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Rabbit's foot amulet

Rabbit's foot amulet

1860-1905

Piece of skin

Piece of skin

1790-1819

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

1890-1910

Monkey-skin bag used by healers, Africa, 1880-1930

Monkey-skin bag used by healers, Africa, 1880-1930

1880-1930

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

1890-1910

Kohl bottle

Kohl bottle

1890-1932

Mole's foot

Mole's foot

1890-1910

Mole's foot

Mole's foot

1890-1910

Antimony bottle made of animal skin

Antimony bottle made of animal skin

1890-1920

Mole's foot

Mole's foot

1890-1910

Fly whisk with red

Fly whisk with red

1851-1920

Headdress, Sierra Leone, West African, 1870-1907

Headdress, Sierra Leone, West African, 1870-1907

1870-1907

Amulet case made from bird's webbed foot

Amulet case made from bird's webbed foot

1880-1920

Amulet necklace

Amulet necklace

1880-1920

Tobacco pipe

Tobacco pipe

1850-1910

Toilet flask

Toilet flask

500-1450

Toilet flask

Toilet flask

500-1450

Nut enclosed in skin which has contained mercury

Nut enclosed in skin which has contained mercury

1870-1930

Pharmaceutical container

Pharmaceutical container

Badger's snout

Badger's snout

1871-1917

Medicine man's plaited string bag with sling

Medicine man's plaited string bag with sling

1870-1920

Dried eel skin

Dried eel skin

1880-1920

Amulet in form of a mole's foot set into metal holder with suspension ring

Amulet in form of a mole's foot set into metal holder with suspension ring

1880-1920

Medicine man's outfit

Medicine man's outfit

1880-1930

Medicine man's bag

Medicine man's bag

1870-1920

Bracelet, amuletic, leather plaited band with five rectangular cases attached

Bracelet, amuletic, leather plaited band with five rectangular cases attached

1880-1925

Masai headdress

Masai headdress

1870-1920

Rectangular bronze medal by Gregoire-Calvet commemorating C.M. Gariel

Rectangular bronze medal by Gregoire-Calvet commemorating C.M. Gariel

1911

Moles foot, carried loose as a cure against cramp and toothache, from Downham, Norfolk, October 1910

Moles foot amulet

1890-1910

Mole's foot, carried loose as a cure against cramp and toothache, from Downham, Norfolk, October 1910

Mole's foot amulet

1890-1910

Shrunken head of a male sloth Ecuadorian, 1850-1930

Shrunken head of a male sloth Ecuadorian

1850-1930

Papier mache anatomical figure, covered with human skin, Japanese

Papier mache anatomical figure

1801-1930

Gourd with phallic projection, symbol of the harvest god Eja, while the bowl represents the womb of his wife Ekumoke, Ekoi, maker, Cameroons, 1890-1925

Gourd with phallic projection

1890-1925

Skin from neck of one of brothers hanged for forgery, puckered and marked by rope, with labels, found by F.T. Buckland in vaults of St. Martin in the Fields, 1859, English(?), 1634-1840

Skin from neck of one of brothers hanged for forgery

1634-1840

Shrunken head of a female sloth, Ecuadorian, 1850-1930

Shrunken head of a female sloth

1850-1930

Double headed skull drum, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Double headed skull drum

before 1932

Skull drum, double-headed, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Skull drum

before 1932

Circular brass-studded shagreen medal case, contents missing, English, 1751-1765

Circular brass-studded shagreen medal case

1751-1965

Shrunken head with long brown hair, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head with long brown hair

before 1926

Witch doctors headdress, Central East African, 1870-1920

Witch doctors headdress

1870-1920

Poison bottle, skin, from the Celebes, 1880-1929

Poison bottle

1880-1929

Hand drum, called a damatu, made of two human skulls, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Hand drum

1701-1900

Dried rat, no provenance, 1850-1930

Dried rat, no provenance, 1850-1930

1850-1930

Circular brass-studded shagreen medal case, contents missing, English(?), 1751-1800

Circular brass-studded shagreen medal case

1751-1800

Double-headed skull drum, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Double-headed skull drum

before 1932

Human skin tattooed with floral motif, unidentified provenance.

Human skin tattooed with floral motif

before 1937

Large square medal case with brass clasps, French(?), 1801-1930

Large square medal case with brass clasps

1801-1930

Fragment of skin of Jeremy Bentham, who was dissected in 1832

Piece of Jeremy Bentham's skin, England, 1832

1832

Some pieces of human skin covered with fungus, in glass toppered plywood case, found in St. Martin's Vaults, London, 1859, English, 1601-1840

Some pieces of human skin covered with fungus

1601-1840

Deer's foot, Chinese, 1850-1930

Deer's foot, Chinese, 1850-1930

1850-1930