Image
Category
Collection
On Display
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Shell pendant painted with an eye

1850-1920

Amulet, whelk shell with reversed spiral

1850-1920

Tortoise carapace amulet

1880-1930

Brooch to avert the evil eye

1900-1914

Calabash rattle, Nigeria, 1851-1920

1851-1920

X-Ray Photograph of Two Shells

Small solid bronze amulet

200 BCE-200 CE

Silver finger ring

Brass spoon

Woven fibre medicine man's bag containing cloth

1871-1920

Knife, steel and shell

Twisted horn amulet

1850-1920

3 pendant amulets

1801-1920

Lancet, steel, in shell sheath, 18th century

1701-1800

Knife, steel and shell, 18th century

1701-1800

Knife, steel and shell, 18th century

1701-1800

Amuletic pendant in form of hand in fig gesture

1851-1935

Necklace, amuletic, cloth covered packet of medicine with 2 cowrie shells sewn on

Amulet carved form shell, in form of curved horn and skull

1850-1920

Lancet, steel, in shell case, 18th century

1701-1800

Lancet, steel, in shell sheath, 1600-1800

1600-1800

Cutthroat razor

1801-1900

Metal tie or hat pin with shell knob

Shell, with perforated side and bark loop

1871-1910

Shell pubic shield, Niol Niol Tribe, Australia

before 1929

Man's pubic cover made of shield-shaped shell on bark thong

1881-1920

Cloth bag

1880-1920

Small piece of tortoiseshell

1701-1900

Wheelchair by Permobil, model F3 Corpus

2016

Amuletic bundle

1880-1920

2 shell amulets

1880-1920

Pierced cowrie shell with attached leather thong

1850-1920

Circular amulet

1880-1930

Labret, funnel shaped composition of shell

1831-1920

Medicine man's belt comprising snake vertebrae threaded onto string

1880-1920

Broken lip stub

1851-1930

Wooden staff

Hand prayer wheel containing prayers

1801-1900

Decorated inro (receptacle)

Lip plug in form of wooden disc decorated with beads and shell pendant

1801-1920

Medicine man's circlet of hide and wood decorated with beads and cowrie shell

1880-1920

3 lancets

1751-1850

Scalpel, steel, folding

1801-1900

2 medicine containers made from boars's tusks

4 lancets

1601-1800

Scoop, shell, Middle Eastern

Wooden feeding funnel

1871-1931

Nose pin

1891-1930

Nose pin

1891-1930

Whelk-type shell worn to ensure easy delivery of a healthy child used to all kinds of food

1880-1920