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Category
Collection
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Object type
Material
Maker
Place
Date
Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

1890-1910

'Super Sex Cap Merpati' Herbal Capsules

'Super Sex Cap Merpati' Herbal Capsules

circa 2010

'Arabian Cream' sexual aid

'Arabian Cream' sexual aid

circa 2010

Gold covered wood amulet

Gold covered wood amulet

Small cylindrical glass bottle with cork stopper

Small cylindrical glass bottle with cork stopper

1830-1920

Armlet made of shells

Armlet made of shells

1880-1930

Diamond mining

Diamond mining

1959

Cocoa Research Institute 1942-1967

Cocoa Research Institute 1942-1967

1968

Armlet comprising an iron chain with a pottery creature's head attached

Armlet comprising an iron chain with a pottery creature's head attached

1880-1930

Two identical leather amulet cases

Two identical leather amulet cases

1880-1930

Medicine man's broom

Medicine man's broom

1880-1930

Pottery head in the form of a plaque with slight relief

Pottery head in the form of a plaque with slight relief

1890-1930

Small cylindrical twig of light coloured wood

Small cylindrical twig of light coloured wood

1880-1920

Wooden doll

Wooden doll

1880-1920

Amuletic bundles comprised of birds claws

Amuletic bundles comprised of birds claws

1890-1930

Leather amulet case attached to plaited leather loop

Leather amulet case attached to plaited leather loop

1880-1930

Carved wooden bracelet worn by medicine man

Carved wooden bracelet worn by medicine man

1880-1920

Handwritten talisman, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1891-1900

Handwritten talisman, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1891-1900

1891-1900

Gourd container lid

Gourd container lid

1890-1930

Gourd container bowl

Gourd container bowl

1890-1930

Handwritten talisman, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1891-1900

Handwritten talisman, Ashanti people, Ghana, 1891-1900

1891-1900

Handwritten talisman, Ghana, 1890-1899

Handwritten talisman, Ghana, 1890-1899

1891-1900

Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

1850-1915

Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

1851-1920

Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

1850-1920

Gold covered wood amulet, used against snake bite, originally belonged to Prempeh, King of Ashanti

Amulet used against snake bites

1870-1930

Human skull, no mandible, cranium with Qur'anic verse and prayer in Arabic, collected by Major Robert Baden-Powell, British Expedition, 1895-6, Ashanti, Ghana, 1801-1900

Human skull

1801-1890

Quantity of kombe or strophanthus hispidus seeds from Gold Coast, used by Asante people (Ashanti) for constipation, Ghana, 1870-1930

Quantity of kombe or strophanthus hispidus seeds from Gold Coast

1870-1930

Human skull, no mandible, cranium with Qur'anic verse and prayer in Arabic, collected by Major Robert Baden-Powell, British Expedition, 1895-6, Ashanti, Ghana, 1801-1900

Human skull

1801-1870

Sassy bark, taken for faintness by Krobo people, Gold Coast (Ghana), 1851-1930

Sassy bark

1851-1930

Palm kernels used to produce palm oil by Akyem (Akim) people from the eastern region, Gold Coast (Ghana), 1871-1903

Palm kernels used for palm oil

1871-1903

Glass specimen bottle, contains guinea pepper seeds from Gold Coast (Ghana), 1900-1930

Glass specimen bottle

1900-1930

Cylindrical glass specimen bottle with cork stopper, containing compacted ball of seeds from Gold Coast (Ghana), 1901-1936

Specimen bottle containing compacted ball of seeds from Gold Coast

1901-1936

Cocoa production items, including 1 cocoa tree cutlass; 1 cocoa bean bag; 1 bowl containing cocoa beans, Ghanian, 1980-1994.

Cocoa production items, Ghana, 1980-1994

1980-1994

Gourd container, approximately hemispherical, with detachable lid used by medicine man, Northern Ashanti, Ghana, 1890-1930

Gourd container

1890-1930

Snapshot photograph album by an unknown photographer, taken between 1915 and about 1925. Photographs of various sizes taken of British warships, civillian, naval and army personnel during and just after the first world war, including views of Galipolli, Broadstairs and Ghana. Kodak Album no 37.

Snapshot Album

1915-1925

1 cocoa tree cutlass from cocoa production items, Ghanian, 1980-1994

Ghanian cocoa tree cutlass, 1980-1994

1980-1994

Microscope slide containing a sample of a Human Stomach Fundus, the label is inscribed: “Medical Research Institute Accra P M 2 “H” Stomach Fundus 25 11.1.33”, prepared by the Medical Research Institute Accra, Ghana, Africa, 1933

Microscope slide containing a sample of a Human Stomach Fundus

1933

1 cocoa bean bag from cocoa production items, Ghanian, 1980-1994.

Ghanian cocoa bean bag, 1980-1994

1980-1994

1 bowl containing cocoa beans, from cocoa production items, Ghanian, 1980-1994.

Ghanian cocoa beans, 1980-1994

1980-1994