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Broad leaf inscribed with a design in white pigment

1900-1940

Box containing tinder

1900-1909

Contents of a medicine man's pouch or bag, including fragments of leaves and grasses, stones, minerals and metal hook, African, 1880-1920

Contents of a medicine man's pouch or bag

1880-1920

Carved wooden coup stick, long javelin with pointed ends, surmounted by tuft of coloured feathers bound with leaves, plains Indian, maker, U.S.A., 1860-1900

Carved wooden coup stick

1860-1900

Twig with four leaves attached, preserved with wax coating, oval leaves, European, 1851-1920

Twig with four leaves attached

1851-1920

Umbrella-like leaves of unidentified plant, no provenance details, 1850-1930

Umbrella-like leaves of unidentified plant

1850-1930

Pieces of crumbling unidentified leaf, no provenance details, 1850-1930

Pieces of crumbling unidentified leaf

1850-1930

Bunch of bay leaves from Turkish Drug Shop, Middle East, 1851-1920

Bunch of bay leaves from Turkish Drug Shop

1851-1920

2 pieces of a thick brown leaf with certain central rib, used by Ijca Indians as a purifier and cure for headaches, South American, 1830-1920

2 pieces of a thick brown leaf with certain central rib

1830-1920

Specimen of dried leaves called guava, originally in glass container mounted, on plate, now missing, from Fiji, 1860-1920

Specimen of dried leaves called guava

1860-1920

Round block of opium, with slice missing, wrapped in leaves. Approx. 110 mm diamter, 514 g. Paper label underneath reads, ' TURKISH OPIUM.' Unknown maker, Turkey, probably 19th century.

Round block of opium, with slice missing, paper label: 'TURKISH OPIUM'

1801-1926

Packet of Wanika arrow poison, East African

Packet of Wanika arrow poison, East African

Polythene bag full of dried leaves, no details, provenance unknown, 1860-1930

Polythene bag full of dried leaves

1860-1930

Twig, slender, brown coloured with three almond-shaped light-brown leaves at end, twig bent and nearly severed, provenance unknown, 1830-1930

Twig, slender

1830-1930

Packet of Wanika tribe arrow poison, East African, Acokanthera Schimperi (Apocynaceae).

Packet of Wanika tribe arrow poison