British Empire & Commonwealth (2006/087/040)

pendant, round, multi surfaced.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/184/012)

Medallion/ coin in a presentation case.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/27)

Length of printed cotton cloth. Red background with indigo stripes in blocks of different thicknesses. Bamboo spray diagonally across with blue, white and yellow leaves. Yellow and some of the blue is misprinted.Printed on the bottom selvedge is ‘ABC A16528 GUARANTEED ENGLISH WAX'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1068.TET)

Blanket from Mali, Sahel area, narrow strip weaving, 6 strips making up a blanket with stripes and geometric patterning, coarse wool. Fulani.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1070.TET)

Narrow strip weave with 6 stripes sewn together, coarse wool, cream ground with brown and ginger stripes and geometric patterns across the strips. Wedding blanket. Fulani. Sahel region.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1094.TET)

Wooden flute, in two parts. Bamboo tube with 7 holes, mouth piece, bound with tin stripes, black shaped piece, flared with 7 holes pushed into the end.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1147.TET)

Wood carved panel, made from light wood, with a design of three women with baskets and pots. Submitted for the Commonwealth Art and Craft exhibition 1977 by Zaher B H J Zainun, 17 years old from Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, Malaysia. MYS/AT/2

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/VANU/42)

3 arrows. 1) Bamboo shaft, wooden barbed point barbed with leaf fibre, two feathers at the end bound with leaf fibre with a nock. 2) Wooden shaft and barbed point all in one with two feather bound with fibre and a small nock. 3) Bamboo shaft bound at one end with leaf fibre, point missing, nock at other end.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0736.TET)

Face with a head above it and two snakes. African

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/BANG/126)

Length of textile length. Sari ? Length of shot khaki silk with a black warp and yellow weft. Includes an unreadable maker stamp in one corner.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/NIGE/542)

Cotton warp striped cloth imitating narrow strip cloth. Narrow black and white stripes alternate with three narrow white stripes, each strip has floating weft design of wide and narrow stripes on the black stripes and narrow stripes with large crosses on the black and white stripes. The design in white, red and yellow. Fringe at each end. Maybe a wrapper length.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/NIGE/568)

Small length of hand spun cloth, natural cotton with warp and weft stripes in red, green, yellow, blue. Warp and weft fringing.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/001/116)

Round decorative beaded mat

British Empire & Commonwealth (0779.TET)

Chinese tea bowl, modern with a yellow and purple design.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/28)

Length of wax printed cloth, yellow ground with blue indigo stripes and a stylised shell ? design in blue, white and red. The whole is misprinted so the blue shell and the red border are misaligned. ‘ABC A16432 GUARANTEED ENGLISH WAX’.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1998/093/008)

Royal navy ceremonial belt of black leather faced with black woven braid with a narrow gold coloured stripe along both edges, large buckle with a crowned anchor. Attached is b) a sword hanger. Buckled onto the end is c) which has a swivel clip d) is a longer back sword hanger. On the back ‘By Special Appointment to his Majesty the King, Gieves Limited.’ With the Royal Coat of Arms.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/55)

Decorative mask, carved wood, incised line decoration, holes for eyes and mouth, a label reads 'Rh/a/2'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2470.TET)

'Evening at the Farm' stencilled artwork. Two female figures - one in the background carrying vessel on shoulder, another in the foreground carrying vessel on head. Both walking through landscape with palm trees. Signed 'Coronta Cote' in right hand corner.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2007/051/003)

Four woven mats from Tuvalu, used in traditional ceremonies, circa 1980s.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/096/318)

Coin. Head side: Queen Victoria. Tails side: Straits Settlements Ten Cents 1900.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/AFRI/12)

Walking stick, carved wood, snake coiled around, crooked top. Possibly palm wood. Curved handle is broken.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/096/086)

Blue Funnel Line plastic ruler.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/031/010)

African Eisteddfod Weaving trophy

British Empire & Commonwealth (1993/012/003)

Portable typewriter. Remington portable model 5 typewriter. Self-starter. In a carrying case which has luggage label attached for cabin baggage. Label ‘Grindley & Co Ltd. Cabin’. Most of the label is torn off so not clear where going. Another label ‘Chittagong’.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1006.TET)

Enamelled metal keyring, round with 'Brunei Merdeka 11 Jan 1984. JKTKK/32/44'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1007.TET)

Square, round end with ‘BRUNEI BERDAULAT JKTKKB/32/43’.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1003.TET)

Seal stamp? From China? Wooden handle with a rounded slightly curved base, Chinese paper stuck to base.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/NIGE/589)

Apron made of hand spun and woven narrow strip cloth. Alternative stripes of a natural cotton with a narrow indigo warp stripe and a wide indigo weft stripe. 120mm wide. The other strip with stripes in two shades of blue 110mm wide. Curved edge at the bottom. All hand sewn. Two ties made from the pale coloured strip.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2002/095/112)

Badge 'Wales, B E F G, 1962' with enamelled Welsh Dragon. British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1962

British Empire & Commonwealth (2001/178/017)

Wooden shield with picture of a sailing ship with title 'MAN O' WAR BAY' made by P. E. Belah. Man O'War Bay was in the then British Cameroons (now the Cameroun Republic). It was home to the was first Nigerian Outward Bound School

British Empire & Commonwealth (1998/019/006)

Nauticus shell. Carved around middle with intricate decorative pattern and the words 'Port Blair' Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/032/008b)

Strings of cowrie shells, including red glass beads. From Konkomba headdress (1995/032/008).

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/125a)

Purple, with blue and yellow thin stripes

British Empire & Commonwealth (2004/001/297)

Small sample Cadbury’s cocoa tin. Pictures 2 packets of cocoa and a cocoa tin.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2004/001/082)

Small box, showing a Bourneville Cocoa tin made by Cadbury. Was probably a sample tin. Has a scratch plate on the bottom with the words 'CADBURY BOURNVILLE'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/084/712)

Wooden drummer figure. Man wearing a loincloth playing a large drum held between his knees. Collector's notes: ACAW did not mark them, probably from Mtwara, S Tanganyika, 1940, as others [2000/084/707-9].

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/084/714)

Wooden bust. Man with a sideparting in hair and scarification on cheeks. Collector's label on base: 'The Deferential Villager'. Folk tale. Carved in Ebony. Bought 1940 Mtwara S. Tanganyika'

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/084/707)

Wooden bust, man's head with pattern of facial scarification. Ebony wood. Collector's note: Roughcut figures from folktales in Ebony, bought in 1940 in Mtwara, Tanzania.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/084/710)

Wooden figure. Man, squatting, holding a cup on his knees. Facial scarification. Feet broken off. Collector's note: unknown, ACAW did not mark them, probably the same origin as above [2000/084/707-9] and therefore from Mtwara, Tanzania, 1940, Number 11 on base .

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/084/711)

Wooden drummer figure. Man wearing loincloth, playing large drum held between his knees. Number 10 on base. Collector's notes: ACAW did not mark them, probably from Mtwara, S Tanganyika, 1940, as others [2000/084/707-9].