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Carved wooden effigy

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1751-1880

Carved wooden effigy, grave ornament, human figure, head and body on large stake or post, Peruvian, 1751-1880

Stone stud, labret (?), from Peru, 1600-1900

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1600-1900

Stone stud, labret (?), from Peru, 1600-1900

Glazed black pottery mate cup

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1930

Glazed black pottery mate cup, bombilla, with floral design in relief, hooked handle broken, from Peru, 1701-1930

Plaster cast of skull deformed by circular constriction

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1938

Plaster cast of skull deformed by circular constriction, from original Peruvian skull, English, 1938

Stone (granite ?) mortar from Cusco, Peru, 1700-19

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1700-1900

Stone (granite ?) mortar from Cusco, Peru, 1700-1900

Carved wooden grave ornament

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1751-1880

Carved wooden grave ornament, long narrow post surmounted by stylized human figure, head and body only, Peruvian, 1751-1880

Glazed black pottery mate cup

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1930

Glazed black pottery mate cup, bombilla, with relief pattern and hooked handle, from Peru, 1701-1930

Black pottery water vessel

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1920

Black pottery water vessel, human face moulded on neck, arms on vessel , supported on wooden stand, Peruvian, 1881-1920

Small pendant

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1840-1930

Small pendant, carved green stone in form of a stylised head, laterally pierced for suspension, Peruvian, 1840-1930

Plaster cast of human skull with artificial cranial deformation

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Plaster cast of human skull with artificial cranial deformation, showing elongation produced by circular constriction, Aymara or Highland type, ancient Peruvian, possibly made in Germany 1890-1930

Part of toilet flask, Peruvian, 1700-1900

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1700-1900

Part of toilet flask, Peruvian, 1700-1900

Stone lip-stud circular

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1800-1920

Stone lip-stud circular, grooved edges, decorated, supported on wooden stand, said to be from Tambo, Colarado, Peru, 1800-1920

Water container. from a Peruvian nargilah tobacco pipe

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1800-1900

Water container. from a Peruvian nargilah tobacco pipe, bronze, ovoid with elongated base, ending in point, hole in top for bowl shaft, hole in side for stem, Peruvian, 1800-1900

Toilet flask of bone and pottery

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1700-1900

Toilet flask of bone and pottery, bound with cotton with cotton stopper, 1700-1900

Bone tube

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1830-1930

Bone tube, slightly arched, flared slightly at both ends, Peruvian, 1830-1930

Green stone amulet representing a hand clutching a stone

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1900

Green stone amulet representing a hand clutching a stone, probably symbolizing money, Upper Plateau Indians, of the Andean Cordilleras, Peru, 1701-1900

Food vessel Peruvian

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1800-1930

Food vessel Peruvian, 1800-1930, green and blue glazed terracotta

Brown stone mortar (granite ?) from Peru, 1830-192

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1830-1920

Brown stone mortar (granite ?) from Peru, 1830-1920

Silver depilatory forceps, Peruvian, 1700-1900

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1700-1900

Silver depilatory forceps, Peruvian, 1700-1900

Necklace, various coloured stone beads some carved with stylised birds

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1860-1933

Necklace, various coloured stone beads some carved with stylised birds, animals, with attached bronze depilatory forceps attached, Peruvian, 1860-1933

Specimen jar full of mummified chuno (white) tubers from cave in Peru

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1871-1930

Specimen jar full of mummified chuno (white) tubers from cave in Peru, jar English, 1871-1930