Let's take a closer look at
Audio-visual Devices and Entertainment Media
- audio equipment
- amplifiers
- cassette recorders
- hi-fi sets
- loud-speakers
- microphones
- record players
- computers
- recordings and storage media
- audiocassettes
- compact discs
- floppy disks
- phonograph records
- videocassettes
- telecommunication devices
- intercom systems
- pagers
- telephones
- television (telecommunication system)
- transistor radios
- walkie-talkies
Footwear
- boots (footwear)
- military boots
- clogs
- high heels
- platform (shoes)
- sandals
- shoes (footwear)
- children's shoes
- leather shoes
- sneakers
- slippers (shoes)
- kasut manek
Jewellery and Personal Ornaments
- anklets
- bangles
- bracelets
- brooches
- earrings
- ear studs
- hair ornaments
- barrettes (hair ornaments)
- ornamental combs
- jewellery tools
- jewellery moulds
- jewellery stencils
- jewellery tweezers
- jewelry boxes
- kerongsang
- lockets
- necklaces
- neck rings
- pendants (jewelry)
- pins (jewelry)
- rings (finger jewelry)
- toe rings
Paintings and Drawings
- drawings (visual works)
- charcoal drawings
- graphite drawings
- ink and pigment works
- painted calligraphy
- paintings (visual works)
- acrylic paintings (visual works)
- glass paintings
- ink wash paintings
- lacquer paintings
- oil paintings
- watercolors (paintings)
- pastel works
- scratch art
- sketches
Awards, Badges, Insignia and Commemorative Plaques
- badges
- award badges
- commemorative badges
- identification badges
- military badges
- organisation badges
- promotional badges
- rank badges
- school badges
- commemorative plaques
- commemorative salvers
- political plaques
- epaulettes
- flags
- country flags
- rank flags
- medals
- assorted-medals
- commemorative medals
- military medals
- orders and decorations
- recognition medals
- sports medals
- presentation swords
- trophies (objects)
Furniture
- beds (furniture)
- bedframes
- canopy beds
- headposts
- benches (furniture)
- boards (flat objects)
- boxes (containers)
- case furniture
- cabinets (case furniture)
- chests (case furniture)
- cupboards (case furniture)
- wardrobes (case furniture)
- chairs (furniture forms)
- dining chairs
- cribs (children's beds)
- furniture stands
- bookstands
- coatracks
- hat stands
- umbrella stands
- podiums
- lecterns
- rostra
- safes (storage containers)
- screens (furniture)
- folding screens
- hanging screens
- table screens
- sofas
- stools (seating furniture)
- footstools (stools)
- knee rests
- tables (support furniture)
- bureaus (slant-front desks)
- dressing tables
- writing tables
- washstands
- workbenches
Medical and Scientific Equipment
- ammeters
- anesthetic instrument
- astronomical measuring devices
- astrolabes
- blood pressure device
- compasses (direction indicators)
- electrocardiograph
- heart rate monitors
- inhaler (medical equipment)
- lithotrite
- medical and scientific stands
- drip stands
- oxygen cylinder stands
- slide stands
- test tube stands
- medical braces
- medical forceps
- medical funnels
- medical needles
- acupuncture needles
- bone marrow aspiration needles
- liver biopsy needles
- medical retractors
- medical scopes
- bronchoscope
- cystoscopes
- oesophagoscopes
- sigmoidoscopes
- stethoscopes
- medical suction machines
- medical syringe
- medical weighing scales
- medicine cabinet
- medicine container
- microscopes
- quadrants (measuring devices)
- thermometers
- clinical thermometers
- voltmeters
Personal Grooming Items
- body powders
- cosmetic items
- compact powders
- cosmetic boxes
- eyeliner
- face powders
- lipsticks
- fragrances
- colognes
- perfumes
- hair products and styling tools
- combs (grooming tools)
- curlers
- hairbrushes (grooming tools)
- hair dryers
- hair oil
- hairspray
- mirrors
- hand-mirrors
- nail clippers
- nail files
- personal wash basins
- shaving set
- grooming shavers
- razors
- shaving basins
- shaving brushes
- toothbrushes
Commercial Machinery and Equipment
- counting tools
- abaci (calculators)
- accounting machines
- calculators
- cash registers
- cheque writing machines
- coin-counting machines
- franking machines
- letterpress (equipment)
- manufacturing equipment
- blacksmith tools
- boring machinery
- bottle capping machines
- brick moulds
- drill presses
- grain processing machines
- lathes
- milling machines
- shaper machines
- market scales
- printing presses
- stencil duplicating machines
- typewriters
Games, Toys, and Sports Equipment
- ball game equipment
- sepak takraw equipment
- board games (game sets)
- chess sets
- dice
- gameboards (board game elements)
- card games (game sets)
- chance games and accessories
- gambling tokens
- lottery games
- mah-jongg set
- electronic games and accessories
- console game
- videocarts
- folk games
- congkak
- spinning tops
- games and toys manuals
- indoor game accessories
- game pieces (game elements)
- gaming counters
- tile games
- outdoor game accessories
- pocket games
- racquet games
- badminton gear
- table tennis gear
- tennis gear
- target games
- dart game
- golf gear
- thinking games
- brain twister
- puzzles (recreational artifacts)
- toys
- assorted toys
- baby toys
- children's cards
- construction toys
- domestic toys
- rocking horses
- tops (toys)
- toy animal
- toy clothing and accessories
- toy figurines
- toy lottery games
- toy medical set
- toy musical instruments
- toy vehicles
- toy weapons
- windup toy
Money
- bank notes
- Japanese military yen
- checks (bank checks)
- coin moulds
- coins (money)
- commemorative coins
- currency coins
- ingots
- money boxes
- money counting devices
- shaped money
- animal money
- axe money
- bottle money
- coin trees
- hat money
- ring money
- ship money
- sun money
- sword money
- substitute money
- monetary tokens
- substitute money notes
Photographic Equipment
- camera accessories
- camera case
- camera cases
- camera cloths
- camera stands
- camera tripod
- exposure meters
- film container
- film spools
- flash equipment
- photographic lenses
- camera documents
- camera manuals
- camera receipts
- detective camera
- instant camera
- moving image camera
- motion-picture cameras
- video camera
- photographic processing equipment
- darkroom safelights
- darkroom timer
- photographic measuring graduates
- still image cameras
- 35mm cameras
- folding cameras
Fine Art Prints
- digital fine art prints
- giclée prints
- inkjet prints
- engravings (prints)
- copper engravings (visual works)
- dry-points (prints)
- mezzotints (prints)
- photoengravings (prints)
- steel engravings (visual works)
- stipple engravings (prints)
- etchings (prints)
- aquatints (prints)
- lithographs
- colour lithographs
- monoprints (painting and printing works)
- relief prints
- linocuts (prints)
- woodcuts (prints)
- wood-engravings (prints)
- screen prints
- stone rubbings
Installation Works and Documentation
- installation art concepts
- installation art documentation
- installations (visual works)
- interactive installations
- kinetic installations
- light installations
- multimedia installations
- sound installations
- video installations
Musical Instruments and Accessories
- bowed string instruments
- dilrubās
- erhu
- sarangis
- violins
- gamelan instruments
- bonang
- gambang kayu
- genders (metallophones)
- kemanaks
- kempul
- kenong
- rebabs (spike fiddles)
- saron
- suling
- keyboard instruments
- pianos
- musical accessories
- drum stands
- percussion beaters
- piano stools
- violin bow
- violin cases
- percussion instruments
- angklungs
- bells (idiophones)
- clappers (idiophones)
- cymbals
- drums (membranophones)
- gongs
- metallophones
- slit drums
- vibraphones
- xylophones
- plucked string instruments
- banjos
- ektārs
- guitars
- harps (chordophones)
- lutes (chordophones)
- mandolins
- pipa (sound instrument)
- sanxian
- sitars (Indian chordophones)
- tamburas (Indian chordophones)
- ukuleles
- vinas
- yangqin
- zithers
- wind instruments
- accordions
- blowing horns
- didjeridus
- mouth organs
- nagaswarams
- oboes
- pungis (double clarinets)
- shanais
- sona
- transverse flutes
- trumpets (aerophones)
- tubas
- vertical flutes
Photographs and Negatives
- cabinet photographs
- cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- negatives (photographs)
- gelatin silver negatives
- glass plate negatives
- photograph albums
- photograph postcards
- photographic postcards
- positives (photographs)
- handcoloured photographs
- photographic prints
- photographic transparencies
- slides (photographs)
- lantern slides
Stationery and Art Materials
- blotting papers
- bookmarks
- brushes (implements)
- artists' brushes
- paintbrushes
- writing brushes
- chalkboards (writing boards)
- chalk sticks
- easels
- inkpads
- inkstones
- inkwells
- mathematical sets
- palettes (painting equipment)
- paper clips
- paperweights
- pencil cases
- pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
- pencil sharpeners
- penknives
- pens (drawing and writing implements)
- pen nibs
- sandpaper
- seals (artifacts)
- stamps (tools)
- stationery holders and stands
- inkstands
- pen rests
- styluses (writing equipment)
- tape measures
Weapons and Accessories
- armour (protective wear)
- shields (armor)
- artilleries
- artillery (firearms)
- artillery shell
- blowpipes
- bows (weapons)
- edged weapons
- arrows
- axes (weapons)
- bayonets
- daggers (weapons)
- knife weapons
- machetes (knives)
- spears (weapons)
- swords
- guns
- handguns (small arms)
- machine guns
- muskets
- rifles (long guns)
- shotguns
- maces (weapons)
- weapon accessories
- ammunition magazines
- arrow containers
- powder flasks
- sheaths (cases)
- weapon components
- arrowheads
- hilts
- shafts (tool components)
- spear-heads
- weapon blades
Stimulant Paraphernalia
- betel nut chewing sets
- betel leaf holders
- betel nut cutters
- betel nut lime boxes
- betel nut pestles
- betel nut pouches
- betel nut pounders
- betel nut receptacles
- betel nut spatulas
- betel nut spittoons
- smoking accessories
- ashtrays
- cigarette holders (personal equipment)
- cigarette labels
- cigar roller
- lighters (fire-making equipment)
- opium smoking accessories
- pipe stands
- tobacco cards
- tobacco containers
- tobacco product boxes
- tobacco wrappers
- smoking equipment
- hookahs (smoking equipment)
- pipes (smoking equipment)
- snuff accessories
- snuff bottles
- snuff dishes
Wedding Items
- marriage certificates
- wedding clothes
- wedding dresses
- wedding sarongs
- wedding veils
- wedding decorative ornaments
- dowry tray covers
- wedding bed hangings
- wedding calligraphy couplets
- wedding lantern covers
- wedding mats
- wedding footwear
- wedding shoes
- wedding slippers
- wedding furniture
- wedding beds
- wedding chests
- wedding lantern holders
- wedding wash basins
- wedding jewellery and accessories
- bridal crowns
- bridal neckties
- wedding belts
- wedding collars
- wedding hair accessories
- wedding headcloths
- wedding headdresses
- wedding necklaces
- wedding pendants
- wedding purses
- wedding rings
- wedding printed ephemera
- wedding invitation cards
Classification
Listings are organised in a taxonomical manner to better facilitate browsing by categories.
Presently, 22 categories have been created under “Object Type”. Due to the enormity of artefacts in the National Collection, this is still a work-in-progress. Do visit this page regularly for our updates on new categories and labels, or to find new object records that have been tagged.
*The categories and labels in the Classification View are currently not representative of the entire National Collection.