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'Super Sex Cap Merpati' Herbal Capsules

circa 2010

Carved wooden "Akua Mma" doll

1850-1915

Gold covered wood amulet

Cocoa Research Institute 1942-1967

1968

Wooden doll

1880-1920

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

1851-1920

Pottery head in the form of a plaque with slight relief

1890-1930

Amuletic bundles comprised of birds claws

1890-1930

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

1880-1930

Carved wooden bracelet worn by medicine man

1880-1920

Small cylindrical twig of light coloured wood

1880-1920

Small cylindrical glass bottle with cork stopper

1830-1920

'Arabian Cream' sexual aid

circa 2010

Leather amulet case attached to plaited leather loop

1880-1930

Medicine man's broom

1880-1930

Armlet made of shells

1880-1930

Diamond mining

1959

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

1850-1920

Two identical leather amulet cases

1880-1930
Gold covered wood amulet, used against snake bite, originally belonged to Prempeh, King of Ashanti

Amulet used against snake bites

1870-1930
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
Quantity of kombe or strophanthus hispidus seeds from Gold Coast, used by Asante people (Ashanti) for constipation, Ghana, 1870-1930

Quantity of kombe or strophanthus hispidus seeds from Gold Coast

1870-1930
Palm kernels used to produce palm oil by Akyem (Akim) people from the eastern region, Gold Coast (Ghana), 1871-1903

Palm kernels used for palm oil

1871-1903
Sassy bark, taken for faintness by Krobo people, Gold Coast (Ghana), 1851-1930

Sassy bark

1851-1930
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
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
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
Cylindrical glass specimen bottle with cork stopper, containing compacted ball of seeds from Gold Coast (Ghana), 1901-1936

Specimen bottle containing compacted ball of seeds from Gold Coast

1901-1936
Glass specimen bottle, contains guinea pepper seeds from Gold Coast (Ghana), 1900-1930

Glass specimen bottle

1900-1930