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Painted and carved male ancestral figure with headdress

Painted and carved male ancestral figure with headdress

1851-1910
Medicine man's necklace

Medicine man's necklace

1890-1935
Lip plug in form of wooden disc decorated with beads and shell pendant

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

1801-1920
Double-sided brass comb with curved ends, decorated with chased pattern depicting scenes from the seraglio, Persian, 1801-1910.

Double-sided brass comb with curved ends, decorated with chased pattern depicting scenes from the seraglio, Persian, 1801-1910.

1801-1910
Plaited leather girdle with leather fringe

Plaited leather girdle with leather fringe

1880-1920
Bead necklace with stylized doll amulet fibre hair doll covered in multi-coloured beadwork

Bead necklace with stylized doll amulet fibre hair doll covered in multi-coloured beadwork

1860-1910
Three-dimensional carved wooden female figure

Three-dimensional carved wooden female figure

1880-1920
Cover

Cover

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

1840-1900
Circlet of hide decorated with small cowrie shells and red beads

Circlet of hide decorated with small cowrie shells and red beads

1880-1920
Ear pendant, plaque of coloured beadwork

Ear pendant, plaque of coloured beadwork

1880-1930
Necklace of coloured glass beads and snake vertebrae

Necklace of coloured glass beads and snake vertebrae

1880-1920
Four flasks in oblong fringed cushion

Four flasks in oblong fringed cushion

1801-1910
Pendant of leopard's claw's joined by bead cuff

Pendant of leopard's claw's joined by bead cuff

1880-1930
Comb made of cane and secured by fibre with blue beads

Comb made of cane and secured by fibre with blue beads

1881-1925
Amulets consisting of ornamental leather case

Amulets consisting of ornamental leather case

1871-1910
Canvas bag, contains dried fruits, old beads, fragments of stones, shells, wood, metal, sand, etc.

Canvas bag, contains dried fruits, old beads, fragments of stones, shells, wood, metal, sand, etc.

Gandan neck ring from the stem of the plantain tree

Gandan neck ring from the stem of the plantain tree

1880-1925
Model, scale 1:18, of a 'Batil', an Arab trading vessel used on the Omani coast for pearl fishing, with two masts (raking forward) and lateen sails, by Deerjeebhoy Merwanjee, Bombay, Salsette Island, Maharashtra, India, 1842-1851. Deerjeebhoy Merwanjee built the model from a beam of the 'Cornwallis', which was built in 1788 of Malabar teak.

Model of a 'Batil', Arab trading vessel

1842-1851
Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with feather ornaments and beads, Shuar, Ecuador, 1801-1900

Tsantsa with long hair, with feather and bead ornaments

1801-1900
Amulet in form of a turtle, made of hide decorated with beading. Worn by girl children around neck to ward off illness, Sioux Indians, USA, 1880-1920

Turtle shaped amulet, North America, 1880-1920

1880-1920
Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, strings of beads suspended from ears, Shuar, Ecuador

Tsantsa with long hair

1801-1900
Tsantsa (shrunken head) with short hair, with coix seed necklet, acquired in Venezuela in 1936

Tsantsa with short hair

before 1936
Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with beads and feather ornaments, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1941

Tsantsa with long hair, decorated with beads and feathers

before 1941
8-inch diameter glass sphere containing Ballotini beads, 1968

Glass sphere containing beads

1968
Tsantsa (shrunken head) with long hair, decorated with beads, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1905

Tsantsa with long hair and bead decorations

before 1905