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Ngetwa 3 herbal medicine

2005

Three surgical knives, from the Masia peoples of East Africa, c. 1880-1920.

1880-1920

Hoof horn amulet

1900-1920

Small wooden snuff container in the form of a bottle

1880-1920

Amulet of length of quill

1880-1920

Pair of iron tweezers

1890-1925

Ear ornament of wood with decorative bands of hair

1880-1920

Pierced horn on leather thong

1890-1910

Cylindrical ear distender of iron wire

1880-1920

Cylindrical ear distender

1880-1900

Iron ear distender

1880-1920

Iron ear distender

1900-1920

Cylindrical ear distender

1880-1920

Iron ear distender

1890-1925

Snuff bottle

1901-1950

Armlet of brass twisted into a spiral

1880-1920

Iron ear distender

1900-1920

Iron ear distender

1880-1925

Length of stick used for mixing ingredients

1880-1910

Medicine man's amulets of antelope horn on iron chain

1880-1920

Three surgical knives, from the Masia peoples of East Africa, c. 1880-1920.

1880-1920

Container made from the skull of a gazelle

1880-1920

Gourd container with hide covering

1870-1920

Wooden statue, Tanzania, c. 1701-1900

1701-1900

Gourd stem ear extender

1880-1918

Wooden straight or tube tobacco pipe

1880-1925

Going to market, Dar es Salaam

circa 1950s

Solid cane-shaped wooden ear distender

1880-1920

Gourd container

1871-1903

Hollow cylindrical wooden ear distender

1880-1920

Papers and photographs concerning East African Railways and Harbours and the London Midland and Scottish Railway, 1937-1962.

Papers and photographs concerning East African Railways and Harbours and the London Midland and Scottish Railway

1937-1962

Collection of ten specimens of radioactive minerals: Allanite from South Africa, Carnotite from USA, Davidite from Mozambique, Granite from Cornwall, Kolm from Sweden, Monazite sand from India, Pitchblende (with alteration products) from Portugal, Samarskite from Kenya, Uraninite from the Congo, Uraninite (with alteration products) from Tanzania.

Collection of ten specimens of radioactive minerals: Allanite from South Africa

Medicine man's equipment, consisting of five gourd containers, two large seashells, two gazelle skull bones, bone from an animal's leg, a little copper phial and a bottle, Bondei tribe, Tanzania, 1871-1903

Medicine man's equipment, consisting of five gourd containers, two large seashells, two gazelle skull bones, bone from an animal's leg, a little copper phial and a bottle, Bondei tribe, Tanzania, 1871-1903

1871-1903

Plaited grass basket or "Mkwijua". Flat bottom, high sides, rounded at ends, originally part of Medicine Man's outfit, containing gourch bones, shells etc., Bondei tribe, Tanganyika, 1871-1900

Plaited grass basket or "Mkwijua". Flat bottom

1871-1900

Leather quiver of 6 poisoned arrows, Wanika tribe, Tanganyika and Mozambique, 1870-1907

Leather quiver of 6 poisoned arrows

1870-1907

Leather quiver of 9 poisoned arrows, Wanika tribe, Tanganyika and Mozambique, 1870-1907

Leather quiver of 9 poisoned arrows

1870-1907

Album of drawings of East African Railways 200 hp 0-6-0 diesel shunting locomotives. Set of drawings held by the Crown Agents for the Colonies. Tanganyika section, Z.68371-29, 24 November 1948.

East African Railways 0-6-0 diesel shunting locomotive drawings

1948-11-24

Surgical knife, long steel blade set in rough wooden handle, Masai, East Africa, 1880-1920

Three surgical knives, from the Masia peoples of East Africa, c. 1880-1920.

1880-1920

Laminated card with a black and white print depicting an aerial view of a river in Tanzania, photographed for J A Storey and Partners. From the exhibition 'A Distant Prospect', at Impressions Gallery 8th April - 7th May 1983

Aerial View of an African River

Louis Leakey at Olduvai Gorge. 'Dr. leakey shows Armand and Michaela Denia one of the sites in Olduvai Gorge.' Olduvai Gorge was the famous paloeanthropological location fin which the Leakeys extracted early remains that have contributed greatly to our understanding of human evolution. Copyright Frank Stuart Viner Agency.

Photograph of Louis Leakey at Olduvai Gorge

1948

Gourd container, spherical body, waisted, with ovoid head, knotted string cover, cork stopper, leather collar round neck, thick hide strap secured to neck, contains black powder, poor condition part of medicine man's outfit, Tanganyika, 1880-1896

Gourd container

1880-1896

Two leaf packets of Acokanthera schimperi resin used for arrow poison, Waniker tribe, Tanganyika, 1890-1937

Two leaf packets of Acokanthera schimperi resin used for arrow poison

1890-1937