59-12-28-207
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Gamelan orchestra. "Gendor", composed of eleven metal plates suspended o...

Wooden figure of a hornbill, carved and painted in red, yellow and blue. The bird was fixed to a pole. From the Iban Dyaks, Sariba, Borneo. Inv. 94-4-14-1
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Wooden figure of a hornbill, carved and painted in red, yellow and blue....

Mask of the swan and the white whale."In winter the swan leads the white whale towards the hunter" - the mask is obviously worn for hunting-magic;whales were the usual food for inuit villages.Wood,H:49 cm. Depot du Chateau-musee Boulogne-sur-mer,Inv.988.2.150
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Mask of the swan and the white whale."In winter the swan leads the white wha...

Globular vase with bird. Temprana period, 200 CE.
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Globular vase with bird. Temprana period, 200 CE.

Torah shield - early 18th - silver Three bells, crowned eagles and two lions holding crown From Nuremberg H: 32 cm
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Torah shield - early 18th - silver Three bells, crowned eag...

Besomim box, 1840 - silver - Hebrew inscription: "He, who discerns the Holy and the Profane." (Benediction of Havdalah, the end of Sabbath). From Poland, H: 30 cm
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Besomim box, 1840 - silver - Hebrew inscription: "He, who discerns the Holy an...

Chanukkah lamp (menorah). Silver, eight-headed mythical animal which resembles a peacock. From Germany Height 22.5 cm Inv. 488
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Chanukkah lamp (menorah). Silver, eight-headed mythical animal which re...

Chanukkah lamp (menorah). Silver around 1900. Lamp in form of a tree with leaves and birds, a stag at its base. Height 49 cm Inv. 458
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Chanukkah lamp (menorah). Silver around 1900. Lamp in form of a tree w...

Chanukkah lamp (menorah) around 1700 - silver. Two-headed Austrian eagle (added after 1806), flanked by two rampant lions on flower and acanthus leaves. From Gdansk,Poland H: 22 cm Inv.477
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Chanukkah lamp (menorah) around 1700 - silver. Two-headed Austrian eagl...

Chanukkah lamp (menorah), 1866 Center piece topped by eagle with spread wings From Pest (Budapest) H: 21 cm Inv. 471
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Chanukkah lamp (menorah), 1866 Center piece topped by e...

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage between Leah bat Eliahu and Yehezkiel ben Yosef, is decorated with a traditional Persian symbol,the half-moon face rising over lions. From Isfahan, 1860. Watercolour on paper, 93 x 68 cm
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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage bet...

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract, from Shiraz, Iran, 1925. Roses, birds and the traditional heraldic lions. Paper, 41,3 x 33 cm
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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract, from Shiraz, Iran, 1925. Roses, birds...