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Samples of cinchona bark

1930-1931

Bark, part of medicine man's equipment

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

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

Model of 'Woodskin' and paddle canoe

1920-1924

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

Model of a Shilluk Canoe

1900-1913

Cigar made with rolled leaves

1898

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

1601-1700

Cinchona bark, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700
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
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
4 pieces of mangrove bark, no provenance details, 1851 to 1930

4 pieces of mangrove bark

1851-1930
Sassy bark, taken for faintness by Krobo, Gold Coast, 1851 to 1930

Sassy 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
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
Twig, short cut length, bark covered with orange growth on surface, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Twig, short cut length

1910-1930
Twigs, folded double and wrapped in their own leaves, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Twigs, folded double and wrapped in their own leaves

1910-1930
Twig, cut length, bark covered, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Twig, cut length

1910-1930
Twig, cut section, thin bark cover, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Twig, cut section

1910-1930
Bark fragments, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Bark fragments

1910-1930
Wood, cylinderical cut section, with some bark, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Wood, cylinderical cut section

1910-1930
Twig, folded double, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Twig, folded double

1910-1930
Four roots (?), native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Four roots (?), native medicine, Northern Rhodesia

1910-1930
Wood, piece of branch, with bark, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Wood, piece of branch

1910-1930
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
Four sticks of cinchona succirubra bark, probably from Peru, collected 1801-1900

Four sticks of cinchona succirubra bark

1801-1900
Two small pieces of bark, one wood-backed, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Two small pieces of bark

1910-1930
Twig, or possibly a root, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Twig, or possibly a root

1910-1930