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Sample of bone used in making bone china

Femur, human, showing unreduced fracture, excavated by Sir Flinders Petrie in Palestine, c.1925

Excavated human femur

before 1925

Long iron spike or bayonet riveted to an animal horn, like from the Taurotragus genus, fitted at end with human lower mandible, hollow of horn filled with grasses, African, 1880-1915

Ethnographic object

1880-1915

Apron made from carved human bone beads, strung on threads, and in necromantic rites, Tibetan, 19th century

Apron made from carved human bone beads

1801-1900

Box of bones collected by Dr. Albert Wilson including a whole femur, a section of a femur (including the femoral head), a tibia, a fibula, half a pelvis, a section of skull and two boxes containing histological slides. There are also two small skulls which have not been formally identified but do not appear to be human.

Box of bones collected by Dr. Albert Wilson including a whole femur

1880-1928

Box container, cardboard, contains two small bones, personal relic of Mr. Claud Woakes of London, 1870-1930

Box container

1870-1930

Small piece of bone, anatomical specimen supended from wire in a screw top glass jar, personal relic of Mr. Claud Woakes, 1890-1936

Small piece of bone

1890-1936

Human femur, right, showing healed unreduced fracture, adult, from Tell Fara, Syria, reputedly Roman period, 100 BC-200 AD

Human right femur, Tell Fara, Palestine, 100 BCE-200 CE

100 BCE-200 CE

Human femur, left, showing healed unreduced fracture, adult, from Tell Fara, Syria, 100 BC-200 AD

Human left femur

100 BCE -200 CE

Antelope horn, bound with cotton cuffs, surmounted by human jaw bone (lower mandible), long wooden peg through top, used by "powerful" medicine man, Nigerian, 1880-1910

Antelope horn with human jaw bone, Nigeria, 1880-1910

1880-1910

Bone flute, made from bone of ancestor, called "Koauau", decorated with carved curvilinear design, played in cases of difficult parturition, Maori, from New Zealand, 1851-1920

Bone flute

1851-1920

Amulet made from a knuckle bone, in the form of a human figure, bead inset for eye (one missing), believed to be Peruvian, 1800-1900

Amulet in the form of a human figure made from knuckle bone

1800-1900

Astragalus (ankle) bone carried against rheumatism, Suffolk, 1880-1916

Human ankle bone carried to cure rheumatism, Suffolk, England, 1880-1916

1880-1916

4 human bones carved to sharp point one end, tapered and rounded the other, from Tana Island, New Hebrides, 1871-1900

4 human bones carved to sharp point one end

1871-1900

Bones from a buddhist priest's apron, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Bones from a buddhist priest's apron

1701-1900

Carved bone ornaments from a buddhist priest's apron, called a nag-pa, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Carved bone ornaments from a buddhist priest's apron

1701-1900

Box of bones collected by Dr. Albert Wilson including four vertebrae, a section of skull (including two teeth), a section of mandible and thirteen unidentified bones.

Box of bones collected by Dr. Albert Wilson including four vertebrae

1880-1928

Box of bones collected by Dr. Albert Wilson including four vertebrae, a metacarpal, two carpals and seven unidentified bones.

Box of bones collected by Dr. Albert Wilson including four vertebrae

1880-1928

Bone fragments from inside a Roman glass cinerary urn, made in Western Europe in 101 to 230 AD

Bone fragments from inside a Roman glass cinerary urn

101-230 CE

Human arm bone from England, dated to 500-1000

Human arm bone from England

500-1000 CE

Left fibula or humerus, thought to be male

Left fibula or humerus

1855-1900

Left tibia bone from an adult human male, used at the artistic anatomy class taught by Dr. Paul Ferdinand Gachet (1828-1909), France, 1855-1900.

Human Tibia Bone

1855-1900

Left Humerus (arm bone) from an adult female, used at the artistic anatomy class taught by Dr. Paul Ferdinand Gachet (1828-1909), France, 1855-1900.

Left Humerus (arm bone) from an adult female

1855-1900

Small sections of a skull of a prehistoric North American individual, from Sacramento Valley, California, USA.

Small sections of a skull of a prehistoric North American individual

1000-1700

Fragments of a right femur, possibly with periosteal sarcoma. Excavated from a prehistoric cemetery in Jebel Moya, Sudan in c. 1935

Fragments of a right femur

before 1 BCE

Distal section of a right femur, possibly with periosteal sarcoma. Excavated from a prehistoric cemetery in Jebel Moya, Sudan in c. 1935

Distal section of a right femur

before 1 BCE

Human fibula, origins unknown

before 1988

Bones of lower leg and foot, incomplete, origins unknown, from the collection of a chiropodist

Bones of lower leg and foot

before 1988

Earthenware cinerary urn containing quantity of bones, cracked, broken broken at rim, Roman, 100 BC - 300 AD

Earthenware cinerary urn containing quantity of bones

100 BCE-300 CE

Glass cinerary urn, with bone fragment contents, Roman, Western Europe, 101 to 230 AD

Glass cinerary urn

101-230 CE

Bone tube, carved, used by the shaman to retrieve a lost soul and thus restore health to its owner, Kaiapoi, New Zealand

Shaman's carved bone tube used to retrieve a lost soul

before 1930

Samples of bones from the internal ear, boxed, 1937, property of Prof. George Grey Turner (1877-1951), surgeon

Samples of bones from the internal ear

before 1937

Double-headed skull drum, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Double-headed skull drum

before 1932

Seal of turned and engraved bone

Bone after being calcined

Right femur (part), human, possibly with periosteal sarcoma, from prehistoric cemetery, Jebel Moya, Sudan, excavated c. 1935

Femur bone from a prehistoric cemetery

before 1 BCE

Human foot bones, incomplete, origins unknown, from a collection of chiropodist's items.

Human foot bones

before 1988

Bone, remnant, human, found in 'cannibal's' cave, found at Cana, Basutoland, South Africa, 1700-1920

Bone, remnant, human

1700-1920

Articulated skeleton, European, 19th century. (lacks skull - A25407/1)

Articulated skeleton

1801-1900

Radius, human, with unreduced fracture, from Prehistoric burial in Palestine excavated by Sir Flinders Petrie, c.1925

Excavated human radius

before 1925

Leg bone shows badly healed fracture, with initials W.H., European, 19th century

Leg bone shows badly healed fracture

1801-1900

Human humerus, left, showing healed unreduced fracture, adult, from Tell Fara, Syria, reputedly Roman period, 100 BC-200 AD, excavated before 1929

Humerus of an adult human

100 BCE -200 CE

Bone from the body of Constantine II (317-337 CE), taken from his tomb at Arles

Bone from the body of Constantine II (317-337 CE)

337 CE

Armlet made from human lower jawbone decorated with fibre and small shells, amuletic, from New Guinea, 1801

Armlet made from human lower jawbone decorated with fibre and small shells

1801-1900

Astragalus, (ankle bone) used as an amulet to cure rheumatism, from East London, 1914

Astragalus, (ankle bone) used as an amulet to cure rheumatism

1914

Armlet made from lower human jaw decorated with seeds, shells, fibre and feathers, teeth replaced by red seeds, bone decorated with incised linear pattern, from New Guinea, 1801-1900

Armlet made from lower human jaw decorated with seeds

1801-1900

Apron of human bone beads strung on threads, used in necromantic rites, Tibetan, 19th century

Apron of human bone beads strung on threads

1801-1900

Apron made from carved human bone beads and girdle, mounted on green silk backing, Tibetan, 19th century

Apron made from carved human bone beads and girdle

1801-1900

Apron made of carved human bones, ivory plaque, turquoise bead, and small metal bulb, strung on threads, Tibetan, 19th century

Apron made of carved human bones

1801-1900

Buddhist priest's cloth apron with plaques of human bone, called a nag-pa, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Buddhist priest's cloth apron with plaques of human bone

1701-1900

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