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Stone amulet of man and woman embracing

1800-1900

Silver mate spoon

1851-1925

Silver (?) mate spoon, bombilla, made by M.T. Soas

1801-1925

Bundle of maize leaves said to be folded around small coloured stones

1800-1920

Jar of Blowpipe Darts

1850-1900

Sedan chair used to carry patients to hospital, South America, 1701-1900

1701-1900

Stone statue

Pair of carved horn earplugs

1801-1930

Pair of carved horn ear plugs

1801-1930

White metal mate spoon

1801-1925

Bronze depilatory tweezers

1700-1900

Cinchona bark, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Two pieces of cinchona bark, South America, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Bamboo quiver of approximately 35 poisoned blow pipe darts, with attached wadding container, South American, 1850-1920

Bamboo Quiver and Blow Pipe Darts

1850-1920

Wooden dart, for use with a blowpipe, dipped curare, South American

Wooden Blowpipe Dart

Wooden dart, for use in a blowpipe, with tip dipped in curare, South American

Wooden Blowpipe Dart

Wooden dart, for use with a blowpipe, dipped in curare, South American

Wooden Blowpipe Dart

Two small leather quivers of bow poisoned darts, South American, 1880-1920

Two Quivers of Poisoned Darts

1880-1920

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

String of beetle elytra, with tuff of human hair at distal end, for decorating shrunken head, South American

String of beetle elytra

before 1937

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

Shrunken head with short hair, South American

Shrunken head with short hair, South American

before 1933

Leprous left femur, possibly South American, dated 1600-1930

Leprous left femur

1600-1930

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

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

Model, scale 1:12, of a river boat from British Guiana.

Model of a river boat from British Guiana

1920-1928

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

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

Photograph album: South American Trip, 1904. A collection of commercially available prints and personal photographs with hand written captions.

South American Trip

1904

Pair of leprous bones, femurs, perhaps South American, 1600-1930

Pair of leprous bones

1600-1930

Bamboo quiver of blow pipe darts, with attached gourd container and animal mandible (possibly piranha), probably South American, 1850-1920

Bamboo Quiver and Blow Pipe Darts

1850-1920

Wooden dart, for use in a blowpipe, dipped in curare, South American

Wooden Blowpipe Dart

Bamboo quiver of approximately 17 poisoned blowpipe darts, with attached gourd, South American, 1850-1930

Quiver and Poisoned Darts

1850-1930

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

Bamboo quiver of approximately 19 poisoned blow pipe darts, with attached gourd, South American, 1850-1925

Bamboo Quiver and Poisoned Blow Pipe Darts

1850-1925

Small gourd bowl containing curare, South American

Small gourd bowl containing curare, South American

before 1950

Bone associated with leprous femurs, possibly part of a tibia. Possibly South American, dated 1600-1930

Bone associated with leprous femurs

1600-1930

Leprous right femur, possibly South American, dated 1600-1930

Leprous right femur

1600-1930

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

Wide belt of black and white seeds with pendant humming birds, South American, 1850-1927

Belt with pendant humming bird

1850-1927

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

Mummified male body, South American, 800-1400

Mummified male body, South American, 800-1400

800-1400