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

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.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/6)

Currency, 10 coins

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/21)

Pot; earthenware, burnt orange and brown incised leaf pattern, roundish body and circular opening.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/24)

5 coasters with the image of Nelson Mandela.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/27)

Rattle; string of seed pod rattles

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/30)

Pot, ceramic, hand built, black base with band of colour and design, Ndebele design, Isa Kabini print on side

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/37)

Basket with lid, grass, coil weave, tan base with diamonds in tan, brown, beige and red

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/38)

Bird, fabric body with black and white and violet beads, wire and fabric legs.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/39)

Knobkerrie - wood base covered with beads except for top and bottom, multicoloured beads. Made by Agnuss Mbatha. Tourist item.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/SAFR/41)

Necklace, beads, multicoloured, 12 strings joined and woven together at intervals.