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Samples of cinchona bark

1930-1931

Tight rigid belt of coiled bark

1880-1920

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

Bark cloth roll containing two dried leaves of tobacco

1871-1910

Bark cloth roll containing several dried leaves of tobacco

1871-1910

Bark, part of medicine man's equipment

Small bundle of twigs and leaves bound by fibrous bark ribbon

1880-1920

Model of 'Woodskin' and paddle canoe

1920-1924

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

Bundle of rolled strips of bark

1880-1900

Strip of rolled cinchona bark, India, 1860-1910

1860-1910

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

1930-1931

Fibrous bark bound into a ring bracelet

1880-1925

Gourd container

1890-1920

Cigar made with rolled leaves

1898

Model of a Shilluk Canoe

1900-1913

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

1880-1920

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

Bark trough

1851-1920

Ten white feathers tied together with piece of bark

1871-1920

Amuletic Circlet

1880-1920

Cinchona bark, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

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

1601-1700
Sassy bark, taken for faintness by Krobo people, Gold Coast (Ghana), 1851-1930

Sassy bark

1851-1930
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
Small glass bottle, corked, labelled 'Gift' containing nodules of curare, formerly owned by Professor Coats, German(?) or English(?), 1850-1868

Small glass bottle

1850-1868
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
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
Piece of stem with attached bark, Africa, 1851-1930

Piece of stem with attached bark

1851-1930
Single strip of rolled bark, cinchona peruviana (Howard), from the Royal Botanical Gardens Collection, Kew, displayed in 1930 Wellcome Exhibition probably collected by J.E. Howard, possibly Peru, 1880-1900

Single strip of rolled bark

1880-1900
Piece of thick stem, dhar har tha gain, from Burma, 1908

Piece of thick stem

1908
Single strip of rolled bark, cinchona officinalis (Linn), from the Royal Botanical Gardens Collection, Kew, exhibited in 1930 Wellcome Exhibition, probably collected by T.J. Buchanan, Madras, India, 1882

Single strip of rolled bark

1882
Single piece of bark, cinchona, from the Royal Botanic Gardens collection, Kew, displayed in the 1930 Wellcome Cinchona Exhibition, probably collected by J.E.Howard, no provenance, 1878

Single piece of bark

1878
Two pieces of bark, Cinchona officinalis (Linn.), from the Royal Botanic Gardens Collection, Kew, displayed in 1930 Wellcome exhibition, collected by C. Chantre, provenance unknown, 1877

Two pieces of bark

1877
Six sticks of cinchona bark, from the Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Cameroon

Six sticks of cinchona bark

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

Specimen of cinchona bark

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

Specimen of erythrophyllum guinieuse bark

1830-1930
Specimen of cinchona bark, possibly from Brazil, 1870-1900

Specimen of cinchona bark

1870-1900
9 small pieces of bark of cascara from north-west States of North America, used as a laxative drug, 1830-1920

9 small pieces of bark of cascara from north-west States of North America

1830-1920
Specimen of cinchona bark, from St. Helena, collected by D.Morris, 1883

Specimen of cinchona bark

1883
Single piece of rolled bark, Cinchona succirubra (Pav.), from the Royal Botanic Gardens Collection, Kew, exhibited in 1930 Wellcome Cinchona Exhibition, collected by T.J. Buchanan, from Burma or Java, 1882-1883

Single piece of rolled bark

1882-1883
Single strip of rolled bark, cinchona, from the Royal Botanic Gardens collection, Kew, displayed in 1930 Wellcome Exhibition, probably collected by Sir D.Morris in Jamaica, 1883

Single strip of rolled bark

1883