British Empire & Commonwealth (TEMP 214)

Silk headscarf, square with a batik design of flowers and foliage in pastel colours.

British Empire & Commonwealth (TEMP 215)

Boy’s waistcoat, dark red wool fabric with embroidery at the front, front opening with round cloth buttons, square cut sleeves, insets at side with a pocket, lined in brown cotton. Pakistan or India?

British Empire & Commonwealth (TEMP 216)

Man’s shirt. Short sleeved in a print fabric of bullock carts, palm trees and village housing with ‘Seychells’ on the pocket.

British Empire & Commonwealth (TEMP 217)

Men’s shorts matching TEMP 216. From the Seychelles.

British Empire & Commonwealth (TEMP 227)

Textile length, possibly part of a sari or table cloth. Blue cotton with silver floating weft pattern; a central panel of geometric plants, flowers and borders; fabric either side, design of individual leaves and berries, geometric border along each end and cut ends.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0758.TET)

Large spoon with shallow bowl, rim of bowl and handle decorated with burnt decoration, lines and ring and dot, infilled with lime. 'Uganda /A/3. Went to Commonwealth Institute'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/GAMB/91)

Length of printed cotton textile depicting images of members of the Gambian government - Dawda Kairaba Jawara leader of Gambia from independence in 1965-1994.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1268.TET)

A line shift dress, sleeveless with long bust darts, probably home made. Mini dress in a heavy sateen printed in a blue and white resist dye pattern. Zip at back.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0951.TET)

Calabar bar, length of copper alloy wire bent in half. Used as currency in West Africa in 18th and 19th century, part of the trade goods for the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. Possibly made in Birmingham or Bristol. Previously catalogued as Manilla (currency).

British Empire & Commonwealth (0954.TET)

Coiled basketry container. Cylindrical with a slightly wider top. Hole in the base. Purpose unknown.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0955.TET)

Map of Europe and Asia, on wooden hangers. Quite damaged. Conservation note with it.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0959.TET)

Large wall hanging, embroidered, and appliqued on to a hessian or wool backing. On one side is a flame tree, an African woman, elephants, giraffe, in the foreground is a large figure of an African boy in a blue gown. On other side is an oak tree with sheep and chickens, woman working at a spinning wheel, white girl in foreground with pink sprig dress, holding hands with the boy. Maker and purpose unknown.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0968.TET)

Woven plate, coiled basket work in natural and brown leaf fibre.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1142.TET)

Wooden head, female, light wood, painted black.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/BANG/1)

Textile length, sari, dark blue warp with black weft forming a gauze like fabric with floating weft in gold thread of flower and foliage tendrils along the selvedge edge and the end. Main body of the textile is filled with rows of stylized rounded flowers. 1170mm wide. Not a full sari length, cut to 1900mm.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/BANG/153)

Textile length, silk fabric with a green warp and weft stripes of dark red, black and yellow.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1993/068/018)

Small carved crocodile/alligator in bone. Slightly curved in shape.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0957.TET)

Taxidermy armadillo.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/56)

Stone fragment from large [dish]. Curved with incised line decoration. A label reads '1611, 1659'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/106)

Male cotton picker doll, with sack of cotton, in box.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/GAMB/90)

Length of printed cotton cloth. Machine woven. Design for Independence Day, Feb 18th 1965: map within a foliate frame top and bottom, in the centre two images of traditional and modern Gambia within foliate frames, a fishing boat and a modern building, with text 'Independence Day February 18th 1965'. Dark blue ground, paler blue frames, sepia images.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2019/008/001)

Silver, makeup powder compact. Logo of the Indian Civil Service on the front. Initials N.M.K engraved inside (Nancy M Kendall). Circular mirror inside lid. No powder inside. Silver hallmark.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/GAMB/087)

Indigo dyed cloth, hand-woven narrow strip, 120mm wide hand sewn together into a large wrapper. Heavy cotton with black stripe, dyed in indigo. One side is dark blue with a darker stripe, other side is pale blue with black stripe. Paper label 'From the Colonial and Indian Collections of the Imperial Institute, London, SW7'. (label is actually missing). From the same period. Much paler on one side.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/GAMB/088)

Indigo dyed cloth, hand-woven narrow strip, 120mm wide, sewn together into large wrapper. Heavy cotton with black stripe, dyed in indigo. One side is dark blue with a darker stripe, other side is pale blue with black stripe. A paper label reads 'From the Colonial and Indian Collections of the Imperial Institute, London, SW7'. A card label reads 'Gambia Native Country Cloth Blue of stitched "pagns". 'G 298' also written on cloth.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1992/011/043)

Black and white photograph of Jerusalem, framed. View from Point B looking East. Stained in top left corner Linked to town planning scheme by McLean, 1918.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/148/066)

Enamelled badge of ASLEF trade union. Blue and gold centre of engine and clasped hands, white ribbon surround

British Empire & Commonwealth (TEMP 251)

Madras cotton sash in shades of orange. Probably Jamaican.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1229.TET)

Hausa man’s wide trousers with a drawstring waist, heavy cotton embroidery around the ankles. In a brocaded white cotton with a circle and honeycomb pattern. Nigeria.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1997/073/002)

A pair of black elephant hair bracelets. They are expandable with two moveable adjusters and have a plastic-like texture to them.

British Empire & Commonwealth (TEMP 249.3)

Sash in Madras check cotton in mostly blue. Long wide sash worn with skirt and overskirt as part of a traditional girl’s outfit in Jamaica. 2440mm length.

British Empire & Commonwealth (TEMP 250)

Sleeveless t-shirt in the colours of the Jamaican flag - green, gold and red; printed with an image of Bob Marley above a map of Jamaica with the words ‘BOB MARLEY JAMAICA KINGSTON’ ‘SONG OF FREEDOM’. Neck arm holds and hem backed with black jersey.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2001/030/364)

Bauer C2M Super 8mm Cine Movie Camera

British Empire & Commonwealth (2002/074/035)

Leather purse or pouch.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2002/001/182)

Black beaver fur top hat with sweat band made from wool. The brim is edged with black petersham braid. The inside of the hat is lined with ivory silky fabric. Stamped in the crown is the manufacturer's label 'HILHOUSE & Co Hat and Cap Makers 11 New Bond Street, London'. Leather hatbox lined in red with a carrying handle, the remains of a strap (d) and a lock on the front. The leather in very poor condition. May have red rot. Hat brush.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1997/094/027 a-d)

Coconut teapot. Part of a set with lid and two cups.Coconut teapot made for the Governor. The main body of the teapot is made from a whole coconut with two small pieces of coconut forming the base and the rim. The handle is made from coconut and the spout from a bamboo-like hollow stick. The coconut appears to have been glazed, some of this has worn away. Stuck on the teapot are two seperate clusters of shells, one of the shells is broken. There is a message written around the teapot in some sort of shell or bone, it reads 'Bikenibeu to J. Smith'

British Empire & Commonwealth (1999/053/001)

Kente cloth composed of twelve woven strips hand stitched together lengthwise to form a rectangular cloth with a patchwork effect. The cotton type fabric is woven in blue thread with geometric motifs, mainly in red and yellow with some white. Each end is fringed with a border of five pattern blocks more closely woven with different designs and including some green and black. Alternating stipes – one with the patterned end then alternating blocks of plain blue and grid in blue red and yellow. The other with the decorated end then with alternating blocks of plain blue and blue with a geometric pattern in red and yellow. Blue cotton warp.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/148/062)

White metal shoulder flashes for Rhodesia Railways. At the centre, arms of Rhodesia with impala supporters, surrounded by ribbon with RHODESIA RAILWAYS. On reverse, 2 shanks for cotter pin fixing.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/148/065)

Enamelled tie pin clip, with blueenamelled rectangle with silver R (for Ray)

British Empire & Commonwealth (0691.TET)

Taxidermy - bird, small green, parrot family

British Empire & Commonwealth (1063.tet(b))

Ceramic mosaic in the shape of a figure painted in yellow, red and blue with images such as a Gameboy, shield, Concorde. Printed imagery. One arm broken and separate. Made by 'Adele Howitt year 6 June 2001'. Mounted on wooden board with clips for mounting and display. See also (a).