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Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Two wooden ear plugs(?), large pin-type samples

1800-1900

Axe, ceremonial or emblematic

500-1500

Inca initation head of stuffed canvas

1600-1880

Green stone amulet representing a hand clutching a stone

1701-1900

Slave whip

1801-1900

Carved wooden implement

1871-1920

Andean Railway medal: Mendoza Exhibition

1885

Pair of sandals made from lorry tyres, Cusco, Peru

1980-1990

Silver male deity statue, Peruvian.

1301-1550

Medal, Transandine Railway from Arequipa to Puno (Peru)

1870

Medal, Transandine Railway across Andes from Arequipa to Puno (Peru)

1870

2 Sol airmail stamp (used) Monumento al Agricultor Indigena

1952

Pottery figurine

Inca gold statue, female

1401-1600

Stone circumcision knife

1701-1890

Coptic textile quilted blanket of linen with motifs

1400-1500

Andean Railway medal: Souvenir medal

1896-1897

Andean Railway medal: San Juan

1885

Rubber ball from Peruvian child's grave, c. 1600.

1590-1610

Pair of sandals made from lorry tyres, Cusco, Peru

1980-1990

Plaster cast of human skull with artificial cranial deformation

1890-1930
A black and white photograph entitiled 'Georgias Agricola', attached image Image of a Miner in Lima to mount from the Impressions Gallery Exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', 23 July - 3 September 1988.

Illustration from Georgias Agricola

1977
Mummified head and arm, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified head and arm, Peruvian, 800-1400

800-1400
Piece of terra cotta coloured stuff with remains of a polychrome medallion coptic fragment in buff and dark brown - linen interwoven 3' 10" long (Peru? Inca?)

Remains of polychrome medallion coptic fragment

600-800
Bundle of plaited human hair, Peruvian, 800-1400

Bundle of plaited human hair, Peruvian, 800-1400

800-1400
Human skull showing artificial deformation of cranium, damaged and repaired, possibly Peruvian, 1801-1920

Human skull showing artificial deformation of cranium

1801-1920
Human skull showing artificial deformation by fronto-occipital pressure, no lower mandible, from Peru, 1801-1900

Human skull showing artificial deformation by fronto-occipital pressure

1801-1900
Mummified body with knees to chin, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified body with knees to chin

800-1400
Mummified body with knees folded to chin, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified body with knees folded to chin

800-1400
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feather, acquired from Conibo tribe, Peru, 1900

Shrunken heads, South America, 19th century

1801-1900
Toilet flask made from skeleton of a small animal or part of human vertebrae, covered with hide, pre-Columbian, Nazca Indian, Peru, 1000-1500

Toilet flask made from skeleton of a small animal or part of human vertebrae

1000-1500
Mandible only of human skull, from Chorrillos, Lima, Peruvian, 1501-1900

Mandible only of human skull

1501-1900
Mandible only of human skull, from Macavileca, Chorrillos, Peruvian, 1501-1900

Mandible only of human skull

1501-1900
Bundle of plaited human hair, Peruvian, 800-1400

Bundle of plaited human hair, Peruvian, 800-1400

800-1400
Box for cinchona bark, known as a Coracha, wood and rawhide, with contents, brought from Peru by the expedition of Ruiz and Pavon, 1777. Accompanying label reads, 'CORACHA' OF LOXA BARK OPENED, SHEWING CONTENTS AND/ METHOD OF PACKING./ ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 'CORACHAS' BROUGHT TO SPAIN/ FROM PERU BY THE EXPEDITION UNDER RUIZ AND/ PAVON SENT THERE BY CARLOS III OF SPAIN/ IN 1777./ PRESENTED BY HIS MAJESTY KING ALFONSO XIII/ OF SPAIN, 1930.

Coracha of loxa bark c. 1777

1777-1785
Amulet made from a knuckle bone, in the form of a human figure, bead inset for eye (one missing), believed to be Peruvian, 1800-1900

Amulet in the form of a human figure made from knuckle bone

1800-1900
Two pairs of sandals made from lorry tyres, Cusco, Peru, 1980s

Two pairs of sandals made from lorry tyres

1980-1989
A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Funeral of Four Year Old Child From Miner's Family, Lima, Peru", by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Funeral of Four Year Old Child From Miner's Family, Lima

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Child Playing in front of her house, below mining shaft, Lima, Peru", by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Child Playing in front of her house, below mining shaft, Lima

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Baby is Placed in the Warmest Part of the House near the Oven', taken by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', 23rd July - 3rd September 1988.

Baby is Placed in the Warmest Part of the House near the Oven

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "The Road to the Shaft, Lima, Peru", by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

The Road to the Shaft, Lima, Peru

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Miner with Drill inside Mine, Lima, Peru', taken by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', 23rd July - 3rd September 1988.

Miner with Drill inside Mine, Lima, Peru

Mummified Peruvian head, on wooden stand, 1401-1900

Mummified Peruvian head

1401-1900
Human skull, crushed, showing artificial deformation by fronto-occipital flattening, from Peru, South America, 1751-1920

Human skull

1751-1920
Shrunken head with long hair, said to be that of Tibi, a chief of the "Antipas", Peru

Shrunken head with long hair

before 1933
Mummified body with knees to chin, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified body with knees to chin

800-1400
Mummified body with knees to chin, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified body with knees to chin

800-1400
Mummified body, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified body, Peruvian, 800-1400

800-1400
Mummified hand, foot and two bones of a young girl, Peruvian, 800-1600, along with an awl-like tool.

Mummified hand and foot of a young girl, Peruvian,

800-1600