Given the small number of images for each, I have grouped here objects from several of the Tarim Basin sites Stein excavated. The most important of these are Niya, Loulan and Miran. With one exception, objects below are placed in alphabetical order of the sites. Other material from these locations may be viewed from the collections of the National Museum, New Delhi.
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Votive clay plaque with seated bodhisattva.
Kara Yantak, 7th-8th c. CE.
OA MAS 474
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Two combs.
Loulan, 3rd-4th c. CE. Wood.
OA MAS 691, 694
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Shoe.
Mazar Tagh, 8th-9th c. CE. Quilted in felt with leather patches. 25 cm.
OA MAS 495 (M.Tagh.a.0041)
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Shoe.
Murtuk, 7th-8th c. CE. Cloth and string.
OA 1928.10-22.89
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Scales of armor and fragment of the rim of a helmet.
Miran, 8th-9th c. CE. Lacquered leather.
OA MAS, 592, 621, 609
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Figure of a soldier, probably part of a Buddhist tableau.
Western China, Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534 CE). Painted earthenware.
OA 1973.7-26.1
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Buckle, possibly part of a harness.
Niya, 3rd-4th c. CE. Wood.
OA MAS 521
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Base for altar or table.
Niya, dwelling N.iii, 1st-4th c. CE. Wood.
OA 1907.11-11.85 (N.vii.4)
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Pair of carved chair legs.
Niya, 3rd-4th c. CE. Painted wood.
OA 1907.11-11.92, 93
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Moulded plaque with seated Buddha.
Siyelik, 3rd-5th c. CE.
OA MAS 330
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Moulded plaque with seated bodhisattva.
Toyoq, 6th-8th c. CE.
OA 1928.10-22.87
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Moulded plaque with seated Buddha.
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Moulded plaque with figure of the Buddha.
OA 1890.5-20.2
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