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British Empire & Commonwealth (2005/068/1/1/310)
British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/160/020)
Large wicker basket with black horse design and lid
British Empire & Commonwealth (2005/068/1/1/239)
British Empire & Commonwealth (2005/042/3/25)
British Empire & Commonwealth (2002/200/1/1/5/49)
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
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/126), Tapa
Barkcloth, rectangular, brown and black, triangular and spotted design
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/127), Tapa
Barkcloth, rectangular, brown and black, concentric circular design
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/134)
Shell money, nassa shells bound in a coil and tied with cane, bead decoration
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/138), Tapa
Barkcloth, rectangular, painted, red and black, geometric design
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/194)
Carving of bird on crocodile, wood, shell decoration.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/215)
Oyster shell necklace worn by men (as bride price). A label reads'HIGHLAND' necklet worn by men and part and parcel of bride price.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/216)
Plaster replica of female stone figure, broken leg, broken arm.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PITC/3)
Model boat, carved wood with one oar. Painted a greeny grey with a black gunwale. Six seats and a fitting for a mast.
British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/5)
Plaster figure of a Zulu warrior, in regalia, with spears and shield. Wearing a lion-claw necklace and a red/white bead necklace, bead and leather apron, beaded armbands and leg bands. Feathers in hair. Possibly part of a diorama.
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