British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/091/001)

Indian wooden four fold wooden decorative screen with fretwork panelling.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1996/029/002)

Metal-tipped arrow with long bamboo shaft. Feathers still intact. Kamba arrows, Kenya

British Empire & Commonwealth (1996/029/003)

Metal-tipped arrow with long bamboo shaft. Feathers still intact. Kamba arrows, Kenya. feather fletching intact but damaged. Fibre binding mostly lost. Triangular arrow head with a straight tang fitted into a bamboo shaft.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/134/612)

Coin with hole through the middle. Head: British West Africa 1942 Tail: Georgius VI Rex et Ind: Imp: one penny. Diam. 30mm. See photo 1999/134/282b

British Empire & Commonwealth (1996/029/006)

Leather quiver (a) with tassels and strap (loose), some tassels have broken off. Arrows x 22, all wood with metal tips and feather remains at one end. One arrow broken in half. The quiver has tooled pattern on main body. No top. Base has detached from its stitching. No lid. Loose strap. Detached. East Africa.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1996/159/045)

An Arab knife from Northern Sudan, in a leather case with a short strap. Knife is ebony with ivory handle. Scabbard is leather and white snakeskin. Collected 1947-55. S Nelson.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1997/081/032)

Sword with engraving and sheath. VR cypher and metal scabbard. Tanganyika Colonial Police?

British Empire & Commonwealth (1997/081/033)

Highland Light Infantry sword.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/007)

Part of a christening gown. Deep cream viyella type fine woollen coat and overlying cape. Lined in silk. Decorated with machine embroidery of stylised flowers and an embroidered, broderie anglaise style self fabric trim. Jacket has a yoke and sleeves in the broderie anglaise material. Hem has broderie anglaise and scalloped border. Edge to edge front fastening, tied with 3 bows. Cape is attached at the collar with a round yoke, broderie anglaise and lined with fine silk (silk damaged and shattering in places). The neck fastens with two 25mm wide grosgrain ribbons. Some moth damage.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/011)

Cream silk shantung dress with a round lace trimmed neck. The front has a broad band of cream smocking. Back has two panels of smocking.The hem is finished on the outside with feather stitch. Back opening has ribbon ties at the neckline and five pairs of pearl buttons with worked button loops from one of each pair to secure the other. The sleeve is gathered in to the bodice. At the wrist is a band of cream smocking. The dress is hand stitched throughout. Lots of repairs especially under the arms.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/017)

White lawn cotton gown with a yoke bodice of decorated vertical bands. The neckline is trimmed with lace and there is a white ribbon threaded through eyelets in the neck band. The long skirt is gathered into the yoke and has a deep hem surmounted by two bands of three pin tucks. The sleeve is set-in with gathers and is gathered into a decorated band at the wrist which is trimed with lace. The back opening has ties at the neck and two pearl buttons with hand stitched button holes. There is a meal hook and worked loop in the skirt. Some damage to the lace. Neck to hem: 600mm chest: 400mm Underarm: 220mm Opening: 310mm

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/020)

White cotton pique coat with deep lace trimmed collar. The coat has a round neck and a self fabric collar, trimmed with a broderie anglaise insertion patterned with daisy like flowers. Attached to this is a pleated frill of broderie anglais with a scalloped edge. Yoke is covered by the large collar and fastens with two hooks and eyes. Skirt of the coat is pleated into the yoke and fastens with three large imitation pearl buttons. Set in sleeves with small pleats at the shoulder and the cuff. Turnback cuff on one cuff. Staining on the sleeves.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/021)

Child’s cape in thick striped cotton with a collar. Front fastening with a hook and eye fastener at the neck. Inset band of broderie anglaise. Feather stitching around the border. Piped edging and scalloped broderie anglaise frill all around. Thinner broderie anglaise frill around the collar.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/022)

White cotton dress with short puff sleeves. The neckline is square and is decorated with a lace ribbon attached. The bodice is gathered into a band at the waist. The skirt is gathered into this same band at the waist. Above the hem are three pintucks. The back bodice is gathered into the waist band at either side of the opening. There are ties at the neck and the waist. The bodice has four metal hooks and matching worked loops. The short puffed sleeve is gathered on to the shoulder and gathered into a band decorated with feather stitch. The bodice is lined with a lighter cotton. The dress is hand stitched throughout. Neck to hem: 510mm Chest: 540mm Underarm: 35mm Opening: 370mm

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/024)

Chinese style robe for a child with crossover front. Brocaded? cerise with scattered gold flowers, possibly silk. Square neckline edged with black and trimmed with gold coloured braid. This decoration extends to make a curved V shape below a modesty infill on right front. Long set-in sleeves. Lined in natural cotton. Split sides and split cuff. Hand and machine sewn. Front fastened with four small pearl buttons and red yarn loops.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/025)

Chinese style trousers. Wide bodied with a narrow leg. Made from green brocade silk with a gold paisley pattern. The leg is hemmed in red satin and lined in natural fine cotton with white cotton attached at the top to form the channel for a drawstring waist. Decayed elastic in the drawstring channel. Handsewn. There is some wear on the seat and bottom of the legs. Bottom of the legs have been stitched up.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/026)

Child's cream flannel petticoat with a sleeveless bodice and round neck edged with cream feather stitching. The skirt is gathered with a scalloped edge and finished with buttonhole stitch in the same colour. The back of the neck is fastened with a drawstring of cotton tape. The back opening has two manmade loops and two mother of pearl buttons. The inside edges are all bound with cotton bias binding.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/132/028)

Women's night gown. Made from white cotton with a high neckline formed with a band which is trimmed with hand worked lace.The front has a shirt placket opening trimmed on either side with the same lace as the neckline. There are three cloth covered buttons and hand worked buttonholes. Both sides of the front have a vertical band of pin tucks. The back has a yoke into which the skirt is gathered. The set in sleeve is gathered at the shoulder. Fullness at the wrist is pintucked into a band which is trimmed with matching lace.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/134/053)

Stationery pouch. Khaki drill folding stationery pouch in three sections. Bellowed pocket with flap secured by two press studs. Under the flap are four narrow pen holders and below the flap are four wider pen holders. Above the pocket is a flap which has two metal eyelets. This folds down over the back and fastens with two press studs. The left of the back has a short shaped flap which holds the pouch closed with a metal press stud. It opens to reveal celluloid covers to allow folding. Across the middle section attached at the bottom is a khaki poplin protector. at the top of the middle section is a short shaped flap secured with a press stud. Under the pouch closure flap is a white label "KEEP MOSQUITO REPELLANT OFF CELLULOID" All the press studs have leather washers.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/134/266)

Police knife. Metal knife in scabbard.The letters 'USM8', 'BMCO', embossed on knife sheath. Plastic sheath, metal knife, wooden handle. Canvas webbing belt holder.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/176/001)

An Issa/Danaki people knife from Somalia, called a jile or gile. Double edged blade. Horn or wood handle with inverted brass cone. The blade is blunt. Scabbard is on a wooden former. Hide stretched and stitched at the back. Shaped to fit the curved blade. Wire decoration at the top and a metal chape at the end. Long strap attached with brown hide strips with a metal buckle. Very dried out and deformed.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/037/017)

Leather quiver and home-made metal-tipped arrows made from wood and string with feathers. Poison-tipped arrows? Shark skin handle hand grip.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/037/020)

Bladed weapon; Kuchin 'dah'. Square ended sword and wooden scabbard. The sword has an ivory or bone tipped handle and a square ended blade. The scabbard has a decoratively carved wooden board with fibre straps to hold sword in place.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/037/021)

Bladed weapon; sword and sheath. Sword has wooden handle bound with fibre. Sheath has very frayed rope strap with tassel. It is wooden and wrapped with plaited fibre. Blade has rusted into scabbard.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/037/022)

Bladed Weapon; sword and sheath. Sword has wooden handle with plaited faded orange fibre wrapped around it. Sheath is wooden, also bound with orange fibre, with a strap made from rope with tassel.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/037/023)

Bladed weapon; general purpose Burmese sword and sheath. Sword is metal blade with wooden handle bound with fibre. Sheath is fibre-bound wooden sheath with black rope strap and tassel.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/037/027)

Agricultural equipment; Hangaza maize cutting stick, sickle-like tool with long wooden handle and metal hooked blade at one end.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/037/028)

Hangaza ceremonial spear. Wooden spear covered with red and white beads, metal tip at one end and rounded at the other. Could be used for ceremonial purposes, or performance, or as a weapon.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/037/029)

Spear with shaft covered in blue and white bead in a zigzag pattern. Small metal head attached at one end. Butt end is sharpened but with the metal butt missing.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/037/030)

Hangaza ceremonial stick. Long wooden shaft covered in blue and white beads, with rusted metal hook at one end.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/040/003)

Palm wood blade with sharks teeth tied along each edge. Woven pandanus leaf handle at the end. Tip damaged and pandanus in poor condition.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/079/111)

Dress sword. Brass hilt, handle wrapped with gold ribbon, knop hanging from it. Patterned blade with EIIR cypher. Makers: ‘Griffiths, M C Alistair, 10 Warwick Street, Regent Street, London, W1. Leather scabbard with brass fitting and an oiled cotton suede lined protective case. Top flap detached.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/100/750)

Leather shield

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/101/011)

Dress sword in scabbard. Hilt and handle ornate with gold braid. Includes knop. Blade is plain. Leather scabbard with brass fittings. Braid on the handle is loose. Part of an Indian Civil Service Uniform.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/127/057)

One brass metal identity tag with a hook attached. Inscribed 'ABD. CANTT 1940-41'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/184/007), billum

Net bag known as a 'bilum'. Net bag named "esa" from Western Province, Papua New Guinea Size 25 x 20cm with one handle 50 cm woven beige coloured cord. Biami people (Bedamuni) Gofabi village 1979 Worn by men on the head! used for carrying personal belongings. Made only by women from tree fibres called kopca. This particular bag was made by He'sesu a woman of the Gaborofi clan. Notes provoded by the donor on a luggage label

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/184/058), ekurupeta

Finger hook (local name Ekurupeta) Made from iron and has two prongs. Made by men from the base of a hoe and used when fighting. Karamojong people of Karamoja District in Uganda.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/184/059), egwolu

Finger knife (local name Egwolu) made from iron and bound with iron and copper wire. Worn on middle finger by men of the Karamojong people of the Karamoja district of Uganda

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/184/060), egwolu

Small curved blade ending in a finger hook. Used in close combat fighting. Finger knife (local name Egwolu). Worn on middle finger by men of the Karamojong people of the Karamoja district of Uganda

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/184/061), agul

Wrist knife (local name Agul) made from iron with an inner and outer leather guard. Worn on right wrist and used with back hand slashing action by the men of the Karamojong people of the Karamoja district of Uganda. The wrist edge covered with a hide strip for cushioning. Outer edge has a removable hide cover. Used in close combat fighting.