British Empire & Commonwealth (1037.TET)

Gold clip bracelet with moulded decoration.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1038.TET)

Gold double bracelet, with a pin fastened.

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 (0851.TET)

Leather container, possibly cap for quiver. West Africa?

British Empire & Commonwealth (0853.TET)

Miniature cup, brass, Africa?

British Empire & Commonwealth (0849.TET)

Pair of scientific lenses in a plastic case. With a code ‘6540/99/211/2470’. Label reads ‘Taken out of respirator APR 89’.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/48)

Bracelet, copper, wide curved band, open-ended

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/49)

Arrowhead, iron, triangular with 2 barbs

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/FIJI/11)

Barkcloth or tapa, felted fibre, rectangular, decorated 1 side

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/FIJI/17)

Skirt, thick pandanus strips which have been folded into a herringbone pattern in black and natural. With a layer of short, narrow leaf fibres around the waistband in black/natural, long plaited ties.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/WEST/13)

Necklace, cowrie shells and brown seeds

British Empire & Commonwealth (1024.TET)

Pair of brass bells. One large, one small. Large bell has no clapper.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1027.TET)

Engine lamp. Kenya.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1018.TET)

Wooden animal bell with two clappers on strong hide.

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/176)

Horn, brass, one end flared.

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/NIGE/501)

Mat, finely woven straw, brown stripes, fringed ends

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/3.1)

1 of 15 shells

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PACI/3.2)

Shell (1 of 15 shells).

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PACI/3.3)

Shell (1 of 15 shells).

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/110)

4 axe heads, stone

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/112)

Penis gourd, bamboo, woven rotan decoration

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/113)

Necklace, pigs tusk on leather strap

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

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/118)

Pig tusk

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/122)

Bracelet, animal bone, white