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The maritime world of Asia
The Indian Ocean and the South China Sea have influenced and
supported a huge variety of societies. People throughout the region are closely connected to the ocean, its resources and its dangers. Traders, pilgrims and migrants have always moved across and around this vast maritime space. They created complex ties of trade, language, religion and culture.
Find out more about the Traders gallery
- Name
- Artist / Maker
- Date made
- ID
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Bronze muzzleloading smoothbore lantakaUnknownearly 19th century (probably)D5(29)C
Bronze muzzleloading smoothbore lantaka. Calibre: 1in.
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Qibla indicatorUnknown18th century36-649
Qibla indicator, comprising a round brass box with a hinged lid and an inset magnetic compass. An invocation of Imam Ja'far (al-) Sadiq, the sixth Shiite Imam (died AD 765) is given in the centre of the inside of the…
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ChikutoUnknownAAA2798
Chikuto. A bamboo sword as used in kendo formed of four shaped pieces of bamboo held together by leather bands and by a hide handle with a guard from which a piece of gut ran the length of the sword…
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Painted wooden maskUnknownAAA2801
Painted wooden mask with pointed teeth and attached fibre moustache (possibly goat hair).
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Cargo vessel; Junk; Pechili TraderUnknowncirca 19381938-1378A
Scale: Unknown. A Full hull model of a type of Northern Chinese junk known as a Pechili Trader (or also as a Kiangsu Trader, Shantung Trader or Shantung Five-masted junk). The model is built plank on frame and largely finished…
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Cargo vessel; Cargo boatUnknownBefore 1894AAE0170
Scale: Unknown. A model of a Japanese cargo boat built demonstrating the Yamato-Gata, or the frameless plank, tradition. The model is made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings, and is unpainted, apart from specific details painted matt…
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Cargo vessel; Sambuk dhowUnknownBefore 1954AAE0175
Scale: about 1:22. A model of a sambuk dhow made entirely of wood and partly painted in realistic colours, the remainder is varnished. The hull is light blue at the waterline with black boot-topping and keel. The remainder of the…
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Vasco da Gama, circa 1460-1524Fonseca, Antonio Manuel da18384G10.031
A half-length portrait to right, with the sitter wearing a breastplate, red-lined fur coat, gold-laced and slashed. He has a blue and gold turban, and around his neck the cross of Commander of the Portuguese Military Order of Christ. This…