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5th century Indian statue of the Goddess Durga slaying the demon Mahisasura, Guptat period

5th century Indian statue of the Goddess Durga sla

Asian Medicine

400-700
Cast iron head of Buddha broken from larger statue, perhaps Indian, 1801-1900

Cast iron head of Buddha broken from larger statue

Asian Medicine

1801-1900
Wooden statue of an American Indian, mounted on corner of overhang on the outside of the Old English Pharmacy.

Wooden statue of an American Indian, mounted on co

Pharmacy-ware
Pottery figure of seated boy, smiling, wearing apron around waist, Chinese, 19th century

Pottery figure of seated boy, smiling, wearing apr

Asian Medicine

1801-1900
Chinese or Tibetan stone figure of seated old woman

Chinese or Tibetan stone figure of seated old woma

Asian Medicine

1400-1800
Marble copy of a Greek bronze statue, showing youth extracting a thorn from his foot, original probably 5th to 3rd centuries BC, copy possibly 1800-1920

Marble copy of a Greek bronze statue, showing youth extracting thorn from foot

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1800-1920
Gilded bronze figurine of Thoth, Egyptian, 1700BC-500BC

Gilded bronze figurine of Thoth, Egyptian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1700-500 BCE
Bronze figurine of the god Bes, Egyptian, 800BC-200BC

Bronze figurine of the god Bes, Egyptian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

800-200 BCE
Plaster cast of Egyptian statue of seated robed man

Plaster cast of Egyptian statue

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-500 BCE
Pottery statue, from Vinces, Ecuador

Pottery statue, from Vinces, Ecuador

Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Carved wooden statue of male deity carried on two stretcher poles, for carrying from village to village, stylized form, Ashango tribe, Gabon or Congo, 1850-1905

Carved wooden statue of male deity carried on two

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1905
Marble carved figure of Vishnu, in relief on arched slab, Indian, 1651-1800

Marble carved figure of Vishnu, in relief on arche

Asian Medicine

1651-1800
Wooden figure of Saint Rock, patron of plague sufferers, French (?) or from Netherlands (?), 15th to 16th centuries

Wooden figure of Saint Rock

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1501-1700
Wooden figure of Saint Agatha, invoked for the cure of breast diseases and patroness of wet nurses, possibly Spanish, 17th century

Wooden figure of Saint Agatha

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1700
Plaster copy of statue of the 5th dynasty Egyptian priest Anisakha, original in Egyptian Museum Cairo 2600-2300 BCE

Plaster copy of statue of the 5th dynasty Egyptian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2600-2300 BCE
Plaster cast of neolithic mother goddess, copies of originals from Malta, European, 1920-1930

Plaster cast of neolithic mother goddess, copies o

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1930
Plaster copy of terracotta figure group showing parturition, original from Cyprus, 700-500BC, replica made 1930-1950

Plaster copy of terracotta figure group

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1930-1950
Copy of Venus, plaster, Aurionacian, from Brassempony, now in National Museum, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, c. 1935

Copy of Venus, plaster, Aurionacian, from Brassemp

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1931-1937
White marble statue of Venus Victrix, probably European, 18th or 19th century

White marble statue of Venus Victrix

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1701-1900
Set of five small statues of Krishna as a butter thief, and one seated figure, two bronze, four brass, India, 1801-1900

Statues of deity Krishna

Asian Medicine

1801-1900
Statue of Vishnu and Lakshmi on ornate base, wood, probably from Bombay, 1801-1900

Statue of gods Vishnu and Lakshmi

Asian Medicine

1801-1900
Statue of figure of Death, German

Statue of figure of Death, German

Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Moulded pottery figure of man, corpulent, smiling, clad in draped garment which reveals his shoulders, chest and belly, holds a ball in right hand, Japanese(?), 19th century

Moulded pottery figure of man, corpulent, smiling,

Asian Medicine

1801-1900
Carved wooden statue in a grotesque human form with large mickey mouse ears headdress, hands on abdomen, reputedly strong Egyptian influence, Mum tribe, Cameroons, 1880-1920

Carved wooden statue in a grotesque human form wit

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920
Pottery figure, with black paint on face, wearing a piece of cloth not originally associated with the figure, from Chancay culture, Peruvian

Pottery figure, with black paint on face, wearing

Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Statue of an animal restrained by ropes, bronze, Java(?), 1600-1900

Statue of an animal restrained by ropes, bronze, J

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1600-1900
Six pieces of painted wooden ancestral figure, largest piece represents head of cockerel, with peg attached, probably from New Ireland(?), 1851-1910

Six pieces of painted wooden ancestral figure, lar

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910
17th or 19th century Indian statue of Ganesh, Hindu God of success and wisdom, the "Elephant God"

Statue of Ganesh

Asian Medicine

400-1900
Anthropomaphic, male ancestral figure, one of pair, wooden, painted red with decorated body and face, from Admiralty Islands, South Pacific Ocean, 1870-1900

Anthropomaphic, male ancestral figure, one of pair

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1900
Pottery figure representing the God of Happiness, in long brightly coloured gown, holding Chinese character "Fu", Chinese, 19th century

Pottery figure representing the God of Happiness,

Asian Medicine

1801-1900
Votive statue of child in swathing bands, terracotta, probably Roman, 200BC-200AD

Votive statue of child in swathing bands

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE - 200 CE
Renaissance bronze statue of Hermes, messenger of the Gods and conveyer of souls to Hades, possibly after Donatello

Renaissance bronze statue of Hermes

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1700-1900
Limestone head of a young man Greek or Roman, 1st century CE

Limestone head of a young man Greek or Roman

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-100 CE
Marble copy of statue of Hermaphrodite, the original in the Tribune Gallery at Florence, 450-100 BCE

Marble copy of statue of Hermaphrodite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

450-100 BCE
Plaster replica of a Greek statue of Asklepios, god of medicine, original found at Melos(? ), probably dating from 5th or 4th century BC, cast 1860-1920

Plaster replica of a Greek statue of Asklepios

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1860-1900
Small pottery figurine of a girl in her initiation costume swathed in plaited grass coil and leather skirt with apron at front, Sotho, Basutholand, 1880-1910

Small pottery figurine of a girl in her initiation

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910
Plaster cast of Egyptian statue of Amenhotep, son of Hapu director of building at Thebes

Plaster cast of Egyptian statue of Amenhotep

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-500 BCE
Plaster statue of boy with goitre, used as pharmacy sign

Plaster statue of boy with goitre, used as pharmac

Pharmacy-ware

1910-1940
Painted wooden figure of female demon bare-breasted with right foot planted on decapitated demon head, polychrome, with tongues of flame issuing from head, and shoulders, carved in one piece with stand,

Painted wooden figure of female demon bare-breaste

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900
Brass figure group of Aesculapius with small boy and large snake (informal caduceus), 1860-1900

Brass figure group of Aesculapius with small boy

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1860-1900
White marble copy of the Apollo Belvedere, unsigned, Europe, 1700-1900.

Marble copy of the Apollo Belvedere

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1700-1900
Stone figure of Suria, the Sun God with attendants, booted and holding lotus, from niche, from Eastern India, 701CE - 1200

Figure of Sun God Suria with attendants

Asian Medicine

701CE-1200
Carved wood group showing dentist with patient in chair, hands, faces and lower legs of ivory, German(?), 1801-1940

Carved wood group showing dentist with patient in

Dentistry

1801-1940
Plaster model of pre-Listerian surgeon wiping blade on skirts of frockcoat, English, 1900-1950

Plaster model of pre-Listerian surgeon wiping blad

Surgery

1900-1950
C19 or early C20 carved and painted wooden figure of a mediaeval pilgrim

C19 or early C20 carved and painted wooden figure

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1850-1930
Painted cast of a votive statue, plaster, Italian(?), 1880-1920

Painted cast of a votive statue, plaster

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1880-1920
Figure of Hermes, bronze, probably Roman, 250BC-100AD

Figure of Hermes, bronze, probably Roman

Classical & Medieval Medicine

250-100
Carved wooden figure of a Virginian Indian, English, probably 19th century, used as a tobacconist's sign

Carved wooden figure of a Virginian Indian, Englis

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900
Painted, wooden, ancestral, uli figure, hermaphroditic, with grip at back, damaged, from New Ireland, 1851-1910

Painted, wooden, ancestral, uli figure, hermaphrod

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910
Painted wooden ancestral figure, surrounded by wooden framework decorated with apinted and carved designs, figure holds fish, badly broken, from New Ireland, 1851-1910

Painted wooden ancestral figure, surrounded by woo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910