William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872
1872
Cash sword of coins for protecting new born baby from harmful spirits
1701-1800
Glass pharmacy storage bottle
1864
De Saussure Hair Hygrometer, 1815-1841
1815-1841
Inro with ojime and netsuke, Japan, before 1915
before 1915
Wooden statue showing childbirth, Angola, 1801-1900
1801-1900
Brass stereotaxic apparatus, English, c. 1905.
1900-1910
Penis sheath made from strips of reed
1900-1930
Sagemono in pouch
1700-1850
Penis sheath made from thick grasses with cord pommel at end
1900-1930
Model to Demonstrate Combination of Tidal Constituents, 1872
1872
Grass basketry penis sheath covered with brown and white reeds
1890-1925
Three cable specimens, 1800-1949
1800-1949
Netsuke in form of male wrestler
1701-1900
Cable specimen from the 1865 transatlantic cable
1865
Pedometer, German, 1795-1805
1795-1805
'Spinal Babies' poem, England, 1950-1970
1950-1970
Driving clock by Cooke for telescope in fitted box
1868-1880
Ready reckoner (currency)
1972-1976
Grass basketry penis sheath covered in reed strands
1900-1930
Tonkotsu decorated with carved frogs
1880-1915
Cable specimen from the 1857-1858 transatlantic cable
1857-1858
Tonkotsu in form of pile of cash, linked to netsuke via ojime
1880-1915
Cylindrical amulet case with charm inside
1801-1900
Reconstruction of insulated seawater sampling bottle designed by Captain Phipps and Dr Irving
1773 (original); 1980s
Tobacco pipe attached to frog tonkotsu
1880-1929
Amuletic horn bound with fibre and ornamented with cowrie shells
1890-1930
Apothecary's balance with steel beam and mother-of-pearl pans
1831-1870
Amuletic bundles comprised of birds claws
1890-1930
Amulet worn by a derstee of the small pox spirit
Bone blade lashed to carved wooden handle
Iron pick
1880-1925
Amuletic belt made of snake vertebrae
1880-1915
Set of tobacco pipe
1830-1900
Cowrie shell necklace with fine beadwork bag suspended
1880-1910
Medicine man's amulets
1900-1930
Enamel medal
1914
Folding spectacles with cord
1801-1900
Amuletic bundle composed of three bamboo canes
1880-1920
Amuletic necklace consisting of two small glass bottles
1880-1910
Convex plaque carved with Indian deity
1700-1920
Pouch attached to box lid through ojime
1860-1935
Tonkotsu with lid linked to netsuke via ojime
1880-1929
Green and brown amuletic tassels for long life
1850-1930
Spectacle cases
1890-1930
Dental Treadle Drill with Flexible Cable Arm and Handpiece
1900-1930
Tonkotsu wwith lid attached to netsuke via ojime
1880-1929
Tobacco pouch with tobacco, linked to case via ojime
1870-1915
Piece of cord threaded with cork discs
1860-1910
Piece of orvis root on twisted cord used for teething infants to sooth gums
1900-1913