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Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4874, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 27.70 grams, 33 mm. Severus Alexander, 247 AD. Anazarbus, Turkey. Obverse: ΑΥΤΚ ΜΑC ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, bust r. laureate. Reverse: ΑΝΑΞ ΕΝΔΟΞ Μ, Emperor l. raising hand in quadriga. Remarks: "Forgery.
Hearst Museum object titled Oya, accession number 9-21232a-d, described as Oya, in process. A and B: 2 flattened tubes of paper forming cross on which thread and beads are wound. C: silk or nylon thread, white, threaded with green glass beads, partially worked to form 236cm L x ~0.5cm W chain of vaguely floral design oy. D: metal crochet hook, very fine hook. Oya were traditionally made using a needle, not crocheted with a crochet hook. “Today other techniques, tatting and crochet, have been substituted for needlelace, because they can create a similar effect in much less time.” (Hickman).

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