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Mandrake root, England, 1501-1700

Mandrake root, England, 1501-1700

1501-1700
Scale model of Thor Heyerdahl's raft 'Kon Tiki'

Scale model of Thor Heyerdahl's raft 'Kon Tiki'

1973
Tinder made of agave flower stalk

Tinder made of agave flower stalk

Shaman's Aroma-therapy Mini Dream Pillow

Shaman's Aroma-therapy Mini Dream Pillow

1996
Glass specimen bottle containing witch hazel leaves and twigs from North America

Glass specimen bottle containing witch hazel leaves and twigs from North America

1880-1940
Moxibustion stick, China, 1988

Moxibustion stick, China, 1988

1988
Dried potato soup in vacuum pack

Dried potato soup in vacuum pack

1995-1999
Dried cereal bar

Dried cereal bar

1995-1999
Glass specimen jar and dish containing black snakeroot or cohosh root (cimicifuga racemosa) used by the Penobscot Indigenous people

Glass specimen jar and dish containing black snakeroot or cohosh root (cimicifuga racemosa) used by the Penobscot Indigenous people

1860-1940
Specimen bottle containing palm kernels

Specimen bottle containing palm kernels

1950-1955
Jar of maple sugar in birchbark cones perhaps prepared by unidentified Indigenous peoples from today Canada

Jar of maple sugar in birchbark cones perhaps prepared by unidentified Indigenous peoples from today Canada

1860-1880
Glass specimen jar containing black snakeroot or cohosh root used by the Penobscot, North America

Glass specimen jar containing black snakeroot or cohosh root used by the Penobscot, North America

1860-1940
Glass specimen jar, containing hemp roots, 152 mm x diameter 61 mm, from Canada, 1850-1902. Type set label on paper, ' CANADIAN HEMP/Apocynum Cannabin Apocynaceae/Root. Canada'

Glass jar of Canadian hemp root

1850-1920
Root

Root

Specimen jar containing echinacea angustifolia stems used by North American tribes for various treatments, 1900 - 1930.

Echinacea angustifolia stems with handwritten note

1900-1930
Glass vial wityh black plastic screw on top, containing plant specimen. Printed label with 'Flatters and Garnett Ltd' and 'Bradnor Rd, Manchester, 22'. White label with the following printed on: 'pinus sylvestris'

Glass vial wityh black plastic screw on top

Two handwritten notes to go with unidentified root used to relieve abdominal pain in Tembuland, from South Africa, 1871 to 1905.

Handwritten notes to go with root specimen from South Africa

1871-1905
Glass specimen bottle containing leaves of coca, 98 mm x diameter 46 mm. Type face label on paper with an inscription in French reading, 'FEUILLES DE COCA/Erythroxylon Coca'. Unknown maker, possibly South American in origin, 1900-1930.

Glass bottle of coca leaves

1900-1930
Specimen of okadimeli stems from Angola, 1937.

Specimen of okadimeli stems from Angola

Specimen of omti waiyoka from Angola, 1930-1937.

Specimen of omti waiyoka from Angola

Glass specimen dish containing black snakeroot used by the Penobscot, USA

Glass specimen dish containing black snakeroot or cohosh root (cimicifuga racemosa) used by the Penobscot, USA

1860-1940
Specimen jar, rim damaged, containing dill seed from Bombay

Specimen jar containing dill seed

1891-1930
Lung-wort plant, specimen, fixed with tape to rectangular cardboard mount, unsigned, Germany(?), 1870-1930. Consists of roots with ridged stem and yellow flowers at top, plus hairy leaves.

Lung-wort plant specimen, on cardboard mount

1870-1930
Freeze dried slice of disease resistant genetically modified (GM) potato and non-GM blight infected potato slice.

Freeze dried slice of disease resistant genetically modified (GM) potato and non-GM blight infected potato slice.

2024