Shrunken head with short hair, South American Shrunken head with short hair, South American before 1933
Amuletic leglet, woven fibre and seeds with seed, nut and human bone fringe, mounted on cardboard, Upper Amazon, South American, 1870-1935 Amuletic leglet 1870-1935
String of beetle elytra, with tuff of human hair at distal end, for decorating shrunken head, South American String of beetle elytra before 1937
Daguerreotype of a coastal scene, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, by Fredricks & Weeks, possibly (12 November) 1851. Full plate. Blind stamped on overmatt 'Frederick e Weeks' and 'Electrotypo'. In original hinged leatherette case. Daguerreotype of Coastal Scene 1851
Papers of Harry Usher, (1889-1937). Harry Usher (d. 1927) was a former General Manager of the Buenos Ayres & Pacific Railway, a post he held from 1914 to 1926. Prior to that he had worked in various accounting, administrative and managerial roles for railways in Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica, South Africa, Chile and Cuba. The collection tells a ‘world’ railway story and gives a well-illustrated overview of a career railway administrator. Much of it is career-illustrative material – contracts, cuttings, regulation books, maps etc. However, there are several notebooks and photographs to give more depth and detail to the work Usher did. Moreover, there is material from every stage of his career. 4 boxes, 1 folder. Papers of Harry Usher 1889-1937
Glass specimen bottle, containing cocoa or chocolate beans/seeds from South America Glass specimen bottle, containing cocoa or chocolate beans/seeds, South America 1880-1920
Two carrying handles for sedan chair, said to have been used in La Paz to convey patients to hospital, 18th or 19th century. Two Carrying Handles for Sedan Chair. 1701-1900
Box for Glaxo `Minadex', vitamin tonic with vitamins A and D. South American Box for Glaxo `Minadex' 1947-1970
Box for Glaxo `Adexilan Gotas', vitamin A and D supplement. South American. With 2 spare gummed labels and leaflet Box for Glaxo `Adexilan Gotas' 1947-1970
Wide belt of black and white seeds with pendant humming birds, South American, 1850-1927 Belt with pendant humming bird 1850-1927
Girdle or "acachu" made from human hair, from Tutanangosa, South America Girdle or "acachu" made from human hair before 1930
String of beetle elytra, with tuft of human hair at distal end, for decorating shrunken head, South American Shrunken head decoration of beetle elytra and hair before 1919
Sedan chair said to have been used in La Paz to convey patients to hospital, 18th or 19th century Sedan Chair Used to Carry Patients to Hospital. 1701-1900
Box for Glaxo `Ostelin', vitamin D supplement. South American. With 10 gummed label sheets Box for Glaxo `Ostelin' 1947-1970
Box for `Vitaminas Glaxo', vitamin B complex and Vitamin C supplement. South American, with 2 gummed labels and leaflet Box for `Vitaminas Glaxo' 1947-1970
Small gourd bowl containing curare, South American Small gourd bowl containing curare, South American before 1950