Page 6 - Loss of the VOC Retourschip Batavia, Western Australia, 1629

Pins ..................................................................................................................................... 174 Lace ends ............................................................................................................................ 174 Buttons ................................................................•..•............................................................ 174 Plain buckles ............................................................................•.......................................... 175 Decorated buckles .............................................................................................................. 175 Slides and belt ends ............................................................................................................ 175 Seals ............................................................................................................•....................... 176 Medallion ............................................................................................................................ 176 Chess piece ......................................................................................................................... 176 Clothing .............................................................................................................................. 177
Supplies for the Company in the Indies........................................................................179 The Batavu. portico ...................................................................................................................... 179 The excavation of the portico fa~ade.................................................................................. 179 Portico door pintles ............................................................................................................. 181 The history of the portico ................................................................................................... 182 Bricks ............................................................................................................................................ 190 Trade items...............................................................................................................................191 UNCERTAIN TRADE •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 191 Bronze mani1las .................................................................................................................. 191 Cwrn...........,............................................................................................................................ 191 Lead bale seals .................................................................................................................... 191 MISCE1.LANEOUS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 193 Bells .................................................................................................................................... 193 Rumble bell ........................................................................................................................ 193 Beads .................................................................................................................................. 193 Copper bun-shaped ingot .................................................................................................... 193 Red coral beads ................................................................................................................... 194 Amber beads ....................................................................................................................... 194 Lead rolls ............................................................................................................................ 194 TRADE Sn.VERWARE ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 195 Ewer or spouted decanter ................................................................................................... 197 Plate ....................................................................................................................................201 Objects of uncertain function .............................................................................................203 Bed-post..............................................................................................................................204 Unidentified object .............................................................................................................207 Fragment ............................................................................................................................. 207 Candelabra ......................................................................•................................................... 208 Salt-cellar ............................................................................................................................ 209 Cherub ...................................................................................•............................................210 Claw .................................................................................................................................... 210 Unidentified object ............................................................................................................. 210 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARTEFACTS ..................211 The classification scheme ............................................................................................................ 211 The artefacts in their context ...................................................................................................... 214 EQUIPMENT AND MA1ERIAL'! RELATED T O m E USE ON BOARD m E SHIP •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 214 Armament and military equipment .....................................................................................214 Navigation equipment.........................................................................................................215 The surgeon's equipment....................................................................................................215 Domestic ceramic material .................................................................................................215 SIDP'S EQUIPMENT ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 215 Bronze bell .......................................................................................................................... 215 Anchor ................................................................................•.............•.................................215 SIDP'S SUPPUES ...........................................................................................................................216 Wines ..................................................................................................................................216 PERsONAL ITEMS .........................................................................................................................216 Seal .....................................................................................................................................216 Ceramics .............................................................................................................................216 SUPPllES RJR m E lNDIES ............................................................................................................. 216
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