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Sample of bone used in making bone china

Seal of turned and engraved bone

Seal of turned and engraved bone

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
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
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
Bone after being calcined

Bone after being calcined

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

Human left femur

100 BCE -200 CE
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
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
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
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
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
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
Left fibula or humerus, thought to be male

Left fibula or humerus

1855-1900
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
Femur, human, showing unreduced fracture, excavated by Sir Flinders Petrie in Palestine, c.1925

Excavated human femur

before 1925
Double-headed skull drum, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Double-headed skull drum

before 1932
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
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
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
Astragalus (ankle) bone carried against rheumatism, Suffolk, 1880-1916

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

1880-1916
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
Human arm bone from England, dated to 500-1000

Human arm bone from England

500-1000 CE
Human fibula, origins unknown

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
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
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
Pair of leprous bones, femurs, perhaps South American, 1600-1930

Pair of leprous bones

1600-1930
Leg bone shows badly healed fracture, with initials W.H., European, 19th century

Leg bone shows badly healed fracture

1801-1900
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
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
Bones from an earthenware cinerary urn, Roman, 100 BC - 300 AD

Bones from an earthenware cinerary urn

100 BCE-300 CE
One of two bracelets made of carved human bone strung on threads. Made in Tibet in the 19th century.

One of two bracelets made of carved human bone strung on threads

1801-1900
One of two bracelets made of carved human bone strung on threads. Made in Tibet in the 19th century.

One of two bracelets made of carved human bone strung on threads

1801-1900
Shaft of a right femur, possibly with periosteal sarcoma. Excavated from a prehistoric cemetery in Jebel Moya, Sudan in c. 1935

Shaft of a right femur

before 1 BCE
Bone after being ground

Bone after being ground

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

Articulated skeleton

1801-1900
Glass cinerary urn that contained bone fragments, made in Western Europe, 101 to 230 AD

Glass cinerary urn that contained bone fragments

101-230 CE
Neolithic burial illustrating urinary calculi in Sudanese tribe, from Jebel Moya, 1000-400BC, excavated by Sir H. Wellcome, 1910-1914

Neolithic burial illustrating urinary calculi in Sudanese tribe

1000-400 BCE
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
Skull drum, double-headed, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Skull drum

before 1937