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Overlooked wooden box at UK museum turns out to be ‘very rare’ 300-year-old item
One of those belongings — a small wooden box — turned out to be a “very rare” 300-year ... Most of the box and its curved lid is covered in intricate floral designs with a brown edge. Barniz de Pasto ...
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Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
The rounded form lines and ovoids express the form of the whale beautifully. Can you see the design that was painted over? Compare the ovoid forms on the four boxes above. One is very rounded, the ...
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An Unusual Wooden Box of Unknown Function Found in a Huge Bronze Age Village in Northern France
In the Hauts-de-France region, archaeologists have discovered a massive village inhabited between the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age. This settlement, which spans more than three ...
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Overlooked wooden box at UK museum turns out to be ‘very rare’ 300-year-old item
A wooden box on display at Rudyard Kipling’s former ... Most of the box and its curved lid is covered in intricate floral designs with a brown edge. Barniz de Pasto is an “ancient practice ...