Image
Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

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

1881-1925

Seed of Entada scandeus

1850-1900

Seed of Eutada Scandans washed up on coast of North West Ireland by the Gulf Stream

1890-1902

Seed shell rattle

1880-1920

Two dried seed shell snuff boxes

1880-1915

Medicine mans necklace

1880-1930

Amulet made of rough seed beads

1880-1920

Container with stopper

1801-1900

Contraceptive seeds used within Ayurveda, India, 1970-1981

1970-1981

Amuletic necklace of wild banana seeds

1870-1920

Amuletic bundle consisting of twelve tubular canes

1870-1910

Necklace, amuletic, made of horn tips

1880-1920

Amuletic necklace worn by

1870-1920

Uterine forceps

1901-1930

Pair of ovoid seeds contained within leather washers with leather strap

1880-1908

Ceremonial ancestral male skull with features rebuilt with clay and fibre and painted forming mask, real hair embedded in skull, on wooden stand, from Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1871-1920

Ceremonial ancestral male skull with features rebuilt with clay and fibre and painted forming mask

1871-1920

Seed on twig from 2nd year woad, pressed. X 2

Seed on twig from 2nd year woad

Two perforated beans threaded on to cane stick, Africa 1880-1930

Two perforated beans threaded on to cane stick

1880-1930

Seeds, "matamatamoso" in vernacular red with black tip, medicinal plant, from Samoa, 1901-1920

Seeds, "matamatamoso" in vernacular red with black tip

1901-1920

Ceremonial ancestral male skull with features rebuilt with clay and fibre and painted forming mask, real hair embedded in skull, from Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1871-1920

Ceremonial ancestral male skull with features rebuilt with clay and fibre and painted forming mask

1871-1920

Cotton medicine man's bag containing pebbles, seeds and bare pins, Africa, 1880-1920

Cotton medicine man's bag containing pebbles

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

Woad seed (loose) originally from Thompson and Morgan seeds men Ipswich. One packet dated 1976

Woad seed (loose) originally from Thompson and Morgan seeds men Ipswich

1976

"Tewkesbury" woad seed (loose). One packet dated 1977

"Tewkesbury" woad seed (loose)

1977

Vegetable Ivory seeds, no provenance, 1850-1930

Vegetable Ivory seeds, no provenance, 1850-1930

1850-1930

Armlet made from lower human jaw decorated with seeds, shells, fibre and feathers, teeth replaced by red seeds, bone decorated with incised linear pattern, from New Guinea, 1801-1900

Armlet made from lower human jaw decorated with seeds

1801-1900

Materia medica consisting of stem and seeds of Mexican tea, used by Basuto for colds and stomach ache, South Africa, 1851 to 1930

Materia medica consisting of stem and seeds of Mexican tea

1851-1930

Dill seed, supplied by Potter and Clarke Ltd., London and Manchester, English, 1901-1930

Dill seed