Image
Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Glass stoppered jar with nut amulet containing mercury

1800-1869

Shell, nut and bone divination set

Divination set of cowrie shells and nut shells

Leather amulet threaded with a small nut

1890-1925

Dried nut shell similar in texture to a walnut rounded

1900-1920

Amuletic thong belt with rings holding bells

1880-1925

Medicine man's necklace

1880-1918

Small brown bi-lobe nut

1880-1936

Amuletic armlet

1880-1920

Medicine man's belt

1880-1930

Amulet necklace

1880-1920

Medicine man's outfit consisting of bark apron and leg bands

1881-1925

Cosmetic container with stopper and applicator on chain

1850-1920

Medicine man's ring made of lanceolate nut on iron ring

1880-1920

Small amuletic nut perforated through centre for suspension and covered with red pigment

1880-1920

Amuletic necklace of seven dried nuts and bean pods covered in fine brass wire mesh

1880-1910

Medicine man's leather thong necklace strung cowrie shells and wooden pendants

1880-1930

Amuletic rattle

1880-1930

2 nuts of blood wood

1890-1930

Nut enclosed in skin which has contained mercury

1870-1930

Double-nut, found by a butcher's boy who was told that it was "good against tooth-ache"

1910-1924

Amulet, consisting of string with threaded objects such as beads

1870-1920

Amuletic necklace composed of bean pods

1870-1920

Small iron instruments threaded on to a bar either side of a nut

1880-1930

Ladle, made from nut

1850-1900

Carved nut pomander, in metal mount

Nut scent bottle

Armlet made of shells

1880-1930

Lime knife, made of carved bone stained with betel nut, decorated with broken string of beads, pearl shells and nuts, from New Guinea, 1871-1925

Lime knife

1871-1925

Amulet consisting of black polished nut with zoomorphic carved decoration, partly bound with woven fibre string, with fibre loop, from Fly River, New Guinea, 1871-1925

Amulet consisting of black polished nut with zoomorphic carved decoration

1871-1925

Brown nut, resembles a hedgehog, with projecting modules, said to be excellent medicine, Czuro, Bolivia, 1880-1930

Brown nut

1880-1930

Belt, possibly amuletic made of snake vertebrae threaded on stiff grass, partly covered in red cloth, Zulu, South African, 1890-1930

Belt, possibly amuletic made of snake vertebrae threaded on stiff grass

1890-1930

Nuts and powder, "mpere" in vernacular, used to relieve pain, probably Africa, 1871 to 1938

Nuts and powder

1871-1938

Kola nut mounted with other materia medica on inscribed glass plate, from West Africa, 1871-1938

Kola nut mounted with other materia medica on inscribed glass plate

1871-1938

Nine physic nuts from Samoa, once contained in glass desk mounted on backplate, container missing, Samoa, 1860-1920

Nine physic nuts from Samoa

1860-1920