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British Empire & Commonwealth (1033.TET)
Brown paper money bag, printed with ‘Bank of British West Africa Ltd. Accra. £5. In view of the appeal made for economy of paper will customers kindly return these bags to the bank for reuse.’
British Empire & Commonwealth (2010/165/012)
Collection of receipts and bills headings for decorative items for clothes, handcrafted trimmings and motifs made by the girls at the London Mission Lace & Embroidery Industry, Nagercoil, Travancore, India in the 1940's, ordered by donor's mother.
British Empire & Commonwealth (1051.TET)
Gold necklace with ?carnelian beads, white filigree wire cages.
British Empire & Commonwealth (1048.TET)
Long gold necklace, large chain with openwork ball beads.
British Empire & Commonwealth (1040.TET)
Large golden bracelet, triple ring, hinged with pin fastening and filigree decoration.
British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/009)
Framed certificate with 'Oxford Brookes University – Norman Myers recognised as Visiting Professor of Oxford Brookes University'. Norman Myers was a noted environmentalist.
British Empire & Commonwealth (1025.TET)
Large painted cowrie shell, shows an African scene of male and female antelope drinking at a waterhole. Signed MC. Note with it ‘ Animals drinking water (Swala)’.
British Empire & Commonwealth (1024.TET)
Pair of brass bells. One large, one small. Large bell has no clapper.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/MALY/289)
Model boat carved from one piece of wood with crossed pieces for seats, pointed prow and stern. Cotton sail on a single mast. Bottom of the hull painted black with five paddles, pole, a number of pieces of decking, and a palm leaf backet bailer.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/TANZ/46)
Plate, incense tray?, silver, circular, chased decoration
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/NIGE/262)
Chair, tripod carved from one piece of wood. Flat seat attached with iron nails and two legs. Decorative pole-like back rest, topped with a carved head at top.3-legged, 2 triangular, 1 curved.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/NIGE/283)
Tray, brass, circular, repousse geometric patterns, stepped rim. Northern knot in centre and the word KANO cut into the rim. Display Breaking the Chains
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/NIGE/309)
Small pot, pottery, blackened, incised line decoration, short neck
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/NIUE/15)
Circular woven bag with handle. Yellow and purple woven pattern on handle and bag opening.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PACI/77)
Model boat, 2 canoes joined by central plank, wood, painted brown, paper sail. 1 paddle.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/13), Malanggan
2 figures, wood, carved, painted, red, black and white, standing. Malangan. Made for the funerary rites on New Island. Figure of a man holding a staff.The head has the elaborate decoration and earpieces of a Malangan mask. Hair of plant fibre. Piece at the end to put in the ground. Shell eyes. A label with it reads ' Normally burnt a year after death. Rare. But this shows no sign of having been used in funerary rituals. 2 separate pieces shown in Commonwealth Institute photographs: a male figure, standing, painted, with a spike to hold it in the ground, and a stylized male figure, with very thin limbs and holding a staff.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/37)
Mask, wood, carved, elliptical, painted, black and brown, shell and hair decoration. Boar tooth and bird head on the nose. Much of the surface is covered in mud or resin with shells pushed into it. A large area has fallen off and is separate. Cotton fringing around edge.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/57)
Figure woven out of [raffia]. Two arms stretched out on either side. "Ceremonial crocodile bodycover, woven bamboo, grass skirt"
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/93)
Spirit food hook, wood, carved, painted with charcoal, chalk and ocher, cowrie shell and feather decoration, grass skirt
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/94)
Female figure, plaster, black and white stripes, grass hair, shell eyes, no arms. Steel framework inside with bolts coming out of feet. Modern.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/114)
Necklace, seeds and beads on string, blue and brown
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/115)
Necklace, seeds on string, grey and brown, tamarind seed medallion
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/116)
Necklace, seeds on string, grey and brown, tamarind seed medallion
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