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Hyena skin cloak worn by medicine man

1880-1910

Lip plug

1880-1920

Pipe with basin-shaped bowl

1880-1919

Section of the tree under which Livingstone's viscera were buried, Africa, 1873

1873

Set of six divination bones, Zambia, 1880-1920

1880-1925

Cupping horn sealed at narrow end with resinous concretion

1880-1920

Small pottery tobacco pipe bowl

1890-1910

Bracelet of fine spiral copper wire with medicine man's "medicine" in form of knotted rags

1890-1930

Snuff spoon(?) or, and strigil, steel, reputedly B

1890-1930

Animal tail amulet used as "medicine" by medicine man

1880-1930

Small bundle of twigs and leaves bound by fibrous bark ribbon

1880-1920

Globular snuff bottle

1890-1930

Wooden lip plug

1880-1920

Set of carved divination bones on wooden display mount

1880-1930

Small tobacco pipe pot-shaped bowl

1890-1910

Steel strigil used in sweat scraping

1890-1925

Lip plug

1890-1918

Flywhisk made from part of an animal's tail

1880-1930

Amulet, animal's paw attached to hide thong

1880-1920

Divining bone

1880-1930

Amulet in form of string of vertebrae

1880-1930

Steel spoon-shaped strigil from Zambesi

1850-1930

Brass clapper bell with steel clapper

1880-1910

Small red pottery tobacco pipe bowl

1890-1910

Mug, ceramic, Railway Museum, Livingstone, Zambia, white with black and red picture of engine. Colour printed, no maker's mark. Overall: 90 mm x 106 mm, 80 mm.

Zambian Railway Museum, Livingstone, mug

Tankard, Railway Museum Livingston Zambia, Moore Pottery Zambia. Glazed white stoneware, red and black logo, manufactuer's stamp on base.

Railway Museum Livingstone Zambia

Tea towel, Zambian Railway Museum, Livingstone souvenir, white, bearing picture of engine and a calender for 1987 in black and red. Overall: 620 mm x 420 mm.

Zambian Railway Museum tea towel

1987

Woven coconut fibre medicine man's outfit for ceremonial occasions, bodice and leggings, mask and cane fringed collar, displayed on wooden frame, square base, Northern Rhodesia, 1890-1920

Medicine man's outfit, African, c. 1890-1920.

1890-1920