00_REFERENCE_IMAGE_SHOPPING_LIST — Consolidated Museum Reference Images Needed

Purpose: All reference images needed across all 20 figure types, grouped by museum/institution with duplicates merged. Use this as your master checklist when sourcing images for Nano Banana Pro prompts.

Priority key: 🔴 CRITICAL (needed for 3+ figure types) 🟡 IMPORTANT (needed for 1-2 figures) 🟢 NICE-TO-HAVE

1. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM Wien)

Website: nhm-wien.ac.at Object database: objekte.nhm-wien.ac.at Sketchfab: sketchfab.com/NHMWien

The NHM Wien holds the core Hallstatt cemetery collection (~1,300+ graves) and the salt mine organic finds. This is the MOST IMPORTANT single institution for this project.

  • ✅ 3D leather shoe (NHMW-PRAE-89.085) — Sketchfab
  • ✅ 3D belt hooks from Graves 270 and 208 — Sketchfab
  • ✅ 3D dress reconstruction — Sketchfab
  • ✅ Checkerboard textile (th434/ob62) and coloured border band (th434/ob60) — object database
  • ✅ Kuffarn situla — Google Arts & Culture
  • ✅ Hallstatt textile research pages (multiple sub-pages)
  • ✅ Salt mine tools, carrying sacks — via NHM research pages and Sketchfab (Daniel Brandner)

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🔴 Hallstatt cemetery swords (Mindelheim, Gündlingen, antenna types) | CRITICAL | F01, F03, F17 | “Hallstatt Schwert” “Mindelheim” “Gündlingen” “Antennenschwert” | | 🔴 Hallstatt cemetery fibulae (Kahnfibel, Paukenfibel, Schlangenfibel, Brillenfibel) | CRITICAL | F01-F08, F17-F18 | “Hallstatt Fibel” “Kahnfibel” “Paukenfibel” “Schlangenfibel” | | 🔴 Hallstatt cemetery belt plates (Gürtelbleche) with geometric decoration | CRITICAL | F01-F02, F04, F17 | “Gürtelblech Hallstatt” | | 🔴 Hallstatt cemetery bronze vessels (situlae, cists) | CRITICAL | F13, F17 | “Situla Hallstatt” “Ziste” | | 🟡 Hallstatt cemetery arm rings, ankle rings, bead necklaces | IMPORTANT | F02, F06, F08 | “Armring Hallstatt” “Fußring” “Glasperlen” | | 🟡 Hallstatt cemetery daggers (Ha D) | IMPORTANT | F05, F07 | “Dolch Hallstatt” “Hallstattdolch” | | 🟡 Hallstatt cemetery horse gear (bits, cheekpieces) | IMPORTANT | F15 | “Trense Hallstatt” “Psalien” | | 🟡 Vače belt plate (warriors in combat) — already in Wikipedia but higher-res needed | IMPORTANT | F17 | “Gürtelblech Vače” | | 🟡 Kienspäne (pine torches) — individual object photo | IMPORTANT | F11 | “Kienspan Hallstatt” “Leuchtspan” | | 🟡 Leather mining cap/head covering | IMPORTANT | F11 | “Lederkappe Hallstatt Bergwerk” | | 🟢 Ramsauer watercolour grave illustrations (digitised?) | NICE-TO-HAVE | All | “Ramsauer Aquarell” “Ramsauer watercolour” | | 🟢 Winserion database download (1,300 images) | NICE-TO-HAVE | All | winserion.org/Hallstatt-Demo |

Action: Browse objekte.nhm-wien.ac.at directly — the database exists but has poor external indexing. Systematic category-by-category browsing will yield far more than web search. Also check if Ramsauer watercolours have been digitised.


2. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart

Website: landesmuseum-stuttgart.de Exhibition: Altes Schloss, Antiquity/Celts permanent display

Holds ALL original Hochdorf finds and many Heuneburg finds. Critical for F05, F06, F07, F19.

Already Available:

  • ✅ Hochdorf photos via UT Austin Iron Age Celts project (credited to Landesmuseum Württemberg / Frankenstein & Zwietasch)
  • ✅ Hochdorf fibulae via Google Arts & Culture

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🔴 Hochdorf gold dagger (hilt close-up) | CRITICAL | F05 | “Hochdorf Dolch Gold” | | 🔴 Hochdorf textile fragments (Banck-Burgess material) | CRITICAL | F05 | “Hochdorf Textilien” | | 🔴 Hochdorf birch-bark hat reconstruction | CRITICAL | F05 | “Hochdorf Birkenhut” “Hochdorf Kopfbedeckung” | | 🟡 Heuneburg settlement finds (craft tools, pottery) | IMPORTANT | F19 | “Heuneburg Funde” | | 🟡 Heuneburg Attic pottery fragments | IMPORTANT | F19 | “Heuneburg attische Keramik” | | 🟡 Heuneburg Massaliote amphora fragments | IMPORTANT | F19 | “Heuneburg Amphore Massalia” | | 🟡 Bettelbühl burial finds (gold, amber, fibulae) | IMPORTANT | F06 | “Bettelbühl Grab” | | 🟡 Grafenbühl ivory sphinx fragments | IMPORTANT | F09 | “Grafenbühl Sphinx Elfenbein” |

Action: Contact museum directly — no searchable online collection database found. Check if sammlung-online exists. The museum’s Altes Schloss permanent exhibition is the most important single display for western Hallstatt.


3. Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz

Website: museum-joanneum.at Department: Archaeology & Numismatics Cabinet

Holds the Strettweg cult wagon and Kleinklein panoply. Critical for F16, F17.

Already Available:

  • ✅ Strettweg cult wagon overview (Wikipedia, Joanneum website, Modl 2023 on Academia)
  • ✅ Iron-Age-Danube project references

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🔴 Strettweg cult wagon detail photos (central female figure close-up, warrior figures, mounted figures) | CRITICAL | F14, F16 | “Strettweger Kultwagen Detail” | | 🔴 Kleinklein Kröllkogel bronze panoply (helmet, cuirass, greaves) | CRITICAL | F17 | “Kröllkogel Kleinklein Helm Panzer” | | 🔴 Kleinklein bronze face masks (Gesichtsmasken) | CRITICAL | F17 | “Kleinklein Gesichtsmaske Bronze” | | 🟡 Kleinklein decorated situlae and cists | IMPORTANT | F17 | “Kleinklein Situla” |

Action: Contact museum; check museum-joanneum.at/en/archaeology-and-numismatics-cabinet for online collection access.


4. Narodni Muzej Slovenije (NMS), Ljubljana

Website: nms.si Highlights: Vače situla permanent display

Holds major Dolenjska group material (Vače, Stična, Magdalenska Gora). Critical for F17.

Already Available:

  • ✅ Vače situla highlight page (nms.si)
  • ✅ Vače situla on Google Arts & Culture (high-res)

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms (try Slovenian) | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🔴 Stična warrior grave assemblages (helmet, cuirass, sword, spearheads) | CRITICAL | F17 | “Stična gomila bojevnik” “Stična tumulus warrior” | | 🔴 Novo Mesto situla fragments with figural decoration | CRITICAL | F17 | “Novo Mesto situla” “Kapiteljska njiva” | | 🔴 Magdalenska Gora belt plates with figural friezes | CRITICAL | F17 | “Magdalenska Gora pasna plošča” | | 🟡 Dolenjska group Certosa fibulae | IMPORTANT | F17 | “Certosa fibula Dolenjska” | | 🟡 Dolenjska female grave assemblages (fibulae + beads + belt plates) | IMPORTANT | F17 | “Stična ženski grob” |

Action: Online collection returned almost no individual object records. Search nms.si directly in Slovenian. Contact museum for image access. This is flagged as a CRITICAL GAP in Block 2 index.


5. Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, Châtillon-sur-Seine

Website: musee-vix.fr

Holds ALL Vix burial finds. Critical for F06, F20.

Already Available:

  • ✅ Vix krater (World History Encyclopedia, Obelisk, multiple sources)
  • ✅ Vix gold torc (UT Austin, musee-vix.fr, World History Encyclopedia)

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🔴 Vix torc Pegasus terminal close-up (high-res detail of filigree/granulation) | CRITICAL | F06 | “Vix torc Pegasus detail” “torque Vix détail” | | 🟡 Vix wagon reconstruction/components | IMPORTANT | F06 | “Vix char wagon” | | 🟡 Vix Attic kylikes (drinking cups) | IMPORTANT | F06, F20 | “Vix kylix attique” | | 🟡 Vix Etruscan Schnabelkanne | IMPORTANT | F06, F20 | “Vix Schnabelkanne oenochoe” | | 🟡 Vix silver phiale | IMPORTANT | F06 | “Vix phiale argent” |

Action: musee-vix.fr has general collection pages. Check for detailed object photography. The museum underwent renovation — may have expanded online presence.


6. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (KHM Wien)

Website: khm.at

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🔴 Negau helmets with inscriptions (from Ženjak/Negau) | CRITICAL | F17 | “Negauer Helm” “Negau helmet” KHM |

Action: KHM online collection (khm.at/en/objectdb/) should have these. Two Negau helmets referenced in Block 2.


7. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Website: metmuseum.org

Already Available:

  • ✅ 4 boat/navicella fibulae (246355, 246376, 246362, 251008)
  • ✅ 1 Certosa fibula (246323)
  • ✅ 1 spectacle fibula (253537)
  • ✅ 1 late Hallstatt brooch (466237)

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🟡 Bronze cuirass (if Hallstatt-period example exists) | IMPORTANT | F17 | metmuseum.org search “bronze cuirass” “Hallstatt” | | 🟢 Additional fibula types | NICE-TO-HAVE | Various | metmuseum.org search “Hallstatt fibula” |


8. British Museum, London

Website: britishmuseum.org/collection

Already Available:

  • ✅ Gündlingen sword (WG-2271)
  • ✅ Mindelheim sword (1848-1021-1)
  • ✅ Multiple Hallstatt fibulae and brooches
  • ✅ Pre-configured Hallstatt D search results

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🟡 Hallstatt-type spearheads | IMPORTANT | F01, F03, F07, F15 | britishmuseum.org “spearhead” “Hallstatt” | | 🟢 Additional bronze vessels | NICE-TO-HAVE | F13 | britishmuseum.org “situla” “Hallstatt” |


9. Soproni Múzeum, Sopron, Hungary

Website: Variable — check current URL

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🔴 Sopron-Várhely figural pottery (weaving scenes, processions, dancing) | CRITICAL | F04, F18 | “Sopron Várhely” “Burgstall” “Kalenderberg Keramik” |

Action: CRITICAL GAP. These are the most important iconographic sources for Hallstatt textile production and female costume, but they are under-represented online. Contact Soproni Múzeum directly. Also check Hungarian National Museum (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum) for related material.


10. Keltenmuseum Hallein (Dürrnberg collection)

Website: keltenmuseum.at

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🟡 Dürrnberg Schnabelkanne | IMPORTANT | F09 | “Dürrnberg Schnabelkanne” | | 🟡 Dürrnberg textile fragments | IMPORTANT | F11 | “Dürrnberg Textil” | | 🟡 Dürrnberg grave assemblages (La Tène transition) | IMPORTANT | F09 | “Dürrnberg Grab” |

Action: No searchable online database. Contact museum directly.


11. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Website: ashmolean.org Project: ashmolean.org/the-hallstatt-collection-sir-john-evans

Already Available:

  • ✅ Hallstatt collection overview (187 objects from 1866-69 excavations)
  • ✅ Project page for cataloguing effort

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🟡 Individual object records as they are published | IMPORTANT | Various | Monitor Ashmolean Collections Online |

Action: Cataloguing project is ongoing. Check periodically for new individual object records with photographs.


12. Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Saarbrücken

Still Needed:

| Item | Priority | Figures | Search Terms | |——|———-|———|————-| | 🟡 Reinheim princess burial finds (gold torc with human-face terminals, bracelets) | IMPORTANT | F10 | “Reinheim Fürstinnengrab” “Reinheim Goldtorc” |


13. Other Museums and Sources

Institution Items Needed Priority Figures
Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna Certosa situla detail photos 🟡 F13, F17
Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este Benvenuti situla 🟢 F17
Museo Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento Sanzeno situla 🟢 F17
Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg Eastern Hallstatt gallery objects 🟢 F17, F18
Museum Hallstatt (Welterbemuseum) Local display photos 🟢 F11
Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe Heuneburg finds 🟡 F19
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Ezelsdorf-Buch gold cone 🟢
Keltenwelt am Glauberg, Hesse Glauberg warrior statue 🟡 F09

Quick Reference: Top 10 Most-Needed Images

Rank Item Museum Figures Affected Priority
1 Sopron-Várhely figural pottery (weaving scenes) Soproni Múzeum F04, F18 🔴
2 Hallstatt cemetery swords (Mindelheim/Gündlingen/antenna) NHM Wien F01, F03, F17 🔴
3 Hallstatt cemetery fibulae (all types, individual photos) NHM Wien F01-F08, F17-F18 🔴
4 Kleinklein warrior panoply (helmet, cuirass, greaves) Joanneum, Graz F17 🔴
5 Strettweg cult wagon detail photos Joanneum, Graz F14, F16 🔴
6 Stična/Novo Mesto warrior assemblages NMS Ljubljana F17 🔴
7 Hochdorf gold dagger + birch-bark hat Landesmuseum Stuttgart F05 🔴
8 Vix torc Pegasus terminal close-up Musée Châtillonnais F06 🔴
9 Negau helmets KHM Wien F17 🔴
10 Hallstatt cemetery belt plates (geometric decoration) NHM Wien F01, F02, F17 🔴

  1. NHM Wien direct browsing (highest yield): Navigate objekte.nhm-wien.ac.at by collection category. Also download the Winserion demo for 1,300 Hallstatt cemetery images.
  2. German-language museum database searches: Use German terms from the CLAUDE.md shared reference section. Austrian/German museum databases are far better indexed in German.
  3. Slovenian-language NMS searches: Search nms.si in Slovenian for Dolenjska group material.
  4. Prometheus Bildarchiv (requires institutional access): Search for Hallstatt, Situlenkunst, Hallstattkultur, Gürtelblech, Kahnfibel.
  5. Direct museum contact: For Soproni Múzeum, Keltenmuseum Hallein, NMS Ljubljana, Landesmuseum Stuttgart — email requesting image access or digital collection links.
  6. ZOBODAT.at: Austrian zoological-botanical database hosts many historical archaeological publications as PDFs with photographic plates.

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