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Amulet of length of quill

1880-1920

Tuft of Peruvian coloured feathers, date unknown

1701-1933

Two wooden ear plugs(?), large pin-type samples

1800-1900

Penis sheath made from dried fruit shell with string and feather decoration

1871-1920

Headdress, cone shaped straw hat decorated with red feathers

1870-1930

Baby carrier consisting of long strip of woven cloth fringed at ends with tassels

1851-1920

Pointing bone with cloth and feather-down at blunt end

1870-1920

Carved wooden ancestral mask

1870-1920

Gourd covered with black leather and suspended from leather thong

1880-1920

Child's bow and arrow set

1801-1900

Wooden ear lobe distender

Bundle of bones covered in red cloth

1880-1920

Amuletic collection suspended from iron ring

1880-1930
Kurdaitcha sandal/shoe, made of matted emu feathers, blood, hair cord and knitted string, part of kurdaitcha hunting ritual, Arrernte people (Arunta), central Australia, 1880-1920

Kurdaitcha sandal/shoe

1880-1920
Carved wooden coup stick, long javelin, pointed tip, surmounted by cuff of grasses with red, white and blue painted designs, fringe of feathers, fluted at top for feathers, now missing, Plains, Indian, USA, 1860-1900

Carved wooden coup stick

1860-1900
Magical remedy or "Bundi dia Mobibi", bundle of brown cloth with tassels from top of which protrude black feathers, part of animal jaw, cowrie shell and other small items are loose but belong to bundle, native cure for ague, Portuguese Congo, 1871-1920

Magical remedy or "Bundi dia Mobibi"

1871-1920
Group of painted wooden figures on a rectangular base, depicts a joss procession of 3 gods accompanied by a band of musicians, paraded around streets at night during epidemics, Chinese, 1880-1920

Group of figures depicting a joss procession of gods

1880-1920
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 tribe N. Australia, 1880-1920

Corrobboree wand or "yai-iua"

1880-1920
Armlet made from lower human jaw decorated with seeds, shells, fibre and feathers, teeth replaced by red seeds, bone decorated with incised linear pattern, from New Guinea, 1801-1900

Armlet made from lower human jaw decorated with seeds

1801-1900
Baby carrier made of hide, decorated with quill work, tassels and bells, for carrying on mother's back attached to a suspension frame, made by Sioux Indian, U.S.A, 1880-1920

Baby carrier made of hide

1880-1920
Four Pink Ostrich Feathers, used as a fan prop in the Walter Scott Portrait Studio, 26 North Parade Bradford.

Four Pink Ostrich Feathers