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Samples of cinchona bark

1930-1931

Bark, part of medicine man's equipment

Samples of cinchona bark, Quinquina Carabaya, prepared Paris, France, 1930-1931

1930-1931

Two pieces of root bark

1890-1905

Obstetrical belt called "te noa" in vernacular

1891-1925

Man's pubic cover made of shield-shaped shell on bark thong

1881-1920

Tight rigid belt of coiled bark

1880-1920

Small bundle of twigs and leaves bound by fibrous bark ribbon

1880-1920

Bark cloth roll containing several dried leaves of tobacco

1871-1910

Bark cloth roll containing two dried leaves of tobacco

1871-1910

Model of 'Woodskin' and paddle canoe

1920-1924

Strip of rolled cinchona bark, India, 1860-1910

1860-1910

Bundle of rolled strips of bark

1880-1900

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900

Two pieces of cinchona bark, South America, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Cinchona bark, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Ten white feathers tied together with piece of bark

1871-1920

Amuletic Circlet

1880-1920

Bark trough

1851-1920

Splint made of 2 pieces of bark lashed together with strips of leather

Fibrous bark bound into a ring bracelet

1880-1925

Gourd container

1890-1920

Ceremonial ancestral mask of painted bark on wooden frame with fibre hair and beard

1880-1920

Cigar made with rolled leaves

1898

Model of a Shilluk Canoe

1900-1913
Specimen of erythrophyllum guinieuse bark, no provenance, probably collected 1830-1930

Specimen of erythrophyllum guinieuse bark

1830-1930
Specimen of bark, probably cinchona, no provenance, 1840-1930

Specimen of bark

1840-1930
4 pieces of mangrove bark, no provenance details, 1851 to 1930

4 pieces of mangrove bark

1851-1930
Specimen bottle, contains seeds of plant of unknown provenance, 1842

Specimen bottle

1800-1900
Pieces of fibrous bark, twi osutan, remedy for rheumatic bone pain in sickle cell anaemias, now in polythene bag, possibly from Africa, 1871-1950

Pieces of fibrous bark

1871-1950
Pieces of unidentified bark, no provenance details, 1850-1930

Pieces of unidentified bark

1850-1930
Pieces of bark, provenance unknown, 1850-1930

Pieces of bark, provenance unknown, 1850-1930

1850-1930
Specimen of powdered cinchona bark, probably from Peru, 1930

Specimen of powdered cinchona bark

1930
Short section of winter bark, used by Napuche Indians, South American, 1860-1920

Short section of winter bark

1860-1920
Human skull, no lower mandible, with carrying band decorated with shells, ceremonial, worn as sign of mourning and in order to cure pain and disease, from Andaman Islands, India, 1871-1920

Mourning ceremonial skull

1871-1920
Piece of unidentified stem with peeling bark, Africa, 1851-1930

Piece of unidentified stem with peeling bark

1851-1930
Unidentified wooden stem and leaves, Africa, 1851-1930

Unidentified wooden stem and leaves

1851-1930
Two specimens of saneoephalus esculentis bark used in making arrow poison, Gabon and Gambia, Africa, 1900-1939

Two specimens of saneoephalus esculentis bark used in making arrow poison

1900-1930
Specimen of cinchona ledgeriana bark, from Jamaica, dated 1896

Specimen of cinchona ledgeriana bark

1896
Quantity of short pieces of bark, Cinchona Succirubra (Pav.), in paper envelope, probably colleted by Sir D. Morris, grown on St. Helena, 1870-1883

Quantity of short pieces of bark

1870-1883
Quantity of small pieces of bark in paper envelope, from Royal Botanic Gardens colletion, Kew, Surrey, England, Cinchona Succirubra and Cinchona officinalis, grown India, 1890-1909

Quantity of small pieces of bark in paper envelope

1809-1909
2 lengths of bark, Cinchona Ledgeriana from the Royal Botanic Gardens Collection, displayed in Wellcome H.M.M. 1930 Cinchona Exhibition, grown in Darjeeling, India, 1868-1882

2 lengths of bark

1868-1882
Specimen of cinchona bark, from the Government Cinchona Plantations, Darjeeling, India, 1870-1900

Specimen of cinchona bark

Specimen of bark Cinchona Micrantha, originally grown in India, once in the Royal Botanic Gardens Collection, exhibited in Amsterdam, and in the 1930 Cinchona Exhibition in London, Indian, 1860-1880

Specimen of bark Cinchona Micrantha

1860-1880
Specimen of cinchona officinalis bark, from Nilgiri hill region, India, 1870-1900

Specimen of cinchona officinalis bark

1870-1900
Specimen of cinchona pahudiana bark, from the Government cinchona plantation, Darjeeling, India, 1870-1900

Specimen of cinchona pahudiana bark

Specimen of cinchona officinalis bark, grown in India, 1883

Specimen of cinchona officinalis bark

1883