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Circular wooden ear ornament with decorative beads and copper chains, Masai tribe, East Africa, 1880-1910

Circular wooden ear ornament with decorative beads

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910

Apron, bends in geometrical pattern decorated with metal pendant, possibly a chastity apron (?), Bolivian, 1840-1935

Apron, bends in geometrical pattern decorated with

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1840-1935

Glass bead (white) bracelet threaded on straw thong, small bundle of three wooden sticks coiled with brass and copper wire attached

White glass bead bracelet on straw thong, bundle of three wooden sticks, coiled with brass, copper wire attached

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Brass nose ring decorated with beads and pendants, worn by Hindu women of Zanzibar, 1880-1920

Brass nose ring decorated with beads and pendants,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Set of three spirit bubbles with thermometer, in case, by Joseph Long, 20 Little Tower Street, London, England.

Set of three spirit bubbles with thermometer, in c

Laboratory Medicine

Gourd container with wooden stopper, torpedo shaped, contains fine white powder, decorated with red beads, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1880-1920

Gourd container with wooden stopper, torpedo shape

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Ear lobe distender in the form of a cane tube, with triangular brass pendant and glass beads suspended, Essequibo River, British Guinana, 1871-1915

Ear lobe distender in the form of a cane tube, wit

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1915

Turned wooden snuff box, lid only, circular rounded top covered in mauve and white beads, flange on underside, English (?), 1831-1900

Turned wooden snuff box, lid only, circular rounde

Smoking

1831-1900

Lime knife, made of carved bone stained with betel nut, decorated with broken string of beads, pearl shells and nuts, from New Guinea, 1871-1925

Lime knife, made of carved bone stained with betel

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1925

Amuletic necklace worn against Evil Eye, Palestinian, 1900-1930

Amuletic necklace worn against Evil Eye, Palestini

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1930

Oval block of wood with fish tail ends, many beaded string belt hanging from each end, worn by pregnant women of rank in the New Hebrides, 1890-1910

Oval block of wood with fish tail ends, many beade

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910

Leather amulet in the form of a necklace, cowrie shells and beads on square plaque, possibly worn to promote pregancy, Gandan (?) Uganda, 1880-1920

Leather amulet in the form of a necklace, cowrie s

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Bamboo cane snuff container, cylindrical covered with bead work and suspended from bead necklace, South African, 1880-1925

Bamboo cane snuff container, cylindrical covered w

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1925

Broken amuletic necklace, consisting of beads and teeth, made by Sarakolle, from Senegal, 1880-1930

Broken amuletic necklace, consisting of beads and

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Spectacle, case, chatelaine type, on cord, with two beads, carved jade toggle, Chinese, 1850-1915

Spectacle, case, chatelaine type, on cord, with tw

Ophthalmology

1840-1915

Incomplete string of beads, probably from a necklace, three strands of white beads joined in three places with a larger red beads

Incomplete string of beads, assumed from necklace

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Amuletic (?) necklace of monkey vertebrae threaded on strand of red beads, from West Africa, 1890-1930

Amuletic (?) necklace of monkey vertebrae threaded

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Brass nose ring, decorated with flat zigzag plate, like fringe, and coloured beads, Nubian, from Nile Basin, 1880-1915

Brass nose ring, decorated with flat zigzag plate,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1915

Medicine man's cotton outfit belonging to a member of a secret society, combination garment surmounted by carved wooden head, neck adorned with red scarf, bells, beads etc, Southern Nigerian, 1880-1920

Medicine man's cotton outfit belonging to a member

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Anthropomaphic, female ancestral figure, one of pair, wooden, painted red, with decorated body and face, from Admiralty Islands, South Pacific Ocean, Melanesian, 1870-1900

Anthropomaphic, female ancestral figure, one of pa

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1900

Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feathers, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feath

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

before 1928