Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Amulet, whelk shell with reversed spiral

1850-1920

Shell pendant painted with an eye

1850-1920

Brooch to avert the evil eye

1900-1914

Tortoise carapace amulet

1880-1930

Ear trumpet made from shell

1850-1900

Medicine man's outfit consisting of bark apron and leg bands

1881-1925

Wooden bowl containing shells, bones and nut kernels, South Africa, 1890-1924

1890-1924

Circular amulet

1880-1930

Silver finger ring

Labret, funnel shaped composition of shell

1831-1920

Medicine man's belt comprising snake vertebrae threaded onto string

1880-1920

Broken lip stub

1851-1930

Brass spoon

Wooden staff

Bracelet of fine spiral copper wire with medicine man's "medicine" in form of knotted rags

1890-1930

Woven fibre medicine man's bag containing cloth

1871-1920

Hand prayer wheel containing prayers

1801-1900

Decorated inro (receptacle)

Lip plug in form of wooden disc decorated with beads and shell pendant

1801-1920

Knife, steel and shell

Medicine man's circlet of hide and wood decorated with beads and cowrie shell

1880-1920

Twisted horn amulet

1850-1920

3 pendant amulets

1801-1920

Lancet, steel, in shell sheath, 18th century

1701-1800

Knife, steel and shell, 18th century

1701-1800

Knife, steel and shell, 18th century

1701-1800

Amuletic pendant in form of hand in fig gesture

1851-1935

Necklace, amuletic, cloth covered packet of medicine with 2 cowrie shells sewn on

Amulet carved form shell, in form of curved horn and skull

1850-1920

Lancet, steel, in shell case, 18th century

1701-1800

Lancet, steel, in shell sheath, 1600-1800

1600-1800

3 lancets

1751-1850

Scalpel, steel, folding

1801-1900

2 medicine containers made from boars's tusks

4 lancets

1601-1800

Cutthroat razor

1801-1900

Scoop, shell, Middle Eastern

Wooden feeding funnel

1871-1931

Nose pin

1891-1930

Nose pin

1891-1930

Whelk-type shell worn to ensure easy delivery of a healthy child used to all kinds of food

1880-1920

Small piece of tortoiseshell

1701-1900

Metal tie or hat pin with shell knob

Bone tiki

1871-1934

Shell, with perforated side and bark loop

1871-1910

Wooden tiki

1871-1925

Shell pubic shield, Niol Niol Tribe, Australia

before 1929

Grave ornament consisting of shell grille carved from giant clam shell

1701-1910

Green jade tiki

1871-1928

Man's pubic cover made of shield-shaped shell on bark thong

1881-1920