Explore ceremonial objects and items relating to medical treatment and self-care from China, India, Tibet, Japan and other countries in the Middle East and Asia.
Asian Medicine
1681
Wooden acupuncture model, Japan, 1681
1800-1920
Boxwood human torso showing internal organs, Japan, 1800-1920
1880-1925
Kareau figure of carved and painted wood, anthropomorphic, representing standing male with wings and European clothes, from Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, 1880-1925
1801-1900
Steel tiger claw baghnakh with curved knife blade, Indian, 1801-1900
Raffia hanging loop, for large wooden sign, painted with a demons face, hung outside house to keep away evil spirits, China, 1801-1900
1831-1870
Enema syringe, steel, India, 1800s
1771-1860
Painted wooden face mask, yellow with polychrome detail, representing Deva Sanniya, demon associated with epidemic diseases, inscription inside associates it with smallpox, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1860
1771-1910
Carved wooden sanni mask, polychrome, worn in tovil dance to exorcise disease demon, possibly representing Amukku Sanniya, demon associated with vomiting and stomach diseases, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1910
Wooden disease mask, in the form of a human face, worn during Sanni Yakuma exorcism ritual to banish demons associated with disease, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka
1701-1900
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton, perhaps representing death, strangling a man, Japanese, 1701-1900
1981-1990
Neuro-Softer W-4, low frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) for direct application of current via acupuncture needles, manufactured in Japan, 1980-1990, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996.
1980-1990
Single phase electronic induction motor, by Hitachi, Tokyo, for Dry Cupping Vacuum Therapy, with twenty glass cupping vessels of various grades, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996, unsigned, Japanese, 1980-1990.
Boxwood carved statue, in the form of a skeleton and a demon playing a musical instrument, depicting the dance of death, probably Japanese
Ivory anatomical figure showing the Qi channels, Japanese, 1800-1920
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton holding a fan and accompanied by an animal, possibly a badger, Japanese.
1701-1800
Cash sword, made up of coins, used to protect a new born baby from harmful spirits, Chinese, 1701-1800
1910-1922
Painted plaster model of the head of an executed Chinese criminal, cased, English, 1910-1922
Wooden netsuke, in the form of two seated skeletons, one seated behind the other with his hands on the other's shoulders, Japanese, 1701-1900
1750-1800
Wooden figure showing moxibustion, signed Miwa with Kakihan, Japan, late 1700s
Ivory figure in the form of a man massaging the back of another man who is reading, signed, Japan, 1700s or 1800s
1871-1900
Ivory figure, depicting a doctor feeling the pulse of a woman patient, signed Chikaaki, Japan, late 1800s
1771-1800
Wooden netsuke, depicting a man with a moxa on his leg, from the Nagoya school, signed Tametaka, Japanese, 1771-1800
Wooden model gandau of male figure in painted headdress riding a horse, north west Pakistan, 1801-1900
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton leaning on a corn stalk with a rabbit nibbling at its elbow, Japanese, 18th or 19th century
Carved and polychrome painted wooden face mask, representing Hevaya, the soldier from the kolam play, his face covered with sores and leeches, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1860
1771-1900
Painted wooden mask with ear pieces, representing kolam play character Maru Raksha (Marurassa), the Demon of Death, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1900
Ivory skull, with 3 toads and a snake climbing on it, possibly Japanese
Metal statue of White Tara with Buddhisattva crown, representing wisdom and divine purity, Nepalase or Tibetan, 1801-1900
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skull with a snake threaded through it, Japanese, 1701-1900
1980-1985
Metal Seiju-Ito thermie warmer, in box with moxa thermie sticks and instructions, for self-administration of moxa in a variety of methods, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996, developed by Dr K. Ito and manufactured by Seiju 7 Co., Tokyo, Japan, 1980-1985.
1700-1850
Tinder pistol in egg-shaped, fenestrated, pierced metal case, twin arms, twin steel worn as netsuke, Japanese, 1700-1850
Stone amulet contained within a leather purse, by the Na-Khi tribe of South West China
Earthenware tea pot, Japanese, 18th or 19th century
Wooden model gandau of seated female figure in horned headdress, North West Pakistan, 1801-1900
Ivory model of a skull, finely carved with a snake coiled around the top on which a toad sits, Japanese
Lancet, steel, Chinese
Wooden netsuke in the form of a seated man grinding with a mortar and pestle, Japanese, 1701-1900
Wooden statue depicting 'Shou-hsing' god of longevity, Chinese
Ivory carved statue, in the form of half draped skeleton carrying a type of bucket and with a dog and some lotus flowers, Japanese
Wooden printing block, depicting a buddist talisman carved in relief on one side. The talisman is depicted held in the palm of a hand. Tibetan, 1701-1900.
Carved wooden statue of Li T'ieh-Kuai , one of the 8 Taoist Immortals who came back in form of a beggar, Chinese, 1801-1900
Cupping horn, India
Model of elephant carrying sacred alms bowl of Buddha, porcelain, Chinese
1801-1930
Double-ended brass spoon, Indian, 1801-1930
1601-1900
Buddhist prayer wheel of silver and ivory, containing thousands of prayers, Tibetan, 1601-1900
1870-1910
Pair of shoes with low heel and pointed toe, silk uppers, embroidered in silk thread over paper, worn by Chinese lady with bound feet Chinese, 1870-1910
before 1936
Wooden geomantic compass and perpetual calendar, Chinese
Ivory netsuke in the form of Tanuki, Japanese raccoon dog, carrying his large scrotum. A mischevious figure in Japanese mythology commonly associated with excessive drinking and gluttony, made in Japan, 1701-1900
before 1922
Wooden statue of Kuan Yin, goddess of mercy and maternity, represented as pregnant, Chinese
801-1000 CE
Stoneware urinal in the form of a dog, with 1 handle, on wooden stand, pale green glaze, Chinese, 801-1000 CE
