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Leg splint called belat betis in vernacular, made of split cne, bound and padded, from Kelantan, Malaysian, 1871-1910

Leg splint called belat betis in vernacular, made

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910
Woven straw basket with loop handles, empty, used for holding materia medica, possibly European, 1900 to 1930

Woven straw basket with loop handles, empty, used

Pharmacy-ware

1900-1930
Extending spectacles, tortoiseshell and silver, English(?), 1820-1870

Extending spectacles, tortoiseshell and silver, En

Ophthalmology

1820-1870
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
Miniature arrow, wood and flint, used with bow for blood letting, from New Guinea, 1880-1905

Miniature arrow, wood and flint, used with bow for

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1905
Pulped(?) tal makhana in polythene bag, no provenance details, 1851-1940

Pulped(?) tal makhana in polythene bag, no provena

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1940
Miniature bow, wood and fibre, used with arrow in blood letting, from New Guinea, 1800-1905

Miniature bow, wood and fibre, used with arrow in

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1905
Palm nut with fibre, borassus flabillifer linn, provenance unknown, 1871-1930

Palm nut with fibre, borassus flabillifer linn, pr

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1871-1930
Human skull, headhunter's trophy, with lower jaw bound to upper and engraved design associated with females carved on forehead, Oceanic, 1801-1900

Human skull, headhunter's trophy, with lower jaw b

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900
Amuletic leglet, woven fibre and seeds with seed, nut and human bone fringe, mounted on cardboard, Upper Amazon, South American, 1870-1935

Amuletic leglet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1935
Amulet made of human teeth strung on grass fibre loop now broken, from Central Africa, 1880-1930

Amulet of teeth

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930
New Guinea fisherman's charm in the form of a fish, pod-shaped piece of balsa wood covered in red and black abrus seeds and haffra shells, dog's teeth and fibre for side fins, strands of string represent tail, cord straps, Papuan Gulf Area, New Guinea, 1880-1910

New Guinea fisherman's charm in the form of a fish

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910
Flywhisk made from part of an animal's tail, black with twigs pushed into hollow at top, " medicine" container, or "muhata", Zambezi, Barotseland, 1880-1930

Flywhisk made from part of an animal's tail, black

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930
Containing 4 pomegranates, basket possibly European, 1900 to 1927

Containing 4 pomegranates, basket possibly Europea

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1927
Oblong bronze bell with clapper string with yellow and white beads, voluted design on bell, from Bokhara, Russian, 1801-1910

Oblong bronze bell with clapper string with yellow

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1910
Carved wooden figure, anthropomarphic and female (?), painted black with elongated ear lobes and loin cloth, shell eyes and light coloured fibre hair, from Simbo Island, Solomon Islands, 1871-1900

Carved wooden figure, anthropomarphic and female (

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1900
Bow drill with bronze drill, date about 1370 BC, found at Tel El Amarna, Upper Egypt, in winter season of 1921-22.

Bow Drill with Bronze Bit

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1370 BCE
Sutures consisting of thorns lashed together with fibre cord, Mombasa, Kenya

Sutures consisting of thorns lashed together with

Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Bobasso charm used to render others impotent, bone, wood, etc., with 2 padlocks, Gold Coast, c. 1920

Bobasso charm used to render others impotent, bone

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1926
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
Boar's tusk amulet, fish hook(?), with phallic-shaped quartz-crystal attached, from Sarawak, Borneo, 1870-1920

Boar's tusk amulet, fish hook(?), with phallic-sha

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1920
Ceremonial ancestral skull of child, artificially deformed, features rebuilt and painted forming mask, with fibre string attached, from Malekula, New Hebrides, 1871-1900

Ceremonial ancestral skull of child

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1900
Brass aural or bladder or wound syringe, piston-action, by Arnold and Sons, 35-36 West Smithfield, London, England, 1829-1866.

Brass aural or bladder or wound syringe, piston-ac

Surgery

1829-1866
The Holborn operating and diagnostic urethroscope, plated metal, in leather case, with advertisement, Cuthbert Collection, made by the Holborn Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd., London, 1910-1915

The Holborn operating and diagnostic urethroscope,

Clinical Diagnosis

1910-1915
Necklet of bones, covered with red pigment and scratched linear pattern with disintegrating plaited fibre band, provenance unknown, possibly Indonesian, 1881-1920

Necklet of bones, covered with red pigment and scr

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1920
Gourd container with fibre stopper, containing a red powder, part of medicine man's equipment, Akikuya tribe, Kenya, 1860-1900

Gourd container with fibre stopper, containing a r

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1860-1900
Human trophy skull, lower jaw lashed to upper, with incised herringbone design on forehead, and attached by sennit cord to wooden double-pronged hook carved in form of unfinished, Janus headed figure, from New Guinea, 1871-1920

Human trophy skull, lower jaw lashed to upper, with incised herringbone design on forehead

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1920
Medicine man's bag containing cloths, wood and seeds, Bolobo, Belgian Congo, Africa, 1880-1900

Medicine man's bag containing cloths, wood and see

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1900
Amulet consisting of black polished nut with zoomorphic carved decoration, partly bound with woven fibre string, with fibre loop, from Fly River, New Guinea, 1871-1925

Amulet consisting of black polished nut with zoomorphic carved decoration

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1925
Pewter enema syringe, piston-action, 18th or 19th century

Pewter enema syringe, piston-action, 18th or 19th

Surgery

1701-1900
Silver pomander, pear shaped and with ring handle and perforated with numerous holes

Silver pomander, pear shaped and with ring handle

Pharmacy-ware
Tattooing instrument set, consisting of wooden tool, with serrated bone, blade secured by fibre, and 2 worm eaten fibre brushes, from Gilbert Islands, King's Mill group, 1871-1910

Tattooing instrument set, consisting of wooden too

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910
Pipe gamboge from Siam, in bamboo mould, 1861 to 1920

Pipe gamboge from Siam, in bamboo mould, 1861 to 1

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1861-1920
Medicine-man's wand, made of carved wood with handle and decorated shaft covered with red cloth bows, broken, mirror missing, from Nias Island, Sumatra, 1871-1920

Medicine-man's wand, made of carved wood with hand

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1920
Some grass and root, pim-yin, from Burma, 1904 to 1909

Some grass and root, pim-yin, from Burma, 1904 to

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1904-1909
Glass amulet, against the Evil Eye, worn by soldiers in Palestine and during the First World War

Glass amulet, against the Evil Eye, worn by soldie

Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped wooden hook with card attached, for drawing lipoma taut before cutting it, "matau" in Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, 1891-1930

Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1891-1930
Painted anatomical figure of male Indian, made of fibre and clay, in poor condition, from Peru, South American, 1801-1920

Painted anatomical figure of male Indian, made of

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1920
Medicine man's effigy or doll, large grass figure in woven fibre costume, leather face, used in rituals, on oblong stone base, Northern Rhodesia, 1890-1910

Medicine man's effigy or doll, large grass figure

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910
Drawer from model of foot lathe, from Blacksmith shop model made by George Bissell of Stepney, London, England, 1870-1886.

Drawer from model of foot lathe, from Blacksmith s

Hand and Machine Tools

1870-1886
Fibre thong necklace threaded with 13 rectangular leather amuletic cases of varying sizes, most have tooled designs, Sudanese, 1870-1900

Fibre thong necklace threaded with 13 rectangular

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1900
Amuletic necklaces, damaged, consisting of fibre strands, coloured with pigment and decorated with boar tusks, African, 1880-1920

Amuletic necklaces, damaged, consisting of fibre s

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920
Lens(?) hook, steel, and wooden probe(?), Indian, 1850-1930

Lens hook

Asian Medicine

1850-1930
Small glass bottle containing a wick, part of a spirit lamp, English (?), 1850-1900

Small glass bottle containing a wick, part of a sp

Clinical Diagnosis

1850-1900
Two mattresses with one headrest from doctors surgery, unsigned, English, 1880-1960

Doctor's surgery mattresses

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1880-1960