British Empire & Commonwealth (2007/095/014)

Dagger (one of four 2007/095/012-015) with curved blade and decorative handle and scabbards. White metal with chased decoration.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2007/095/015)

Dagger (one of four 2007/095/012-015) with curved blade and decorative handle and scabbards. Coin and red, green stones set in the scabbard.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2011/030/065)

T shirt, fitted women’s style, very pale pink with a printed front. Commemorating the silver jubilee 1952-1977, King George VI School 25th September. School shield in blue with a laurel wreath. Size 14, made in Australia. Solomon Islands?

British Empire & Commonwealth (2018/003/005)

1939-1945 War Medal, silver, with red, white and blue striped ribbon to be attached. Uninscribed. Obverse: George VI Reverse: lion on a double-headed grryphon with date 1939-1945 and the letters E C R P

British Empire & Commonwealth (2018/003/006)

The Atlantic Star medal, copper alloy, with graduated blue, white and green watered silk ribbon to be attached. Uninscribed. Obverse: GRJ VI, crowned, within wreath, THE ATLANTIC STAR on the wreath Reverse: blank

British Empire & Commonwealth (2018/003/007)

Obverse: GRJ VI, crowned, within wreath, THE 1939-1945 STAR on the wreath Reverse: blank

British Empire & Commonwealth (2018/003/008)

Printed note sent with medals, with Maxwell Napier Ray's name inserted. Royal Arms in red, with text: The Minister of Transport presents his compliments and has the honour to transmit the enclosed Awards for service in the war of 1939-45. The Minister shares your sorrow that Maxwell Napier Ray in respect of whose service these Awards are granted did not live to receive them. On reverse, a list of medals and ribbons for 1939-45

British Empire & Commonwealth (2018/003/009)

Small cardboard box in which medals were sent. Addressed to Mr H N Ray 71 Athelstan Road Southampton, Hants. Sent from Regitrar -General of Shipping and Seamen]Llantrisant Road LLandaff Cardiff. reference on sider: 109 124416

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/012)

Award/medal (gold). On the front 'The Elise and Walter A.Haas International Award, University of California, Berkley'. Reverse has the following -'Norman Myers Ph.D 1973 University of California Berkeley'. Blue and yellow ribbon attached. Includes a wooden presentation box.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/013)

Award (gold) WWF in a blue presentation box- Inscribed on reverse Dr Norman Myers, 1983.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/014)

Award/medal attached to blue ribbon – New York Zoological society. On reverse - Norman Myers, Service to Conservation, Feb 3, 1988.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/015)

Medal - The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion (C.M.G.)

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/016)

Commemorative token – Z.K.H.PRINS BERNHARD 80 JAAR, 1911 29 JUNI 1991. Silver with an image of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/017)

3 x Golden Ark awards, 1 x button attached to ribbon from Prince Bernard of the Netherlands. One award is smaller and has a creme-coloured presentation box. 2021/012/017-20

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/018)

3 x Golden Ark awards, 1 x button attached to ribbon from Prince Bernard of the Netherlands. One award is smaller and has a creme-coloured presentation box. 2021/012/017-20

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/019)

3 x Golden Ark awards, 1 x button attached to ribbon from Prince Bernard of the Netherlands. One award is smaller and has a creme-coloured presentation box. 2021/012/017-20

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/020)

3 x Golden Ark awards, 1 x button attached to ribbon from Prince Bernard of the Netherlands. One award is smaller and has a creme-coloured presentation box. 2021/012/017-20

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/021)

Award, mounted, wooden frame – The Zoological Society of San Diego. For Conservation. ‘Presented to Norman Myers, 1989’.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2021/012/008)

Framed certificate with 'The 2005 Liveable City Awards – The Climate Change Champion’s Award to Professor Norman Myers.' Norman Myers was a noted environmentalist.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2478.TET)

Untitled White flower spray Oil / acrylic Artist:

British Empire & Commonwealth (A/INDI/504), Girls Dancing

Girls Dancing Print of three women in elaborately embroidered or printed saris holding/playing musical instruments (finger cymbals and flute). Dry point etching on paper. Signed bottom right Mukul Dey Artist: Mukul Chandra Dey.

British Empire & Commonwealth (A/INDI/505), The Sacred Tree (The Sacred Bodhi Tree)

The Sacred Tree (The Sacred Bodhi Tree) features tree growing out of cauldron, men and women bring offerings, animals and birds sit in the branches. Gods fly in the sky above the tree. Dry point etching on paper, edition of 35, artist's proof Signed bottom right Mukul Dey. 35 proof 1926 Artist: Mukul Dey

British Empire & Commonwealth (Eb618)

Length of cotton cloth, raw edges seamed, made into a ?tablecloth. White cotton, printed in red and blue with map of Fiji, top border of objects, foods and fish, lower border of hibiscus flowers. Design repeated 4 times across width.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/COOK/46)

Dance skirt made with yellow leaf fibre. Below the knee. The fibres are knotted onto a plaited plant fibre string. Woven pandanus waistband which has been machine stitched onto a cotton backing, stitched in places to the waistband of the skirt. Waistband has 8 fibre rosettes and a nut shell centre. Attached to the waistband are loops of nut shells with a natural fibre tassel attached. One loose tassel. Several loose nut shells.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/COOK/47)

Headdress, woven pandanus with seed and rosette decoration. Machine stitched on to a white cotton backing.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/GAMB/114)

Xylophone, wood frame and 19 note bars, calabash resonators, 2 beating sticks with woven straw heads. 2 keys loose. Framework bound with hide thong. Keys are gourd resonators attached with twine.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/GHAN/248)

Atumpan drum leg. Made from wood - wood carved from the fork of a tree

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/HONG/204)

Wall hanging, satin, embroidered and applique design, red with green edging; design of human, flowers and animal scenes. Padded human figures embroidered and appliqued with gold thread border. Columns of Chinese characters at intervals.Loop at either end for hanging. Curtain ribbon with brass curtain hooks attached to the bottom so would have been hung upside down.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/INDI/480)

Model of Gandhi made from pottery, cross legged, wood pedestal.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/INDI/550)

Bronze head of Jawaharlal Nehru with thick perspex base artist: Annette Rowden date: c. 1995 Signed by artist at the back of the neck.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/JAMA/10)

Rag doll in blue with jointed limbs, wearing a yellow and white blouse, pastel coloured striped skirt with headwrap, painted features.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/JAMA/31)

Decorative basket, made from a round gourd with 2 areas cut out to form the opening and the handle. Surface cut away to create a design of a bird on each side, with chevrons on the wide handle.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/KENY/89)

Belt?, hide thong, beads on two strings with bone spacer bars, red, black, yellow and green. A few of the spacer bones are missing or damaged.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/KENY/93)

Belt?, beads on two hide thongs, with bone spacer bars. Beads are red, black with one green bead at the end.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/KENY/215)

Spearhead, iron, socket and long ridged blade. Probably Maasai.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/KIRI/30)

Male costume, woven pandanus. Rectangular with folded in edges, brown stripes across the fabric and a central panel of wide leaf fringing.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/MALW/11)

Model male figure from a diorama. Villager, wearing sandals, trousers and short sleeved shirt. Stitched and glued together, glue marking shirt.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/MALW/17)

Belt, red leather wrapped around thick leather or hide strip. Scored and painted vertical and horizontal stripes in black with hide thong tie.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/MALW/23)

Carving in wood painted black and depicting 3 men in a canoe - 2 paddling, 1 smoking a pipe. Written on base: Malawi rec: 29.2.72

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/MALW/26), malimba

Thumb piano, flat wood board with higher sides and cross piece to hold the bridge. Burnt decoration on the wood. 8 metal keys held on with wire against a metal bridge. Calabash resonator held against back of board with fibre and two wood pegs. One edge broken off and nailed back. Used? Written on back: Malawi rec 18.1.71