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Medicine man's outfit consisting of bark apron and leg bands

1881-1925

Solar Corona 1893 April 16

1893

Earlobe Arterialized Blood Collector, v6

2005

Earlobe Arterialized Blood Collector, v1

1999

Electrocoticography Set, Brazil, 1991-2000

1991-2000

First day commemorative issue stamp folder

1984

Baked mud lump cylindrical rounded ends

1801-1920

Earlobe Arterialized Blood Collector, v4

2003

Earlobe Arterialized Blood Collector, v5

2004
Carved ham amulet against the Evil Eye, in form of forearm and clenched fist holding a cross, from Bahia, Brazil, 1850-1920

Carved ham amulet against the Evil Eye

1850-1920
Memoria sobre a Capitania das Minas Geraes seu Territorio, China, e Produccoes Metalicas; sobre a necesside de se restabelecer e animar a Mineracao decadente do Brazil sobre e Comercio, e Exportacao dos Metaes e Intereses Regios. Com ... Appendice sobre es Diamantes e Nitro natural. Indo por ordeur de Sua Magestade Ano de 1799 / [anon. Ms. vol., in Portuguese, French and English; 84 leaves used. Cover bears ms. note 'Bought in R. Southey's sale May 1844', and label from sale catalogue which states 'a valuable collection of Documents on the Minas Geraes (Bahia) copied from the originals by an English Mining Engineer'. Also included is 'Proposals for a Diamond Contract in the Minas Geraes ... in 1740'; production statistics 1734-1794; notes on laws and regulations governing the mines (e.g. of 1608 and 1618); 'Note sur les Diamants'; 'Coinage in Spain'; notes 'On Diamonds' with statistics 1772-1790; 'Project for a Tobacco Contract in the Minas Geraes' etc.]

Memoria sobre a Capitania das Minas Geraes seu Territorio

circa 1799
Black and white silver print entitled 'Man Transporting Rubber from River to Merchants Yard, Xapuri, Acre, Brazil' by Robin Grierson collectively titled: 'THE RUBBER TAPPERS OF THE AMAZON'. Acquired under the terms of the 1992 ICI Photography Awards (UK Section)

Man Transporting Rubber from River to Merchants Yard, Xapuri, Acre, Brazil

Black and white silver print entitled 'A Rubber Tapper and His Sons Returning to Their Home in the Forest on New Years Eve' by Robin Grierson collectively titled: 'THE RUBBER TAPPERS OF THE AMAZON'. Acquired under the terms of the 1992 ICI Photography Awards (UK Section)

A Rubber Tapper and His Sons Returning to Their Home in the Forest on New Years Eve, Acre Brazil

Black and white silver print entitled 'Inside a Rubber Tappers Hut, Acre, Brazil' by Robin Grierson collectively titled: 'THE RUBBER TAPPERS OF THE AMAZON'. Acquired under the terms of the 1992 ICI Photography Awards (UK Section)

Inside a Rubber Tappers Hut, Acre, Brazil

An unmounted black and white silver gelatin press print entitled 'Serra Pelada, Brazil, Open Top Gold Mine', depicting a man climbing out of a hole in the ground with a sack on his back, by an unknown photographer. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Serra Pelada, Brazil, Open Top Gold Mine

An unmounted black and white silver gelatin press print entitled 'Serra Pelada, Brazil, Open Top Gold Mine', depicting a man climbing out of a hole in the ground with a sack on his back, by an unknown photographer. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Serra Pelada, Brazil, Open Top Gold Mine

Black and white silver print entitled 'Rubber Tappers at the Grave of Chico Mendes on the Third Anniversary of His Death, Xapuri, Acre Brazil' by Robin Grierson collectively titled: 'THE RUBBER TAPPERS OF THE AMAZON'. Acquired under the terms of the 1992 ICI Photography Awards (UK Section)

Rubber Tappers at the Grave of Chico Mendes on the Third Anniversary of His Death, Xapuri, Acre Brazil

A black and white photograph entitled ' Brazil, Hamilton Rice Expedition', by an unknown photographer taken 1919 - 1920. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'The Globe', 15 July - 2 September 1989.

Brazil - Hamilton Rice Expedition

1919-1920
Poster from Brazil, 1992, by Valadares. "AIDS - prevent its spread" shows snooker balls and the slogan "inform yourself to prevent it".

AIDS - prevent its spread

1992
Three pieces of Gallstone, 14/2284 (box 30), Brazil

Three pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Numerous fragments of Gallstone, 5/2236 b+c (box 30), Brazil

Numerous fragments of Gallstone

before 1986
Eight pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments, 16/2286 c+d (box 30), Brazil

Eight pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments

before 1986
Piece of Gallstone, 5 (box 30), Brazil

Piece of Gallstone

before 1986
Four pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments, 7/2237 b+c (box 30), Brazil

Four pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments

before 1986
Three pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments, 17/2286a+b and 2287a (box 30), Brazil

Three pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments

before 1986
Numerous gallstones, 15/1548 (Box 31), Sweden (?)

Numerous gallstones

before 1986
Four pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments, 6/2236 a and 2237a (box 30), Brazil

Four pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments

before 1986
Numerous pieces of Gallstone, 8/2237d and 2238a (box 30), Brazil

Numerous pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Two pieces of Gallstone, 22/2282a (box 30), Brazil

Two pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Three pieces of Gallstone, 32/2477 c+d (box 30), Brazil

Three pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Four pieces of Gallstone, 20/2289 c+d (box 30), Brazil

Four pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
2 pieces of gallstone, 9/2238 b, c & d (Box 31), Brazil

2 pieces of gallstone

before 1986
Four pieces of Gallstone, 10/2282 b,c+d (box 30), Brazil

Four pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Numerous pieces of Gallstone, 24/2475a (box 30), Brazil

Numerous pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Five pieces of Gallstone, 33/2480 b,c+d (box 30), Brazil

Five pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Three pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments, 12/2283 a+b (box 30), Brazil

Three pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments

before 1986
Numerous pieces of Gallstone, 31/2479 c+d (box 30), Brazil

Numerous pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Eight pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments, 30/2479 a+b (box 30), Brazil

Eight pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments

before 1986
Four pieces of Gallstone, 26/2476 b,c+d (box 30), Brazil

Four pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Original paper bags for Gallstones, (box 30), Brazil

Original paper bags for Gallstones

before 1986
Two pieces of Gallstone, 1/2114 (box 30), Brazil

Two pieces of Gallstone

before 1986
Nine pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments, 2/2115 a+b (box 30), Brazil

Nine pieces of Gallstone with smaller fragments

before 1986
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with strings of beetle elytra, from the Upper Amazon Region, Brazil, South America.

Shrunken head with long hair

before 1932
9 unused packets for crystalline penicillin sodium salt, 200000 units, labelled in Spanish/Portuguese for distribution in South America

9 unused packets for crystalline penicillin sodium salt

1947-1970
A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Warrior and Wife' by M.L. Moennick taken c. 1925, copyright Royal Geographic Society. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'The Globe', 15 July - 2 September 1989.

Warrior and Wife

1925
Black and white silver print entitled 'Rubber Tappers Son Holding melon, Acre, Brazil' by Robin Grierson collectively titled: 'THE RUBBER TAPPERS OF THE AMAZON'. Acquired under the terms of the 1992 ICI Photography Awards (UK Section)

Rubber Tappers Son Holding melon, Acre, Brazil

Black and white silver print entitled 'IRubber Tapper Woman with Child, Acre, Brazil' by Robin Grierson collectively titled: 'THE RUBBER TAPPERS OF THE AMAZON'. Acquired under the terms of the 1992 ICI Photography Awards (UK Section)

Rubber Tapper Woman with Child, Acre, Brazil

An untitled black and white silver gelatin photograph by Sebastião Salgado, depicting a man climbing out of a hole in the ground with a loaded bag. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Untitled

Archive of correspondence etc. concerning Robert Johnson's involvement as a freelance civil engineer with railway building in Brazil, Portugal and elsewhere. Some 120 letters, copy letters, memoranda, estimates, sketch plans etc. (including correspondence from Brassey, Vignoles and Portuguese officials). The bulk of the papers relate to the involvement of British engineers and contractors in the building of some of Portugal's earliest railways.

ROBERT JOHNSON ARCHIVE

1858-1862
Poster from Brazil, 1992, by Marcus. "Get to know about AIDS and its prevention" shows a series of cartoons about causes of AIDS and protective measures you can take.

Get to know about AIDS and its prevention

1992