British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/162)

Small pot, pottery, straight sides, metallic glaze

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/163)

Small pot, pottery, straight sides, grey-green glaze

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/164)

Gongoli mask, carved wood, face painted red, elaborate hairstyle, semicircular slit eyes

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/165), Python

Snakeskin, brown, scaley. See also T/SIER/32

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/169)

Powder horn, leather-covered with hide panel, 2 strawwork bands

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/173)

Nest of cassicus persicus, straw

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/174)

Nest of cassicus persicus, straw

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/176)

Basket, coiled and bound straw, red and black triangle pattern and stripes. Large and round-bellied.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/178)

Helmet mask, carved wood,topped by a woman with two children, her skirt forms the helmet with a face carved under one child giving eye slits for the wearer. Three round handbag mirrors set into the skirt of the woman. The bottom has a row of holes for attaching a cloth or raffia to hide the wearer.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/179)

Drinking cup? Made from horn.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SIER/180)

4 Kissi pennies, twisted iron rods, oval and T-shaped ends, bound together with straw

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/7)

10 coins, metal

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/18)

x10 pairs of chopsticks, red and black.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/19)

porcelain rice bowl, blue and white.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/20)

Porcelain spoon, white and blue.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/25)

Two clay oil lamps, karthigei. These are often seen at Hindu alters and used in religious ceremonies.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/27)

Paper flower garland. Garlands are made from Jasmine and Kanagambram flowers.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/28)

Pair of Salangai. Anklets used by Indian classical dancers. The tiny bells attached to the salangai provide part of the musical accompaniment to the dancer.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/31)

Gold plated Risis orchid necklace. The orchid is Singapore's national flower. The Risis orchid, is named after the company that produced it.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/32)

Gold plated souvenir. The merlion is an emblem of singapore for tourists to take home as a sovenir. The lion is speacial to singapore for the city is known as the lion city.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/39)

Replica firecracker, used as decorations to celebrate Chinese New Year. Traditionally let off to ward off evil spirits and welcome in the new year. Real firecrackers were banned in 1970.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/45)

x10 glass marbles. Marbles or Goli are a favorite game with boys. Each boy has his own marbles and the aim is to strike your opponet's marbles with your marbles.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/47)

x3. Chatek is a simple toy comprising feathers secured to a rubber base. A game of chatek is played by kicking the chatek continuously into the air with one leg.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/49)

Three coasters, batik fabric coated in plastic.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/52)

Banknotes from Singapore. x2 $100, x2 $50, x1 $20, x1 $10, X2 $5, x2 $1

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/54), BUNGA MANGGAR

Paper cane, Bunga Manggar.Traditionally made of coconut flowers but they have since been replaced by artifical flowers made from crepe paper and tinsel. Usually stuck onto pineapples.Blue, pink, white, green, orange.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/67)

Gold metalic ornamental hair pin, fan shaped. Used to decorate the hair buns of Malay brides and dancers.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SING/68)

Gold metalic ornamental hair pin, fan shaped. Used to decorate the hair buns of Malay brides and dancers.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/KENY/22)

Carving, female figure, wood, polished, wears skirt, neck and ear ornaments, carrying a water gourd, circular base. One of 5 figures, from rough carving to finished, painted figure - see T/KENY/23 and 24

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/KENY/23)

Carving, female figure, wood, painted red and white, wears skirt (red), neck and ear ornaments, carrying a water gourd (white), circular base. Last of 4 figures, from rough carving to finished, painted figure - see T/KENY/23 and 24

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/KENY/24)

2 unfinished carvings, female figures, wood, showing various stages of manufacture. .1 is a rough carving of a Masai woman holding a water gourd. .2 is a finished carving of a Masai woman, skirt, long earrings, bead collar, holding a water jar. .3 is a rough carving of a Maasai woman holding a water gourd. First of 5 figures, from rough carving to finished, painted figure - see T/KENY/22 and 23

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/KENY/45)

Carving of Masai man, wood, wears head and neck ornaments

British Empire & Commonwealth (Temp 173)

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/TANZ/20)

Makonde sculpture of elderly man carrying bananas and basket of fruit

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/TANZ/21)

Sculpture, carved wood, 2 figures holding drums, tree-ring base. Makonde?

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/TANZ/128)

Sculpture, mother and child, carved ebony, contorted face. Makonde?

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/TANZ/140)

Makonde woodcarving, flat back, relief, cradle on top with a figure, people climbing, half trunk. Signed 'Tail 51 41 P X 55 MTINA 84'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/TANZ/169)

Sculpture, Makonde, twisted male figure.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/001/115)

Dagger known as "Gusbi" from northern Hadhramaut and Yemen. The knife has a curved blade with a central rib and wood handle decorated with inlayed metal. Curved scabbard which is wood covered in tooled leather with a decorative metal panel and tip. Inlayed red glass. The brass work has verdigris.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/001/251)

Spear. Wooden shaft covered in cow hide with a leaf shaped iron blade set in at the top. Cow tail decorating the butt. Possibly for ceremonial or dance use.