Remember that you have to get permission from the copyright holder before you use pictures from a book. It is not hard, but it is best to identify those early so that the publisher can be contacted about it right away to allow maximum time for them to respond.
Support pieces (as I understand it) are mainly for visual impact, but should still keep to the theme. A nice Moro cuirass, for example, could be impressive, as could a shield. My feeling is to keep it close to the martial theme (for example, not use a beautiful piece of pottery, unless maybe it has a nice painting of a battle on it or something).
I have a Burmese lacquered box that I was considering, but there are no weapons visible among all the scenes decorating it, so it wouldn't add much other than being pretty and showing some unrelated craft from Burma. On the other hand, one or both of my Burmese warrior marionettes might work.
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