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Large pearl shell pendant flat

1880-1920

Stone-headed axe from Queensland, Western Australia, Prehistoric.

2, 2 3/4" diameter fire assay pots used for noble metal assay

1940

Pearl shell pendant

1880-1920

Ceremonial object, waninga, consisting if sharpened stick with red -spotted crosspiece, bound at junction with hair-string, used by men at circumcision ceremonies, from Queensland, Australia, 1880-1920

Ceremonial object

1880-1920

Dilly bag, double bag is fibre mesh, outer bag docorated with brown and blue stripes, for carrying mummified body, said to be from North Queensland, 1881-1910

Dilly bag

1880-1910

Camera Press photograph titled 'Old Vic World Tour'. Caption on back reads: Vivien Leigh, ex-wife of Sir Laurence Olivier, seen at Surfer's Paradise, Queensland, Australia, with John Merivale, member of the Old Vic Company. The occasion was the 1962 Old Vic World Tour, in which they both appeared.

Vivien Leigh on beach in Australia

03 July 1962

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Shaft Sinking", by an unknown photographer / Cementation Mining Ltd. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Shaft Sinking

Pearl shell pendant (Lonka-Lonka) flat, egg shaped in profile, used as a remedial charm and serves as an ornament, Arunta tribe, Central Australia, 1880-1920

Pearl shell pendant (Lonka-Lonka) flat

1880-1920