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Amuletic necklace consisting of small buff-coloured leather cases interspersed with white beads and four black beads, Shilluk people, Sudan, Africa, 1880-1910

Amuletic necklace

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910
Wooden mortar, covered except for base in crocodile skin, repaired on one side with tin, Sudan, East Africa

Wooden mortar covered with crocodile skin

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920
Artificially deformed human skull built up with fibre and clay and painted red and black, ceremonial, from Malikolo, New Hebrides, 1851-1910

Artificially deformed human skull built up with fi

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910
Human skull, jaws tied, stained brown, headhunter's trophy, from Dyako of Borneo, 1851-1900

Human skull, jaws tied, stained brown, headhunter'

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1900
Armlet made from human lower jawbone decorated with fibre and small shells, amuletic, from New Guinea, 1801

Armlet made from human lower jawbone decorated wit

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900
Carved wooden figure, ancestral and protective with tusks through nose, shell eyes, and wearing stiff headdress of real hair and fibre, face decorated, left arm repaired, Melanasian, from Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, 1870-1920

Carved wooden figure

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1920
Carved wooden mask, polychrome painted, representing animal head, probably boar, with 4 peg teeth, possibly worn during kolam masked play associated with exocism of disease demons, from Breton and Eluard collection, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1920

Mask from Kolam masked play

Asian Medicine

1771-1920
Covering for a medicine man's medicine chest (?) tangled fibre netting, with eight duyker-bok horns, South African, 1880-1925

Covering for a medicine man's medicine chest (?) t

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1925
Apparatus for cranial deformation consisting of wooden board and cloth bands attached by string, used on children by Milano of Borneo, 1870-1900

Apparatus for cranial deformation consisting of wo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1900
Medicine horn used by witch doctor, curved reed-buck horn, plaited fibre cord attached for suspension, black unguent within horn, Nyasaland, 1880-1920

Medicine horn used by witch doctor, curved reed-bu

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920
Splint made of lengths of split cane attached by fibre-cord and backed and bound with flannel padded with cotton wool, from Morocco, North African, 1871-1910

Splint made of lengths of split cane attached by f

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910
Some grass (?) and root (?), pan-yin in vernacular, from Burma, 1909

Some grass (?) and root (?), pan-yin in vernacular

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1909
Amuletic necklace of snake vertebrae threaded onto string, Azande, north-east congo, West Africa, 1880-1930

Amuletic necklace of snake vertebrae threaded onto

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930
Wooden mortar with paddle-shaped wooden pestle, used for mixing charm potions by Battak of Sumatra (Karo area), associated with Elbert-Expedition, Indonesian, 1870-1900

Wooden mortar with paddle-shaped wooden pestle

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1900
Splint for arm, called belat pangkali lengan in vernacular, made of split cane backed with cotton wool and bound, from Kelantan, Malaysian, 1871-1910

Splint for arm, called belat pangkali lengan in ve

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910
Match, tubular length of fibre, white fibre core, green outer fibre, calibrated along its length by blobs of phosphorus, European, 1800-1880

Match, tubular length of fibre, white fibre core,

Smoking

1800-1880
Large wooden pestle, with rounded grinding end, fibre loop for suspension, badly worm eaten, European, 1501-1800

Large wooden pestle, with rounded grinding end, fi

Pharmacy-ware

1501-1800
Brass aural or wound or bladder, syringe, piston-ation Abernethy type, nozzle, 19th century

Brass aural or wound or bladder, syringe, piston-a

Surgery
Bundle of rolled strips of cinchona bark, Cinchona Hirsuta once exhibited in the Wellcome H.M.M. 1930 Cinchona Exhibition, provenance unknown, 1860-1910

Bundle of rolled strips of cinchona bark, Cinchona

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1910
Oval collar or epaulette badge of twisted silver wire, and black silk, with chevron in design, in box, made by E. Stillwell and Son, 6 Little Britain, London, England, 1861-1930.

Oval collar or epaulette badge of twisted silver w

Wellcome Medals

1861-1930
Lancet, wood with bone blade, from New Guinea, 1880-1930

Lancet, wood with bone blade, from New Guinea, 188

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930
Miniature arrow, wood, fibre and flint, used with bow in blood letting, from New Guinea, broken, 1880-1905

Miniature arrow, wood, fibre and flint, used with

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1905
Miniature arrow, wood and fibre, used with bow in blood letting, from New Guinea, 1880-1905

Miniature arrow, wood and fibre, used with bow in

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1905
Bundle of sticks covered in red cotton cloth and bound with string and splints of wood, black horn attached, part of medicine man's remedial equipment, Sudanese, 1880-1920

Bundle of sticks covered in red cotton cloth and b

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920
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

Asian Medicine

1871-1920
Human skull, artificially elongated, face and feasures reconstructed in clay and fibre and painted red, missing teeth replaced with cane pegs, ceremonial, from Malikolo, New Hebrides, 1871-1910

Human skull, artificially elongated, face and feas

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910
Necklace of human bones, covered with red ochre, amuletic, from Queensland, Australia, 1880-1910

Necklace of human bones, covered with red ochre,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910
Front part of human skull, with lower mandible, masked with clay and fibre and painted red, black and white, with shell tongue, ritual object in ancester worship, from Gazelle Peninsular, New Britain, 1851-1910

Front part of human skull, with lower mandible

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910
Necklace of human bones covered with red ochre, amuletic, from Andaman Islands, India, 1880-1910

Amuletic necklace of bones

Asian Medicine

1880-1910
Mourning ornament consisting of human hair wrapped in clay and fat and covered with red ochre, amuletic, from North West Australia, 1880-1920

Mourning ornament consisting of human hair

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920
Carved wooden ceremonial staff, hollow pole filled with seeds for rattling effect, culminates in mythological head topped by representation of the "copper", Tsimshian tribe, North West coast, Canadian, 1871-1900

Carved wooden ceremonial staff, hollow pole filled

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1900
Pair of toothbrushes, wooden with one end frayed, to form brush and other end pointed to form toothpick, from Philippines, Indonesian, 1881-1920

Pair of toothbrushes, wooden with one end frayed,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1920
Seed shell rattle, handle in the form of a bundle of twisted hide thongs shells split open and threaded fibre cord, Bangala region(?), Congolese, 1880-1920

Seed shell rattle, handle in the form of a bundle

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920
Piece of flaking corm, badat-sa-u, from Burma, 1908

Piece of flaking corm, badat-sa-u, from Burma, 190

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1908
Splint for thigh, called belat paha of split cane bound and padded at edges, from Kelantan, Malaysian, 1871-1910

Splint for thigh, called belat paha of split cane

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910
Amuletic horn bound with fibre and ornamented with cowrie shells, used by medicine man of Azande, Belgian Congo, 1890-1930

Amuletic horn bound with fibre and ornamented with cowrie shells

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930
Human skull with false lower jaw, face built up with clay and fibre, false bulbous nose, decorated with red black and white pigment, ceremonial, from Malikolo, New Hebrides, 1851-1900

Ceremonial skull

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1900
Belt made of bark cloth with amuletic object sewn into centre, from Uganda, 1890-1910

Belt made of bark cloth with amuletic object sewn

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910
2 miniature bows, wood and fibre, used with arrow in blood-letting, from New Guinea, 180-1905

Miniature bows, used with arrow in blood-letting

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1905
Miniature bow, wood and fibre, used with arrow in blood letting, from New Guinea, 1880-1905

Miniature bow used with arrow in blood-letting

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1905
Human skull, cranium artificially deformed, facial region masked with clay and fibre and painted red and blue, ritual object in ancestor worship, from New Hebrides, 1851-1900

Human skull, cranium artificially deformed, facial

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1900
Large human skull, ceremonial, with lower mandible attached by twisted sinew, pellet bell, with incised design and zoomorphic heads, attached to jaw, from Sarawak, North Borneo, 1851-1910

Large human skull, ceremonial, with lower mandible

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910
Ceremonial left shoe made of compacted feathers, blood, fibre and hair cord, used by Kurdaitcha, central Australia, 1890-1920, for tourists(?)

Ceremonial left shoe made of compacted feathers

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1920
Human skull, headhunter's trophy, lower mandible attached by woven fibre, stained dark brown, forehead engraved with design incorporating stylised head, from Orokolo, New Guinea, 1851-1920

Human skull, headhunter's trophy, lower mandible a

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1920
Necklet of red painted human bones, probably amuletic, Andaman Islands, India, 1881-1920

Amuletic necklace of bones

Asian Medicine

1881-1920
Necklet of human vertebrae, covered with red pigment, amuletic, from Andaman Islands, India, 1881-1920

Necklet of human vertebrae

Asian Medicine

1881-1920
Gourd rattle with twisted fibre handle used for rain-making from East Africa, 1880-1910

Gourd rattle with twisted fibre handle used for ra

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910
Amuletic pendant of iron and wood, Kavirondo tribe, Victoria Nyanza, Africa, 1900-1920

Amuletic pendant of iron and wood, Kavirondo tribe

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1920
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
Padded splint for forearm made from bamboo strips lashed together and edged with cloth, from Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malay States, Indonesian, 1881-1920

Padded splint for forearm made from bamboo strips

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1920