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Pottery head in the form of a plaque with slight relief

1890-1930

Amuletic bundles comprised of birds claws

1890-1930

Gold covered wood amulet

Carved wooden bracelet worn by medicine man

1880-1920

Small cylindrical twig of light coloured wood

1880-1920

Armlet comprising an iron chain with a pottery creature's head attached

1880-1930

Small cylindrical glass bottle with cork stopper

1830-1920

Cocoa Research Institute 1942-1967

1968

Wooden doll

1880-1920

Carved wooden "akua mma" doll which expressed the Ashanti ideal of beauty

1851-1920

Carved wooden "Akua Mma" doll

1850-1915

Armlet made of shells

1880-1930

Medicine man's broom

1880-1930

Leather amulet case attached to plaited leather loop

1880-1930

Two identical leather amulet cases

1880-1930

Diamond mining

1959

Carved wooden "akua mma" doll expressing Ashanti ideal of beauty

1850-1920

'Man & Woman Cream' sexual aid

circa 2010

'Arabian Cream' sexual aid

circa 2010

'Super Sex Cap Merpati' Herbal Capsules

circa 2010
Gold covered wood amulet, used against snake bite, originally belonged to Prempeh, King of Ashanti

Amulet used against snake bites

Gourd container, approximately hemispherical, with detachable lid used by medicine man, Northern Ashanti, Ghana, 1890-1930

Gourd container

1890-1930
Snapshot photograph album by an unknown photographer, taken between 1915 and about 1925. Photographs of various sizes taken of British warships, civillian, naval and army personnel during and just after the first world war, including views of Galipolli, Broadstairs and Ghana. Kodak Album no 37.

Snapshot Album

1915-1925
Indian Vigra (faux herbal Viagra) pills to enhance male sexual function, containing Chinese herbs, purchased in Ghana, made by Tibetan Heath-Care Association, c2010.

Fake herbal Viagra

circa 2010
Human skull, no mandible, cranium with Qur'anic verse and prayer in Arabic, collected by Major Robert Baden-Powell, British Expedition, 1895-6, Ashanti, Ghana, 1801-1900

Human skull

1801-1890
Human skull, no mandible, cranium with Qur'anic verse and prayer in Arabic, collected by Major Robert Baden-Powell, British Expedition, 1895-6, Ashanti, Ghana, 1801-1900

Human skull

1801-1870
Cocoa production items, including 1 cocoa tree cutlass; 1 cocoa bean bag; 1 bowl containing cocoa beans, Ghanian, 1980-1994.

Cocoa production items, Ghana, 1980-1994

1980-1994