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Amulet and charm to protect against plague

Amulet and charm to protect against plague

1690-1710
Earring or necklace made of seeds and beetle elytra

Earring or necklace made of seeds and beetle elytra

Necklace, shells and seed threaded on cotton cord with depilatory forceps attached

Necklace, shells and seed threaded on cotton cord with depilatory forceps attached

500-1650
Necklace, amuletic, incomplete

Necklace, amuletic, incomplete

1880-1935
Six containers of beetle chitin and seeds suspended on beaded and twisted fibre strings

Six containers of beetle chitin and seeds suspended on beaded and twisted fibre strings

1880-1920
Sealed glass disc containing specimen of crotolaaria

Sealed glass disc containing specimen of crotolaaria

1880-1930
Plaited cane rattle, double ended, containers filled with seeds

Plaited cane rattle, double ended, containers filled with seeds

Seed microscope (simple)

Seed microscope (simple)

Small orange gourd

Small orange gourd

1880-1920
Amulet, protective comprising small whistles made from twigs

Amulet, protective comprising small whistles made from twigs

1880-1930
Amulet, 6 elongated iron cones filled with abrus ?

Amulet, 6 elongated iron cones filled with abrus ?

1880-1930
Quantity of kombe or strophanthus hispidus seeds from Gold Coast, used by Asante people (Ashanti) for constipation, Ghana, 1870-1930

Quantity of kombe or strophanthus hispidus seeds from Gold Coast

1870-1930
Tsantsa (shrunken head) with short hair, decorated with feathers and bead necklet, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1931

Tsantsa with short hair, decorated with feathers and bead necklet

before 1931
Sealed glass container holding ears of barley, Egyptian, 1000BC to 100AD

Sealed glass container holding ears of barley

1000 BCE-100 CE
Wide belt of black and white seeds with pendant humming birds, South American, 1850-1927

Belt with pendant humming bird

1850-1927
Tsantsa (shrunken head) with short hair, with coix seed necklet, acquired in Venezuela in 1936

Tsantsa with short hair

before 1936
Amuletic leglet, woven fibre and seeds with seed, nut and human bone fringe, mounted on cardboard, Upper Amazon, South American, 1870-1935

Amuletic leglet

1870-1935
4 large dried seeds, worm-eaten, no provenance details, 1850 to 1930

4 large dried seeds

1850-1930
Small dried seeds in polythene bag, from India(?), 1851-1930

Small dried seeds in polythene bag

1851-1930
seeds of henbane, 1851 to 1930, no provenance details

seeds of henbane

1851-1930
Specimen cocks-comb seeds in greaseproof bag, taken for diarrhoea, Kasai tribe, user, Congolese, 1860-1900

Specimen cocks-comb seeds in greaseproof bag

1860-1900
Chilli pods, one burst, used by Napache Indians, South American, 1880-1935

Chilli pods

1880-1935
Necklace, amuletic in form of bundle of fragments of wood, bone, metal, lizard skin, lizard foot, etc., Abyssinian, 1890-1930

Necklace, amuletic in form of bundle of fragments of wood

1890-1930
Tsantsa (shrunken head), decorated with beads made from seeds and bone, Shuar, Ecuador, before 1925

Tsantsa with long hair, decorated with beads made from seeds and bone

before 1925