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A small ceramic whistle modeled in human form. Facial features and costume details are painted in white, dark red and black. Headdress or hat has a central vertical stripe and oblique hatching lines. Clay loop on back. Whistling chamber opens in foot area with another larger opening in 'chest' area.
Black ceramic stylized bird; rounded back, pointed tail and folded wings which meet the end of the beak that rests on the breast. The eyes are round and recessed; beak and wings have incised liner detailing. One hole under the tail, below the beak; another hole between neck and beak containing remnants of brown fibre twine.
A dagger with a long, tapered, brown and black bone (human? or cassowary?) blade with a modelled red clay handle in the form of a human head. The face is painted black and white and is inlaid with a cowrie shell for each eye. It has a double headband made of cowrie shells and black curly human hair adhered to the 'head'.
A fully modelled ceramic bull of light orange clay, crudely painted white with details in brown paint and green slip. Details of harness and saddle are flat while flowers, tail, tongue etc., are modelled additions. The bull is hollow with a small strap handle in front of the vessel mouth on the animal's back. The loops of fat at the front of the neck, which are part of the ritual cutting and featured prominently.
A fully modeled ceramic church with a domed bell tower and a peaked roof surmounted by a cross. Loosely painted in light and dark brown with details in dark orange and brown. Details of clock and bells are modeled additions.
A very large ceramic church of orange-fired clay, crudely painted in off-white with details in two shades of brown. The single tower with dome and bell is surmounted by a cross. Modelled additions are used for the clock and architectural statues. Five modelled humans appear in three doorways. Some chipping and cracking around the base.
Fouteen spindle whorls threaded on handspun cotton yarn; six are convexly conical, of incised black on orange ceramic; one is flat ceramic disc; four are globular or conical stone (?), these are green (three) and yellow (one). One of the green is half missing and two are decorated with drilled, dotted circles. The yellow is plain. Two whorls are made of yellow shell; one truncated biconical whorl is made of metal and is now covered in green deposit. All whorls have a central hole.
Squatting figure; right arm broken off at torso, right leg, left arm and leg broken off leaving stumps of different lengths; open hollow mouth; hollow nostrils; slanting hollow eyes; slanting forehead; three horn-like appendages, one on top of head, one on each side of head; colour red-brown with light grey neck and front horn-like appendages; light grey circle around right horn-like appendage; hollow with loose material inside; 'R.20.' inscribed in black letters on back.
Ceramic plate ornamented with a snake and lizard in grass, in high relief. Topside in shades of green and grey; underside is dark brown. Highly glazed. Oval stamp on underside reads "F. Gomes D'avellar Caldas da Rainha"; incised number '9' underneath the oval. Foot ring has two holes in it, through which a loop of rough cord is knotted.
Tripod plate with flaring sides and flat bottom. Orange in colour. Some black paint, mostly on the inside. Slip is thin and waxy. Marbling-like texture.