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Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Necklace, Chippewa Indians, USA, c. 1801-1920

1801-1920

Veil, beaded, Tutsi, Rwanda, 1880-1930

1880-1930

Plains chief's breast-plate of eagle wing bones and coloured glass beads

1871-1900

Long animal horn

1880-1920

Open end chatelaine spectacle case

1801-1900

Gourd container for "medicine" covered in lattice network of small blue and white beads

1880-1920

Bead amulet or pendant

1910-1930

Ribbon necklace with ten large blue glass beads threaded through

1900-1920

Snuff box

1880-1930

Amuletic necklace of twisted fibre threaded with large teeth

1880-1920

Two dried seed shell snuff boxes

1880-1915

Eleven snakeskin amulet cases stitched to fibre cord necklace decorated with red cord beads

1880-1910

Gourd snuff container

1890-1930

Carved wooden effigy or Ibedji, typical Yoriba sta

1871-1910

Carved wooden "Akua mona" doll

1840-1910

Carved wooden effigy female with child on its back

1880-1920

Ibedji figure representing a dead male twin, Yoruba people, Nigeria, 1871-1910

1871-1910

Carved wooden "Akua Mma" doll

1850-1915

Carved wooden "akua mma" doll which expressed the Ashanti ideal of beauty

1851-1920

Amulet, in form of two small pieces of alum

1910-1930

Bead amulet in form of two pieces of alum

1870-1930

Baby carrier beads threaded on cotton between wooden arms decorated with nut cases

1870-1935

Oblong bronze bell with clapper string with yellow and white beads

1801-1910

Brass snuff container

1890-1930

Carved wooden comb with handle in form of human head with glass beads round neck

1880-1925

Red glass bead necklace

1890-1930

Soft leather baby carrier

1890-1920

Tortoiseshell amulet to promote sturdy growth in children

1880-1910

Amuletic bundle, beaded tassels and nut shells

1880-1900

9 small animal teeth threaded on fine strands of beads

1880-1920

Amuletic necklace consisting of 4 large teeth threaded on band of fine black beads in many strands

1870-1920

Necklace, belonging to witch doctor

1890-1932

Horn containing gum-like medicine

1880-1930

Amuletic necklace consisting of small buff-coloured leather cases interspersed with white beads and four black beads

1880-1910

Amuletic horn attached to broad cloth straps

1880-1925

Amuletic necklace worn by

1870-1920

Snuff box

1880-1920

Medicine man's bag, Congo, West Africa, 1871-1910

1871-1910

Open end chatelaine spectacle case, embroidered fabric, with cords, Chinese, 1801-1900

Open end chatelaine spectacle case

1801-1900

Wooden staff with globular head, long stick originally covered with network of blue, white, red and black beads, triangular mesh, thread broken, half of pattern lost, Zulu tribe,(?), South African, 1880-1920

Wooden staff with globular head

1880-1920

Amuletic necklace consisting of seeds interspersed with glass beads, possibly from Indian tribe of North or South America, 1801-1920

Amuletic necklace consisting of seeds interspersed with glass beads

1801-1920

Amuletic necklet, sling of brown cloth decorated with fringe of blue beads hanging cloth bag pendant with cloth bundle suspended, African, 1880-1920

Amuletic necklet

1880-1920

Amuletic bundle consisting of string handle with gourd, strings of beads and pegs hanging from it, Bakussu tribe, Belgian Congo, 1890-1920

Amuletic bundle consisting of string handle with gourd

1890-1920

Necklace, medicine man's pair of animals claws joined at the wider ends to represent bullocks horn, on beaded string, African (Central), 1880-1930

Necklace, medicine man's pair of animals claws joined at the wider ends to represent bullocks horn

1880-1930

Earplug of rolled purple palm-leaf with polychrome two-tiered decorative end, probably Indian, 1880 to 1925

Earplug of rolled purple palm-leaf with polychrome two-tiered decorative end

1880-1925