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Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Inca gold statue, female

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1401-1600

Coptic textile quilted blanket of linen with motif

Textiles Machinery

1400-1500

Rubber ball from Peruvian child's grave, c. 1600.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1590-1610

Plaster cast of human skull with artificial crania

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Inca initation head of stuffed canvas, Peruvian, 1

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1600-1880

Carved wooden implement, boat shaped with pipe-lik

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1920

Mummified male body, South American, 800-1400

Mummified male body, Peru, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Bundle of plaited human hair, Peruvian, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Stone circumcision knife, carved and polished with human head in relief, from Inca, Peru, c.1701-1890

Stone circumcision knife

Surgery

Silver statue, in the form of a male deity, with long ears and little bump in his left cheek indicating that he is chewing coca, Peruvian

Silver male deity statue, Peruvian.

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1301-1550

Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feather, acquired from Conibo tribe, Peru, 1900

Shrunken heads, South America, 19th century

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Medal, Transandine Railway from Arequipa to Puno (Peru), 1870, by R. Laubenheimer for Starr and Marcus, showing train crossing viaduct with female figure on eagle, silver, diameter 50mm, 5mm deep, 29 Enero 1870

Medal, Transandine Railway from Arequipa to Puno (

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1870

Piece of terra cotta coloured stuff with remains of a polychrome medallion coptic fragment in buff and dark brown - linen interwoven 3' 10" long (Peru? Inca?)

Piece of terra cotta coloured stuff with remains o

Textiles Machinery

600-800

Human skull showing artificial deformation by fronto-occipital pressure, no lower mandible, from Peru, 1801-1900

Human skull showing artificial deformation by fron

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Mummified hand, foot and two bones of a young girl, Peruvian, 800-1600, along with an awl-like tool.

Mummified hand and foot of a young girl, Peruvian,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1600

Andean Railway medal: Souvenir medal, Orzali and Co., bronze, diameter 38mm, 3mm deep, 1896-1897

Andean Railway medal: Souvenir medal, Orzali and C

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1896-1897

Mummified head and arm, Peruvian, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "The Road to the Shaft, Lima, Peru", by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

The Road to the Shaft, Lima, Peru

Photographs

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Child Playing in front of her house, below mining shaft, Lima, Peru", by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Child Playing in front of her house, below mining shaft, Lima

Photographs

One mummy bag associated with mummified male body, South American, 800-1400

Mummified male body, Peru, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Mummified body with knees folded to chin, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified body with knees folded to chin, Peruvian

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Mummified body with knees to chin, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified body with knees to chin, Peruvian, 800-1

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Mummified Peruvian head, on wooden stand, 1401-1900

Mummified Peruvian head, on wooden stand, 1401-190

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1401-1900

Mummified body with knees to chin, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified body with knees to chin, Peruvian, 800-1

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Mummified arm, Peruvian, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Axe, ceremonial or emblematic, bronze, sacred, small applied relief figures on each side, reputedly Incan, Peruvian, 500-1500

Axe, ceremonial or emblematic, bronze, sacred, sma

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

500-1500

Pottery figurine, painted, early Chancay culture, Peruvian

Pottery figurine, painted, early Chancay culture,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Mummy cloth associated with mummified male body, South American, 800-1400

Mummified male body, Peru, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

An unmounted, black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Mine Entrance, Lima, Peru", by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Mine Entrance, Lima, Peru

Photographs

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Mine Entrance, Lima Peru' taken by Fran Antmann, depicting two men and a truck / mine worker. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', 23rd July - 3rd September 1988.

Mine Entrance, Lima Peru

Photographs

Mummified male body, South American, 800-1400

Mummified male body, Peru, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Human skull, crushed, showing artificial deformation by fronto-occipital flattening, from Peru, South America, 1751-1920

Human skull, crushed, showing artificial deformati

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1751-1920

Human skull showing artificial deformation of cranium, damaged and repaired, possibly Peruvian, 1801-1920

Human skull showing artificial deformation of cran

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1920

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Helping to Prepare the Meal, Lima, Peru' taken by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', 23rd July - 3rd September 1988.

Helping to Prepare the Meal, Lima, Peru

Photographs

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Miner with Drill inside Mine, Lima, Peru', taken by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', 23rd July - 3rd September 1988.

Miner with Drill inside Mine, Lima, Peru

Photographs

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Baby is Placed in the Warmest Part of the House near the Oven', taken by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', 23rd July - 3rd September 1988.

Baby is Placed in the Warmest Part of the House near the Oven

Photographs

Box for cinchona bark, known as a Coracha, wood and rawhide, with contents, brought from Peru by the expedition of Ruiz and Pavon, 1777. Accompanying label reads, 'CORACHA' OF LOXA BARK OPENED, SHEWING CONTENTS AND/ METHOD OF PACKING./ ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 'CORACHAS' BROUGHT TO SPAIN/ FROM PERU BY THE EXPEDITION UNDER RUIZ AND/ PAVON SENT THERE BY CARLOS III OF SPAIN/ IN 1777./ PRESENTED BY HIS MAJESTY KING ALFONSO XIII/ OF SPAIN, 1930.

Coracha of loxa bark c. 1777

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Medal, Transandine Railway across Andes from Arequipa to Puno (Peru), by C.E. Bryant, showing train crossing viaduct, silver, diameter 50mm, 4mm deep, inauguration 20 January 1870

Medal, Transandine Railway across Andes from Arequ

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1870

Mummified body, Peruvian, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Shrunken head with long hair, said to be that of Tibi, a chief of the "Antipas", Peru

Shrunken head with long hair, said to be that of T

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

before 1933

Mummified body with knees to chin, Peruvian, 800-1400

Mummified body with knees to chin, Peruvian, 800-1

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Andean Railway medal: San Juan, showing locomotive and scenery, bronze, diameter 50mm, 5mm deep, 1885

Andean Railway medal: San Juan, showing locomotive

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1885

Andean Railway medal: Mendoza Exhibition, showing locomotive and scenery, bronze, diameter 50mm, 3mm deep, 1885

Andean Railway medal: Mendoza Exhibition, showing

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1885

Lawrence Flashrule slide rule for photographic use

Mathematics

1946-1956

Mandible only of human skull, from Chorrillos, Lima, Peruvian, 1501-1900

Mandible only of human skull, from Chorrillos, Lim

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1501-1900

Mummy cloth associated with mummified male body, South American, 800-1400

Mummified male body, Peru, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Funeral of Four Year Old Child From Miner's Family, Lima, Peru", by Fran Antmann. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Funeral of Four Year Old Child From Miner's Family, Lima

Photographs

Bundle of plaited human hair, Peruvian, 800-1400

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

800-1400

Green stone amulet representing a hand clutching a stone, probably symbolizing money, Upper Plateau Indians, of the Andean Cordilleras, Peru, 1701-1900

Green stone amulet representing a hand clutching a

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1900