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Wooden statue showing childbirth, Angola, 1801-1900

Wooden statue showing childbirth, Angola, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Coiled weave basket for holding the materials applying enemas to children

Coiled weave basket for holding the materials applying enemas to children

1860-1900

Treatment for sores caused by syphilis, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1880-1890

Treatment for sores caused by syphilis, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1880-1890

1880-1890

Wooden snuff mortar in form of carved female figure with mortar on her head in form of Chokwe drum

Wooden snuff mortar in form of carved female figure with mortar on her head in form of Chokwe drum

1880-1925

2 carved wooden statues of two erect figures facing each other

2 carved wooden statues of two erect figures facing each other

1800-1900

Small tortoiseshell

Small tortoiseshell

1880-1915

Bundle of grasses used as brush for sweeping up a baby's stools (olukatero lokukombo okana)

Bundle of grasses used as brush for sweeping up a baby's stools (olukatero lokukombo okana)

1860-1910

Stamp sheetlet

Stamp sheetlet

2000

Glass fronted display case with mounted reed enema tube and two black and white photographs showing a mother giving an enema to her child, Kyanyama tribe, (South Angola), maker of tube, Miss Cotton Powell, Photographer, case English, 1920-1930

Glass fronted display case with mounted reed enema tube and two black and white photographs

1920-1930

Glass drum containing enema powder made from fungus and beans, mounted on cardboard backing, part of Orambo enema material, Orambo tribe, southern Angola, Africa, Owangwe, 1910-1937

Glass drum containing enema powder made from fungus and beans

1930-1937

Specimen of dried Ompopola leaves and branches from Angloa, 1937. With the plant matter is a label which reads: Flora of Angola. Vernacular Name: Ompopòla (kwanyama). Locality: Nr Namakunde, Baixo, Cuene. Habitat: Sandy - flat. Date: end July 1937. Notes: Creeper of other trees. Collector: Colton For Dr Hooper. No. 1141.

Dried Ompopola leaves and branches

1937

Dried Jasmine flowers and leaves frim Cunene, Angola. With the specimen is a note which reads: Flora of Angola. Bot Name Jasminum mauritianum Boj. Vernac - Oshinham'tende (Kwanyama). Loc. Nr Namakunde, Baixo Cunene. Altitude. Habitat. Date 1937. Notes Collector Cotton for Dr Hooper. No 1142.

Dried Jasime flowers and leaves

1937

Small pieces of bark (ombada), Dombondola tribe, Angola, 1900-1930

Small pieces of bark (ombada)

1900-1930

Dried Hermannia flowers, leaves, and stems from Cunene, Angola, 1937. With the specimen is a label which reads: Flora of Angola. Botanical Name: Hermannia. Vernacular Name: Efeta (Kwanyama). Locality: Nr Vila Pereira D'Eca, Baixo, Cuene. Habitat: Sandy flat. Date: early July 1937. Collector: Colton For Dr.Hooper. No. 1055

Dried Hemannia flowers, leaves, and stems

1937

Dried leaves and branches from a Melhania shrub from Cuene, Angola, 1937. With the specimen is a label which reads: Flora of Angole. Botanical Name: Melhania. Vernacular Name: Omte Kaūki (kwanyama). Locality: Nr Vila Pereira D'Eca- Baixo, Cunene. Habitat: Sandy - flat. Date: end July. 1937. Collector: Colton For Dr Hooper. No.1143

Dried leaves and branches from a Melhania shrub

1937

Dried Vernonia flowers, leaves, and branches from South West Africa, near the Angola border, 1937. With the specimen is a label which reads: Flora of S.W.A. Botanical Name: Vernonia. Vernacular Name: Odira (quickly) (Kwanyama). Locality: South West Africa near Angola border. Habitat: Sandy - flat. Date: mid July 1937. Collector: Colton for Dr. Hooper. No. 1100 see 988

Dried Vernonia flowers, leaves, and branches

1937

Dried Abutilon leaves, roots, and branches from Cuene, Angola. With the specimen is a label which reads: Flora of Angola. Botanical name: Abutilon sp. Vernacular Name: Edulumwifi (Kwanyama). Locality: Nr Vila Pereira D'Eca Baixo Cunene. Date: early July 1937. Collector: Cotton for Dr Hooper. No. 1041. see note.

Dried Abutilon leaves, roots, and branches

1937