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Broad leaf inscribed with a design in white pigment

1900-1940

Box containing tinder

1900-1909

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

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

Twig with four leaves attached

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

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

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

Bunch of bay leaves from Turkish Drug Shop

1851-1920

Packet of Wanika arrow poison, East African

Packet of Wanika arrow poison, East African

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

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