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Glass specimen bottle containing kunush root, imported from Persia (Iran) and used to treat syphilis in Kordofan, Sudan

Glass specimen bottle containing kukush root from Kordofan

1920-1940

Glass specimen bottle, with colocynth (hanzal or handal) fruits and seeds, used in Kordofan, Sudan, for treating gonorrhoea and as a purgative, also for dressing wounds, English container

Glass specimen bottle containing colocynth fruits and seeds

1920-1940

Glass specimen bottle, containing helba seeds (trigonella occulta) from Kordofan, Sudan, for stomach disorder and rheumatism

Glass specimen bottle containing helba seeds

1920-1940

Glass dish fixed to backplate, for til seeds from Kordofan, Sudan

Glass dish containing til seeds

1890-1940

Specimen bottle of sarsaparilla root (ishba) used to treat syphilis in Kordofan, Sudan

Specimen bottle of sarsaparilla root

1901-1940

Notes, 1947-1949, comprising a manuscript history of the Sudan Railways. File 1 includes extracts from reports and books, maps and 'recollections of staff'; file 2 includes drawings, blueprints, maps, periodical articles, trade literature; file 3 contains notes, 'queries' and copy letters. Maunsell worked on this 'history' after retiring from his position as assistant Chief Mechanical Engineer to Sudan Railways in about 1947.

R.L.D. Maunsell's Notes on the History of the Sudan Railways

1947-1949

Nilotic chiefs tobacco pipe, pottery bowl, wood stem, gourd mouthpiece, hide mounts, Shilluk tribe, Nilotic people, Sudan, Africa, 1880-1925

Nilotic chiefs tobacco pipe

1880-1925

Hat, Sudanese, 1870-1907

Hat, Sudanese, 1870-1907

1870-1907

Pair of wooden pattens, Leather strap missing, Sudanese, 1870-1920

Pair of wooden pattens

1870-1920

Medicine man's shin bag, soft pouch-like container containing cloth rags, bones, twigs, herbs, small spear, iron fragments etc with long leather strap, Sudanese, 1880-1910

Medicine man's shin bag

1880-1910

Horn pigment holder with stopper pierced by 2 porcupine quills, horn covered with cloth and cowrie shells, used for tattooing, from Bamara region, West Sudan, 1880-1905

Horn pigment holder with stopper pierced by 2 porcupine quills

1880-1905

Surgical knife with steel blade and wooden handle in leather and reptile skin, sheaf twisted leather loop for suspension, Kordofan, Sudan, 1880-1910

Surgical knife with steel blade and wooden handle in leather and reptile skin

1880-1910

Two paper sheets of written charms used as protection against sterility, insanity, evil spirits etc, Kordofan, Sudan, 1880-1910

Two paper sheets of written charms used as protection against sterility

1880-1910

Cloth bag with protruding tail filled with horns and pieces of wood, shell tied to bag with string used by medicine man, Sudan, Africa, 1880-1920

Cloth bag with protruding tail filled with horns and pieces of wood

1880-1920

Excavated and restored "neolithic" skull showing canine protruding through upper jaw, Sudan, Africa, 1000-401 BCE

Excavated and restored "neolithic" skull showing canine protruding through upper jaw

1000-400 BCE

shaduf from Northern Sudan dated 1926, with head of a Berberine tribe male mannequin, head cover and shirt and trousers (mannequin body BOS). With leather bucket.

shaduf from Northern Sudan dated 1926

1926

Horn whistle with a feather inside and a hanging loop attached, Sudan, Africa, 1871-1910. Used in rites to exorcise or frighten evil spirits.

Horn whistle with a feather inside and a hanging loop attached

1871-1910

Bulbous type goolas, one of three water cooling vessels, each with thermometer, Sudan, 1901-1910 (see note).

Sudanese Water-Cooling Vessel, 1901-1910

1901-1910

Neolithic infant feeding cup, earthenware, 700 BCE - 1000 CE, excavated by Wellcome expedition at Jebel Moya, Sudan, 1912

700 BCE - 1000 CE

700 BCE-1000 CE

Neolithic infant feeding cup, earthenware, 700 BCE - 1000 CE, excavated by Wellcome Expedition, at Jebel Moya, Sudan, 1912

Cup, 700 BCE - 1000 CE

700 BCE-1000 CE

Excavated neolithic mandible and maxilla showing decay of tooth sockets, Sudanese, 1000-401BC

Excavated neolithic mandible and maxilla showing decay of tooth sockets, Sudanese, 1000-401BC

1000-400 BCE

George Rodger material relating to photographic essay `The Nubas of Kordofan' - comprising contact sheets, captions, work prints, tear sheets and final prints. Dated 1949.

The Nubas of Kordofan

1949

Back scratcher and hair pin of horn, curving point and trumpet-shaped finial, Hadendoa tribe, Nilotic Sudan, Africa, 1880-1910

Back scratcher and hair pin of horn

1880-1910

Iron hunting spear with shaft, one of eight, made and used by the Jur tribe of Sudan, Africa, c.1930s.

Sudanese iron spear, 1930s, made and used by the Jur tribe of Sudan

1930-1932

Iron hunting spear with shaft, one of eight, made and used by the Jur tribe of Sudan, Africa, c.1930s.

Sudanese iron spear, 1930s, made and used by the Jur tribe of Sudan

1930-1932

Iron hunting spear with shaft, one of eight, made and used by the Jur tribe of Sudan, Africa, c.1930s.

Sudanese iron spear, 1930s, made and used by the Jur tribe of Sudan

1930-1932

Iron hunting spear with shaft, one of eight, made and used by the Jur tribe of Sudan, Africa, c.1930s.

Sudanese iron spear, 1930s, made and used by the Jur tribe of Sudan

1930-1932

Photograph entitled 'Kao-Nyaro bracelet fighters, Kordofan, South Sudan', by George Rodger, 1949. From a collection of material relating to the photographic essay `The Nubas of Kordofan', comprising contact sheets, captions, work prints, tear sheets and final prints.

Kao-Nyaro bracelet fighters, Kordofan, South Sudan

1949

Iron hunting spear with shaft, one of eight, made and used by the Jur tribe of Sudan, Africa, 1930-1932

Sudanese hunting spear

1930-1932

Photograph entitled 'Korongo Nuba Wrestlers of Kordofan, South Sudan', by George Rodger, 1949. From collection of material relating to the photographic essay `The Nubas of Kordofan', comprising contact sheets, captions, work prints, tear sheets and final prints.

Korongo Nuba Wrestlers of Kordofan, South Sudan

1949

Specimen bottle of senna (cassia lanceolata) leaves, Sudan, corrected by Kirk, 1857

Specimen bottle of senna (cassia lanceolata) leaves

1857

Glass specimen bottle, for cummin seeds, used at Kordofan, Sudan, English bottle, 1920-1940

Glass specimen bottle containing seeds

1920-1940

Specimen bottle with glass stopper, containing edible earth, tureba, from Sudan, mounted on wooden stand, English, 1871 to 1940

Specimen bottle with glass stopper

1871-1940

Specimen bottle, with glass stopper, containing sarsaparilla roots (ishba) imported and used as a remedy for syphilis in Kordofan, Sudan, bottle English, 1901 to 1940

Specimen bottle containing sarsaparilla roots

1901-1940

Specimen of bark of Erythrophyllum guiniense, Sassy bark, used for making poison, Sudan and North East Congo, on stand, 1900-1937

Specimen of bark of Erythrophyllum guiniense

1900-1937

Glass jar, contains sant bark from Sudan, presented by the Imperial Institute of London

Glass jar containing sant bark

1830-1930

Glass specimen bottle, containing saint pods acacia arabica from the Sudan

Glass specimen bottle containing saint pods acacia arabica

1880-1935

Pen and ink drawing of shrub, drawn by Miss Powell-Cotton, thought to have been drawn in Sudan in 1837

Pen and ink drawing of shrub

1837

Glass specimen jar, containing good sample of acacia gum from Kordofan, Sudan

Glass specimen jar containing acacia gum

1880-1935

Glass jar, contains gum acacia resin, presented by Dr. Home from Sudan

Glass jar containing gum acacia resin

1886

Specimen bottle containing gypsophila root (kunush), from Persia (Iran), used to treat syphilis in Kordofan, Sudan

Specimen bottle containing kunush

1901-1940

Glass specimen bottle, containing seed of kings (habt-el-muluk), a drastic purgative, used in Kordofan, Sudan

Glass specimen bottle containing seed of kings

1920-1940

Specimen bottle containing root-bark of tamra (grewia villosa), used in Kordofan, Sudan to treat syphilis and smallpox

Specimen bottle containing root-bark of tamra

1901-1940

2 containers, a bottle and glass on a mount, both contain galangal root (galagil), used in Kordofan, Sudan for as a preventative charm against scorpions and for cauterizing either snake bites or scorpion stings with the charred root

Containers of galangal root

1830-1920

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