Ethnography and Folk Medicine
1851-1920
Pointed wooden stick, part of content of medicine man's bag, possibly used as a pointing stick, African, 1851-1920
1870-1920
Stick, pointed one end, with traces of gum or glue for attachments now missing, from Australia, 1870-1920
1880-1920
Wooden stick, pointed, part of medicine man's bag, African(?), 1880-1920
Dentistry
1850-1920
Stick, for cleaning the teeth, India, 1850-1920
Board with stick, feathers and plaited grasswork all covered in mesh
Twisted stick, with one end carved possibly to resemble phallus, from Central Australia, 1870-1920
1890-1920
Wooden stick, pointed, part of medicine man's bag, African, 1890-1920
1890-1930
Small stick sharpened at apex like a pencil, part of a medicine man's bag, African, 1890-1930
1881-1910
Wooden stick with rounded ends, used as chisel in tooth avulsion operation, from Sunday Island, 1881-1910
Stick, wood
1801-1900
Inlaid shiraz work stick, Persian, 19th century
Bundles of five wooden sticks secured in tight formation by brass bands at either end, medicinal sticks
Four wooden sticks, cylindrical, perforated near top for insertion of cord, one bound with copper coils
Length of stick with bark partly stripped, possibly amuletic, or a simple pestle, African, 1880-1920
Small knotted stick from a branch or root of a tree or plant made of light fibrous wood, possibly African, 1880-1920
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1871-1930
Paper packet containing cinnamon sticks(?), no provenance details, packet English, 1871-1930
1830-1920
Bundle of liquirita stems, of unknown provenance, 1830-1920
1840-1920
Glass jar containing fout sticks, Chinese