Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with strings of beetle elytra, from the Upper Amazon Region, Brazil, South America. Shrunken head with long hair before 1932
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feathers, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador Shrunken head with long hair before 1928
Shrunken head, with long hair, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador Shrunken head, South American, c. 1801-1900 1801-1900
Locket with daguerreotype. 28x33mm oval locket with daguerreotype of man on one side, lock of hair on back. Engine turned decoration on two covers, one engraved 'MAM'. Locket with daguerreotype portrait of man and lock of hair circa 1850
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feather, acquired from Conibo tribe, Peru, 1900 Shrunken heads, South America, 19th century 1801-1900
Hair bracelet with collodion positive. 21 x 27mm oval collodion positive (ambrotype) in gilded brass mount with three rope braided human hair band, c.1850. Hair bracelet with collodion positive circa 1850
A hand-coloured daguerreotype portrait of a man, taken by an unknown photographer in about 1850 and encased in a gold locket. The exterior of the gold locket includes an intricate engraving of flowers and leaves, and the dedication 'FCB to EMB, Jan'y 5th 1855'. The locket also contains a lock of hair, presumably belonging to FCB, encased within the inside of locket cover. The head and shoulders portrait of a formally dressed man is hand tinted, the background a light blue. Locket with Daguerreotype Portrait of Man and Lock of Hair 1855-01-05
Wax anatomical model of a male torso and head showing internal organs, by Clemente Susini, Italian, 1770-1805 Wax anatomical model of a male torso and head, by Clemente Susini, 1770-1805 1770-1805
Doll's head, plaster, wax-filled, metal strip and 8 swatches of hair on head, used in electrical experiments, European, 1870-1900 Doll's head 1870-1900
Pendant containing photographic portrait of a woman, reverse contains a lock of hair, c.1850. Oval daguerreotype of middleaged woman, slightly discoloured, 45x55mm. In gilt mount with swivel ring; hair back on opal glass. Pendant containing a photographic portrait circa 1850
String of beetle elytra, with tuft of human hair at distal end, for decorating shrunken head, South American Shrunken head decoration of beetle elytra and hair before 1919
Shrunken head with short hair, acquired in Venezuela in 1936 Shrunken head with short hair before 1936
Shrunken head with long hair decorated with beetle elytra, from Ecuador Shrunken head with long hair decorated with beetle elytra before 1937
Photograph, possibly of a painting of Florence Nightingale, and a lock of her hair, framed, c1854-1870 Florence Nightingale photograph and lock of hair, 1854-1870 1854-1870
Electrostatic comb by Ediswan, English, 1920-1930 Electrostatic comb by Ediswan, English, 1920-1930 1920-1930