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Samples of cinchona bark

1930-1931

Bark, part of medicine man's equipment

Tight rigid belt of coiled bark

1880-1920

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

Model of 'Woodskin' and paddle canoe

1920-1924

Small bundle of twigs and leaves bound by fibrous bark ribbon

1880-1920

Two pieces of root bark

1890-1905

Obstetrical belt called "te noa" in vernacular

1891-1925

Bundle of rolled strips of bark

1880-1900

Strip of rolled cinchona bark, India, 1860-1910

1860-1910

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900

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

1930-1931

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900

Bark trough

1851-1920

Cigar made with rolled leaves

1898

Cinchona bark, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

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

Ten white feathers tied together with piece of bark

1871-1920

Amuletic Circlet

1880-1920

Gourd container

1890-1920

Fibrous bark bound into a ring bracelet

1880-1925

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

1601-1700
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
Four sticks of cinchona succirubra bark, probably from Peru, collected 1801-1900

Four sticks of cinchona succirubra bark

1801-1900
4 pieces of mangrove bark, no provenance details, 1851 to 1930

4 pieces of mangrove bark

1851-1930
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
Pieces of unidentified bark, no provenance details, 1850-1930

Pieces of unidentified bark

1850-1930
Specimen bottle, contains seeds of plant of unknown provenance, 1842

Specimen bottle

1800-1900
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
Bark of simaruba tree, prepared by British Drug Houses, Ltd., London, English 1870-1930

Bark of simaruba tree

1870-1930
Bundle of strips of bark, possibly cinchona officinalis, no provenance, probably collected 1880-1900

Bundle of strips of bark

1880-1900
Sample of cinchona bark

Sample of cinchona bark

1738
Bundle of rolled strips of cinchona bark, Quinquina Lima, prepared by F. Laurent, Paris, and supplied by H. Salle, Paris, 1930-1931

Bundle of rolled strips of cinchona bark

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
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
Two twigs, and small bundle of folded leeaves, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Two twigs

1910-1930
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