British Empire & Commonwealth (1036.TET)

Gold hair piece - filigree flower, 6 petals with a chain and flower tassel on each petal.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1039.TET)

Pair of sun-shaped golden brooches. One has the design of a face, the other also has a face amongst clouds along with an animal.

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 (1002.TET)

Wooden bell, hollowed rectangular block.

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/AFRI/178)

Spear, wood pole, elongated metal blade, tapered shaft narrowing towards the socket, a long blade witha central rib, part painted black, socket painted black,Very sharp. Some rust.

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 (0779.TET)

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

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 (2002/095/112)

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

British Empire & Commonwealth (2001/098/007)

500 piece jigsaw puzzle. 'Royal Family/ The Queen's Silver Jubilee 1952-1977'. Shows some of the British Royal Family in the back of a landrover, waving to crowds dressed in traditional costume from Papua New Guinea - they include Asaro mud men wearing mud masks and grey body paint. Behind them other men in feather 'bilas'.

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 (2004/050/002)

Silver Jubilee 1910 - 1935 George V and Queen Mary commemorative tin. Embossed lid with portraits of the King and Queen. Image of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle on the sides.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/001/108)

Small copper dish with etching of hut. 'J Witt' on label.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0758.TET)

Large spoon with shallow bowl, rim of bowl and handle decorated with burnt decoration, lines and ring and dot, infilled with lime. 'Uganda /A/3. Went to Commonwealth Institute'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0951.TET)

Calabar bar, length of copper alloy wire bent in half. Used as currency in West Africa in 18th and 19th century, part of the trade goods for the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. Possibly made in Birmingham or Bristol. Previously catalogued as Manilla (currency).

British Empire & Commonwealth (0954.TET)

Coiled basketry container. Cylindrical with a slightly wider top. Hole in the base. Purpose unknown.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0955.TET)

Map of Europe and Asia, on wooden hangers. Quite damaged. Conservation note with it.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0959.TET)

Large wall hanging, embroidered, and appliqued on to a hessian or wool backing. On one side is a flame tree, an African woman, elephants, giraffe, in the foreground is a large figure of an African boy in a blue gown. On other side is an oak tree with sheep and chickens, woman working at a spinning wheel, white girl in foreground with pink sprig dress, holding hands with the boy. Maker and purpose unknown.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0968.TET)

Woven plate, coiled basket work in natural and brown leaf fibre.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1142.TET)

Wooden head, female, light wood, painted black.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0957.TET)

Taxidermy armadillo.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2019/008/001)

Silver, makeup powder compact. Logo of the Indian Civil Service on the front. Initials N.M.K engraved inside (Nancy M Kendall). Circular mirror inside lid. No powder inside. Silver hallmark.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/148/066)

Enamelled badge of ASLEF trade union. Blue and gold centre of engine and clasped hands, white ribbon surround

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/053/001)

Kente cloth composed of twelve woven strips hand stitched together lengthwise to form a rectangular cloth with a patchwork effect. The cotton type fabric is woven in blue thread with geometric motifs, mainly in red and yellow with some white. Each end is fringed with a border of five pattern blocks more closely woven with different designs and including some green and black. Alternating stipes – one with the patterned end then alternating blocks of plain blue and grid in blue red and yellow. The other with the decorated end then with alternating blocks of plain blue and blue with a geometric pattern in red and yellow. Blue cotton warp.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/148/062)

White metal shoulder flashes for Rhodesia Railways. At the centre, arms of Rhodesia with impala supporters, surrounded by ribbon with RHODESIA RAILWAYS. On reverse, 2 shanks for cotter pin fixing.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/148/065)

Enamelled tie pin clip, with blueenamelled rectangle with silver R (for Ray)

British Empire & Commonwealth (0691.TET)

Taxidermy - bird, small green, parrot family

British Empire & Commonwealth (1063.tet(b))

Ceramic mosaic in the shape of a figure painted in yellow, red and blue with images such as a Gameboy, shield, Concorde. Printed imagery. One arm broken and separate. Made by 'Adele Howitt year 6 June 2001'. Mounted on wooden board with clips for mounting and display. See also (a).

British Empire & Commonwealth (0710.TET)

Taxidermy - three birds. 2 perched and 1 flying. Different colourings of the same bird.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1000.TET)

Brass turtle, cast with an incised pattern on the shell.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1001.TET)

Brass turtle. Cast with an incised pattern on the shell.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0995.TET)

Pair of wooden pattens/ sandals. Stamped with 'COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE' in ink on the underside of each patten. Carved lines around the edge and triangle in the middle. Jinga area Uganda. Popular in an area of wet ground.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0993.TET)

Pair of bongos tied together with a piece of wood.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1059.TET)

Shoulder bag, snake skin with white leather stitching with a flap and a long shoulder strap.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1058.TET)

Satchel in thick brown leather, rectangular shape, metal clip on back for attaching to a bike pannier? Long adjustable strap, complex hook and eye closing method. Stamped on the front is 'F.LTD.1945 TL.14076'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1061.TET)

Model outrigger canoe, Polynesian? with a sewn hull, paddles, poles and bailer, and a fishing rod with two hooks (fishing rod is broken).