British Empire & Commonwealth (0710.TET)

Taxidermy - three birds. 2 perched and 1 flying. Different colourings of the same bird.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1000.TET)

Brass turtle, cast with an incised pattern on the shell.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1001.TET)

Brass turtle. Cast with an incised pattern on the shell.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0995.TET)

Pair of wooden pattens/ sandals. Stamped with 'COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE' in ink on the underside of each patten. Carved lines around the edge and triangle in the middle. Jinga area Uganda. Popular in an area of wet ground.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0993.TET)

Pair of bongos tied together with a piece of wood.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1059.TET)

Shoulder bag, snake skin with white leather stitching with a flap and a long shoulder strap.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1058.TET)

Satchel in thick brown leather, rectangular shape, metal clip on back for attaching to a bike pannier? Long adjustable strap, complex hook and eye closing method. Stamped on the front is 'F.LTD.1945 TL.14076'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1061.TET)

Model outrigger canoe, Polynesian? with a sewn hull, paddles, poles and bailer, and a fishing rod with two hooks (fishing rod is broken).

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

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 (b).

British Empire & Commonwealth (2000/148/064)

Enamelled badge of The British Empire Service League, Rhodesia. White centre with lion and Rhodesia, surrounded by green ribbon

British Empire & Commonwealth (0689.TET)

Taxidermy - bird with red and purple feathers, parrot family.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1062.TET)

3 wicker Makenge baskets. Wood spiral bound with fibre from Zimbabwe. Two have a shallow rim (winnowing baskets). 3rd is a coiled basket with a fancy rim, possibly a tray rather than winnowing basket. All have a geometric pattern in black and natural. All from Commonwealth Institute handling collection.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/PAPU/128)

Finger woven bag (Bilum) made of black, red, green and natural coloured string. Strap is worked with the bag. Carried on the forehead. Couple of holes and possibly a repair.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2008/014/199)

T Shirt with '1956-1977. 21years. Kariba, Rhodesia', polycotton t-shirt. Made by Nortell. Picture of the Kariba dam lit up at night.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0693.TET)

Taxidermy - bird, large black bird with yellow collar and yellow beak.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2008/014/201)

T shirt in white cotton with red trim. 'R.L.I' (Rhodesia Light Infantry) with cheetah.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1033.TET)

Brown paper money bag, printed with ‘Bank of British West Africa Ltd. Accra. £5. In view of the appeal made for economy of paper will customers kindly return these bags to the bank for reuse.’

British Empire & Commonwealth (1029.TET)

Two French francs, 1949 and 1950.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1030.TET)

Three Danish coins (1928, 1936, 1944).

British Empire & Commonwealth (1031.TET)

Four coins from Mozambique, Escudo 1935, 1938, 1945.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1993/068/040), Vumba Mountains

Vumba Mountain View of mountains, dark colours with red in foreground, blue mountains in background. Oil or acrylic on canvas. Dymo label on frame, 'Vumba Mountain First Prize, 1958.'

British Empire & Commonwealth (2008/014/200)

Henley t-shirt. White cotton with red trim on sleeve and neck. Printed on the left breast is 'R.L.I' for (Rhodesia Light Infantry) with cheetah design.

British Empire & Commonwealth (TET.1232)

Length of fine barkcloth with pieces hand sewn together and cut for clothing. Crossed out is the number '2006/020/004'. Possibly linked to the barkcloth suits 2006/020/001

British Empire & Commonwealth (1278.TET)

Length of narrow strip cloth. 54mm wide. Warp is in two shades of indigo blue, as is the weft, providing a check design. Nigeria, possibly Yoruba. Cut length rather than the whole length. One section near one end is very faded.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1996/004/006)

Sword - a label reads ‘Yataghan style sword in white metal, hilt and scabbard, with decorative moulding, iron or steel blade, stamped ‘1821’. Ceremonial as blade is v blunt. Chain for suspension.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/72)

Bracelet, facetted copper beads and wire, a label reads 'ET 1456 Manilaland'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/94)

Winnowing tray, woven straw, bicoloured, geometric pattern, string loop

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/95)

Winnowing tray, woven straw, bicoloured, V patterns, string loop

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/ZIMB/96)

Winnowing tray, woven straw, purple and green diamond pattern, straw loop

British Empire & Commonwealth (1998/093/006)

Pair of dress epaulettes for Lieutenant Commander. Leather and wood base with gold braid on the top, wide coil of gold braid around the shoulder area. A row of tassel twisted gold metal hanging from the shoulder. On top there’s a brass button linked to a hook on the other side, a raised crown in red and silver, an anchor and chain in silver. On the back, there’s padding on the shoulder area and a large hinged clip.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1998/093/007)

Navel bicorn hat from Lieutenant Commander Goodenough. Black bicorn hat in beaver or bear fur with the brim edged with a black brocade tape and folded up at the sides to form the bicorn shape. At each end there is a gold knot and wire tassels and two rows of the twisted wire tassel on one side of the hat. Wide leather sweatband and a silk lining which is stamped ‘Gieves Ltd. 21 Old Bond St London, and at 118 St Edinburgh. Branches, Portsmouth, Devonport, Weymouth, Dover, Chatham, Sheerness, Harwich. By Special Appointment to His Majesty the King'.

British Empire & Commonwealth (0846.TET)

Sailor’s navy wool jumper, well darned.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2024/004/001)

'Copy of book ‘Sepik Diary’ by Australian artist Frank Hodgkinson (1919-2001). Published by Reid Books in 1984. Book is signed by the artist and includes a limited edition etching of a bat. The book records the artist’s 500-mile journey by dug-out canoe along the Sepik River of Papua New Guinea and captures the life and art of the people living along the river.

British Empire & Commonwealth (T/GAMB/085)

Indigo dyed cloth, hand-woven narrow strip, 120mm wide, hand 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. Paper label 'From the Colonial and Indian Collections of the Imperial Institute, London, SW7'. Old card label 'Gambia 1 Joloff self-dyed pagne Upper Badiban Riv. Gambia 292'. Cloth label 'Gambia Joloff pagn Self-dyed Upper Badiba 292'

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/001/175)

Small wooden turtle

British Empire & Commonwealth (0854.TET)

Powdered mineral sample. A label reads - ‘In a cabinet with T/GHAN/63 and T/GUYA/53’. Hazardous? Unknown chemical.

British Empire & Commonwealth (L/ZIMB/218)

A piece of material with a printed design including a circular black and white portrait of Robert Mugabe above another circular design of a chicken with the words 'GORE RAMASIMBA AVANHU 1980', a slogan meaning 'Year of the Peoples' Power'. The circular designs are surrounded by deep patterned borders in red, green and brown on a yellow background with a similar patterned border at top and bottom.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2003/011/006)

This is a man’s tunic from Nigeria. The tunic is part of a set, where tunics are worn under wide-sleeved gowns and with trousers. They are made in matching sets; however, these sets can be mismatched and sometimes men may choose to wear just the gown and trouser, or just the tunic and trousers. In some case the sets only consist of the tunic and trousers, or the gown and trousers. This tunic combines elements of a tunic and gown due to the flare in the skirt, thus it would likely be worn without a gown over it. It is made of blue, indigo and white stripped fabric and is manufactured through the traditional narrow strip method, with strips of 95mm hand sewn together. There is white swirling embroidery around the collar and lining on the hem of the gown but nowhere else. These swirling patterns seem to be a more modern take on the traditional dagi (knot) which is often found on kwakwata gowns.

British Empire & Commonwealth (1995/096/042)

Round tin containing containing various buttons and coins, including assortment of brass cufflinks, Emarlo glucose powder tinc, coins, Belgium, French, U.S., GB, Chinese - all late 19th Century and 20th Century.

British Empire & Commonwealth (2002/173/001)

Postcard of Empire exhibition, Scotland, 1938. South African, New Zealand and Canadian pavillions.