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Head hunter's basket decorated with raffia fringing

1851-1920
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
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
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, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head, South American, c. 1801-1900

1801-1900
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feather, acquired from Conibo tribe, Peru, 1900

Shrunken heads, South America, 19th century

1801-1900
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feathers, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head with long hair

before 1928
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
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
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 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
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
Shrunken head with short hair, acquired in Venezuela in 1936

Shrunken head with short hair

before 1936
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