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Replica quipu, South American, c 15th century.

Mathematics

1974

Straw work plaque depicting St. Roch and dog

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1800

Statue of deity Kali trampling on Siva

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Obstetrical belt called "te noa" in vernacular, ma

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1891-1925

L-shaped resenious concretion with single white co

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Achromatic lens, in brass frame, 1795-1805

King George III

1795-1805

Scissors

Asian Medicine

Water bottle, straw plaited, Hispano-Moresque styl

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1800

Hard cane cigar case, oral in section with round e

Smoking

1880-1910

Stretcher [model]

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900-1918

Quadrant electrometer

King George III

1828-1857

Stretcher [model]

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900-1918

Headdress, cone shaped straw hat decorated with re

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1930

Water bottle, straw plaited, Hispano-Moresque styl

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1800

Straw hat worn by Catalonian babies or infants, tw

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1929

Straw and twisted fibre penis sheath, flared straw

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1926

Straw hat, two tiered, red ribbon, cloth strap, wo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1920

Steiff teddy bear, dark gold mohair, wearing knitted pullover, c 1910.

Steiff Teddy Bear, 1905-1915

Materials Science Gallery

1905-1915

Pair of plastic spectacle frames, female style, straw-weave finish with tear-drop shape and saw tooth decoration, unsigned, British, 1955-1960. Supplied by C. W. Dixey and Son Limited, London, England.

Pair of plastic straw-weave finish spectacle frames

Optics

1955-1960

Cane drinking tube with wicker fitter at base, decorated with dark and light straw binding, from Uganda, 1890-1930

Cane drinking tube with wicker fitter at base, dec

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Scissors, steel and straw, Chinese(?)

Scissors

Asian Medicine

Model stretcher, wood and straw, reputedly Japanese, 1900-1918

Stretcher [model]

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900-1918

Carved wooden "Akua mona" doll, flattened face with bead strands for hair, pillar-like body, carved by expectant mothers in order that the child shall be beautiful, West African, 1840-1910

Carved wooden "Akua mona" doll, flattened face wit

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1840-1910

Armatured animation model of a sheep from the television series 'Shaun The Sheep'. Stood on hay bale.

Sheep on Hay Bale

Television

c. 2007

Cardboard cigar case, carton type, sliding lid, originally covered with coloured strip weave decoration, mostly lost, English, 1880-1910

Cardboard cigar case, carton type, sliding lid, or

Smoking

1880-1910

Pull off spectacle case, decorated straw, probably French, 1801-1900

Pull off spectacle case, decorated straw, probably

Ophthalmology

1801-1900

European reproduction of Japanese style incense sticks, in leatherette case, attached by string and bead to leatherette pouch, containing seeds, European, 1880-1925

Japanese style incense sticks

Asian Medicine

1880-1925

Witch doctors headdress, Central East African, 1870-1920

Witch doctors headdress, Central East African, 187

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1920

Packhorse stretcher carrier, first World War

Therapeutics

1914-1918

Woven straw basket with loop handles, empty, used for holding materia medica, possibly European, 1900 to 1930

Woven straw basket with loop handles, empty, used

Pharmacy-ware

1900-1930

Model, scale 1:10, South Indian thatched thermometer shed, 1875.

Model, scale 1:10, South Indian thatched thermomet

Meteorology

Medicine man's equipment, two horns and bamboo container strung on chains, from Nyasaland, African, 1880-1930

Medicine man's equipment, two horns and bamboo con

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Rush mat decorated with stitched and woven straw, for serving food, made by Toro, from Uganda, 1890-1930

Rush mat decorated with stitched and woven straw,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Twisted straw handbag with applied straw floral decoration, c1995.

Twisted straw handbag with applied straw floral de

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1995

Hat band, one of a pair, other missing and alleged to be decorated with coloured beads, plaited straw coiled five and a half times, mounted on board, African(?), 1880-1920

Hat band, one of a pair, other missing and alleged

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

2 painted wooden dolls, an old man and woman dressed in brocaded silk robes, woman carries a broom symbol of longevity, in square wooden box, Japanese, 1851-1900

Dolls of old man and woman with broom, symbol of longevity

Asian Medicine

1851-1900

Rectangular straw-filled mattress, covered in white canvas, used by British Army, unsigned, British(?), 1901-1918.

Rectangualr mattress

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1901-1918

Containing 4 pomegranates, basket possibly European, 1900 to 1927

Containing 4 pomegranates, basket possibly Europea

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1927

Witch doctor's amulet composed of tuft of hyena hair on leather thong with small red bag attached, decayed, Kaffir, South African, 1890-1932

Witch doctor's amulet composed of tuft of hyena ha

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1932

Packhorse stretcher carrier, first World War

Therapeutics

1914-1918

Cardboard cigar case with coloured straw decoration, disintegrating, carton variety with sliding lid, English, 1880-1910

Cardboard cigar case with coloured straw decoratio

Smoking

1880-1910

Painted wooden figures, a funeral procesion, two bearers, one carrying an adze, the other with two bashers, wooden coffin slung from bamboo pole, Chinese, 1880-1920

Figures of a funeral procesion

Asian Medicine

1880-1920

Group of painted wooden figures on a rectangular base, depicts a joss procession of 3 gods accompanied by a band of musicians, paraded around streets at night during epidemics, Chinese, 1880-1920

Group of figures depicting a joss procession of gods

Asian Medicine

1880-1920

Royal Naval sick hammock consisting of mattress and canvas cover, used by British Army, unsigned, British, 1901-1918.

Royal Naval hammock

Therapeutics

1901-1918

Medicine man's effigy or doll, large grass figure in woven fibre costume, leather face, used in rituals, on oblong stone base, Northern Rhodesia, 1890-1910

Medicine man's effigy or doll, large grass figure

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910

Copy of a glass flask used by Pasteur in experiments on alcoholic fermentation

Copy of a glass flask used by Pasteur in experimen

Microbiology

Plaited straw butter dish and cover, concaved circular bowl and cover, edged with leather and decorated with leather fringe and cowrie shells, "cattle" Fulani tribe, Yola, Northern Nigeria, 1890-1925

Plaited straw butter dish and cover, concaved circ

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1925