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Samples of cinchona bark

Samples of cinchona bark

1930-1931
Cinchona bark, Europe, 1601-1700

Cinchona bark, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700
Samples of cinchona bark, Quinquina Carabaya, prepared Paris, France, 1930-1931

Samples of cinchona bark, Quinquina Carabaya, prepared Paris, France, 1930-1931

1930-1931
Strip of rolled cinchona bark, India, 1860-1910

Strip of rolled cinchona bark, India, 1860-1910

1860-1910
Two pieces of cinchona bark, South America, 1601-1700

Two pieces of cinchona bark, South America, 1601-1700

1601-1700
Bark trough

Bark trough

1851-1920
Gourd container

Gourd container

1890-1920
Obstetrical belt called "te noa" in vernacular

Obstetrical belt called "te noa" in vernacular

1891-1925
Small bundle of twigs and leaves bound by fibrous bark ribbon

Small bundle of twigs and leaves bound by fibrous bark ribbon

1880-1920
Cigar made with rolled leaves

Cigar made with rolled leaves

1898
Model of 'Woodskin' and paddle canoe

Model of 'Woodskin' and paddle canoe

1920-1924
Tight rigid belt of coiled bark

Tight rigid belt of coiled bark

1880-1920
Man's pubic cover made of shield-shaped shell on bark thong

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

1881-1920
Bark cloth roll containing two dried leaves of tobacco

Bark cloth roll containing two dried leaves of tobacco

1871-1910
Model of a Shilluk Canoe

Model of a Shilluk Canoe

1900-1913
Bark, part of medicine man's equipment

Bark, part of medicine man's equipment

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900
Bundle of rolled strips of bark

Bundle of rolled strips of bark

1880-1900
Splint made of 2 pieces of bark lashed together with strips of leather

Splint made of 2 pieces of bark lashed together with strips of leather

Two pieces of root bark

Two pieces of root bark

1890-1905
Fibrous bark bound into a ring bracelet

Fibrous bark bound into a ring bracelet

1880-1925
Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900
Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900
Ceremonial ancestral mask of painted bark on wooden frame with fibre hair and beard

Ceremonial ancestral mask of painted bark on wooden frame with fibre hair and beard

1880-1920
Bark cloth roll containing several dried leaves of tobacco

Bark cloth roll containing several dried leaves of tobacco

1871-1910
Ten white feathers tied together with piece of bark

Ten white feathers tied together with piece of bark

1871-1920
Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

Ear ornament worn in enlarged lobe

1851-1900
Amuletic Circlet

Amuletic Circlet

1880-1920
Sassy bark, taken for faintness by Krobo people, Gold Coast (Ghana), 1851-1930

Sassy bark

1851-1930
Bundle of pieces of bark, cinchona ledgeriana, presumably grown in the Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Cameroons, West Africa, 1880-1900

Bundle of pieces of bark

1880-1900
Specimen of bark used in ordeal poison, erythrophleum guineense or sasswood bark, Nyasaland, East African, collected 1900-1930

Specimen of bark used in ordeal poison

1900-1930
Human skull, no lower mandible, with carrying band decorated with shells, ceremonial, worn as sign of mourning and in order to cure pain and disease, from Andaman Islands, India, 1871-1920

Mourning ceremonial skull

1871-1920
Corrobboree wand or "yai-iua", long roll made by strands and folds of dried grass and paper bark tightly bound together with hair string, coated with lime and surmounted by tuff of feathers, for healing backache, Kakadu people, N. Australia, 1880-1920

Corrobboree wand or "yai-iua"

1880-1920
Single strip of rolled bark, cinchona officinalis (Linn), from the Royal Botanical Gardens Collection, Kew, exhibited in 1930 Wellcome Exhibition, probably collected by T.J. Buchanan, Madras, India, 1882

Single strip of rolled bark

1882
Quantity of small pieces of root bark Cinchona Ledgeriana, collected in India, probably in 1908

Quantity of small pieces of root bark Cinchona Ledgeriana

1908
Specimen of cinchona pahudiana bark, from the Government cinchona plantation, Darjeeling, India, 1870-1900

Specimen of cinchona pahudiana bark

Specimen of erythrophyllum guinieuse bark, no provenance, probably collected 1830-1930

Specimen of erythrophyllum guinieuse bark

1830-1930
Specimen of bark, probably cinchona, no provenance, 1840-1930

Specimen of bark

1840-1930
Specimen of cinchona bark, Quinquina Maracaibo, prepared by F. Laurent, Paris, and suppled by H. Salle, Paris, 1930-1931

Specimen of cinchona bark

Root, folded double, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Root, folded double

1910-1930
Bark of simaruba tree, prepared by British Drug Houses, Ltd., London, English 1870-1930

Bark of simaruba tree

1870-1930
Piece of tawai bark, from New Zealand, 1851 to 1930

Piece of tawai bark

1851-1930
Wooden herb box with broken lid, rounded oblong, empty, inscribed C11, European, 1601 to 1800

Wooden herb box with broken lid

1601-1800
Cupea bark in plastic, thought to be from West Indies, 1899-1900

Cupea bark in plastic

1899-1900
Pieces of fibrous bark, twi osutan, remedy for rheumatic bone pain in sickle cell anaemias, now in polythene bag, possibly from Africa, 1871-1950

Pieces of fibrous bark

1871-1950
Pieces of bark, provenance unknown, 1850-1930

Pieces of bark, provenance unknown, 1850-1930

1850-1930
Twig, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Twig, native medicine

1910-1930
Quantity of small pieces of bark cinchona, Quinquina Loxa Madras, in cellophane(?) container, prepared by F. Laurent and supplied H. Salle, Paris, 1930-1931

Quantity of small pieces of bark cinchona

Bark fragments, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Bark fragments

1910-1930
Twig, cut length, bark covered, native medicine, Northern Rhodesia, 1910-1930

Twig, cut length

1910-1930