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Silver plaque

1601-1850

Anthropomorphic figure carved from pith

1871-1920

Two rectangular bronze plaques in rectangular leather covered mount

1921

Bronze tobacco pipe

1880-1920

Medical diapason

1890-1910

Mercury bath thermometer

Plaster replica of one half of a Roman diptych

1860-1920

Plaster replica of one half of a Roman diptych

1860-1920

White carved chalk figure

1851-1920

Dr. Gachet

1898

Set of tattooing instruments

1870-1920

Set of carved divination bones on wooden display mount

1880-1930

3 cutting instruments of flint

1913-1920

2 gilt(?) and plaster copies, reverse and obverse,

1800-1920

Mercury bath thermometer

1870-1901
Male, ancestral figure of carved wood. The figure has a beard of natural hair, inlaid cowrie shells for eyes and a detached piece of tusk that was originally in the nose. The figure is mounted on a wooden base and is from the Mundugumor tribe, Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1871-1920

Carved wood ancestral figure

1871-1920
Pieces of gurjun, oleo-resin, from East Indies, 1851-1890

Pieces of gurjun

1851-1890
Red stone phallic image, eroded, on wooden display mount, from Tahiti, Society Islands, 1601-1900

Red stone phallic image

1601-1900
Ceremonial ancestral male skull with features rebuilt with clay and fibre and painted forming mask, real hair embedded in skull, on wooden stand, from Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1871-1920

Ceremonial ancestral male skull with features rebuilt with clay and fibre and painted forming mask

1871-1920
Lumps of dark gum resin, with label on wooden mount, from Jebba, Nigerian, 1901-1930

Lumps of dark gum resin

1901-1930
Dark brown granules of gum kino vangay, from Madras, Indian, 1871-1930

Dark brown granules of gum kino vangay

1871-1930
Two mounted tortoiseshells, plastra, from Shanghai, Chinese, 1851 to 1940

Two mounted tortoiseshells

1851-1940
2 Dr. Forbes mercury Fahrenheit bath thermometers, in wooden mounts, foreign(?), 1901-1950

Fahrenheit mercury bath thermometers in wooden mounts

1901-1950
Pieces of dark solidified gum Kuer, acacia catechu, from Calcutta, India, 1841-1900

Pieces of dark solidified gum Kuer

1841-1900
3 lumps of resin, canarium strictum from East Indies, 1871-1930

3 lumps of resin

1871-1930
Pieces of gum myrrh, from Aden, 1851-1890

Pieces of gum myrrh, from Aden, 1851-1890

1851-1890
Lumps of gum extract from terminalia latifolia, from North Australia, 1871-1930

Lumps of gum extract from terminalia latifolia

1871-1930
Small drops of gum from bloodwood tree, North Austrilian, 1871-1930

Small drops of gum from bloodwood tree

1871-1930
3 pieces of gum from sterculia ramosa, Indian, 1851-1890

3 pieces of gum from sterculia ramosa

1851-1890
Drawer containing broken mandrake root, on wooden mount, from Brentwood, Essex, 1845

Drawer containing broken mandrake root

1871-1930