World Cultures (Eb815)

tray cloth

World Cultures (Eb816)

weave sample

World Cultures (Eb817)

weave sample

World Cultures (Ea8215a)

Copy of a wall painting at Casa de Monjas, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Red and black ink drawing. Vault in large chamber.

World Cultures (Ea8215b)

Copy of a wall painting at Casa de Monjas, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Red and black ink drawing. Vault in large chamber.

World Cultures (Ea8218)

Drawing of a decorated pole at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Dredged from the Sacred Cenote. Watercolour. Shows four aspects of the pole with a carved head in the shape of a crouched human figure.

World Cultures (Ea8251a)

Watercolour of pottery figure with decorated breasts and lower body from Etzatlan, Jalisco, Mexico (Ea8100).

World Cultures (Ea8341)

Painting of a stone relief from Puno, Peru.

World Cultures (Ea11013)

Watercolour. Painting of a decorated pole. Dredged from Sacred Cenote. Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. May 1904. Shows three aspects of pole with the head in the form of a human face with an elaborate headdress.

World Cultures (E4862)

Short staff and leaf-shaped blade, carved out of a single piece of dark wood.

World Cultures (Ea8195o)

Photograph of a painted wall relief at Chichen Itza, Mexico. Image of bottom section of the north wall, North Building C, Great Ball Court. Retouched with watercolour paint.

World Cultures (Ea8197a)

Pencil drawing of a painted wall relief on the Eastern Side Wall and East Pier, North Building C, Great Ball Court, Chichen Itza. The image has a red watercolour background and the dado is painted in blue, red and yellow watercolour. There are three rows of warriors in various positions depicted - one lies prone with another bending over him and a third pointing at him in the lower right hand corner above dado. The dado shows a kneeling or cross legged warrior on the right hand side and the rest of the dado shows foliage and flowers. A note below the drawing reads - 'Plain stone, covered cement and paint.' Drawn from an original by Adela Breton.

World Cultures (Ea8353j)

Watercolour drawing by Annie G. Hunter. 1920. Imade depicts a number of tributes including one for 130 turkeys and another for 29,000 eggs. (Plate 257) Codex Kingsborough Part of a group of 14 paintings of manuscripts in the British Museum. These are watercolour copies of paintings of objects, maps, glyphs, codex painted by Annie G. Hunter from manuscripts in the British Museum. All have a Mexican provenance.

World Cultures (Ea8353k)

Watercolour drawing by Annie G. Hunter. 1920. The image depicts tributes in gold with a Spanish conquistador punshing an Indian for not bringing enough gold along. Codex Kingsborough Part of a group of 14 paintings of manuscripts in the British Museum. These are watercolour copies of paintings of objects, maps, glyphs, codex painted by Annie G. Hunter from manuscripts in the British Museum. All have a Mexican provenance.

World Cultures (Ea10996)

Watercolour of Figure K10 in inner doorway, Upper Temple, Ball Court, Chichen Itza, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea11014)

Painting of a wooden head-dress from Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Dredged from Sacred Cenote. Part of it painted in brown watercolour.

World Cultures (Ea11017a)

Painting of part of a wall relief at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. El Castello Temple? Background painted with brown watercolour. See also Ea11017b. Both show part of two figures.

World Cultures (Ea9221)

Lime spatula. Carved in two places on the handle. One carving at the join of the 'blade' incised pattern coloured white. The other carving at the top of the handle incised pattern a ?face coloured white. Patterns are all round the handle and the faces on both sides. Black, split handle.

World Cultures (Ea11051b)

Photograph of a drawing of a stone table in four pieces, from the Antichamber of the Temple of the Jaguars, Chichen Itza, Mexico. Painted over with watercolour. Fragments were found by Adela Breton among the rubble which was cleared out of the chamber in 1882 by Dr Le Plongion when he removed away the broken vault in order to show the chamber and caryatids. The fall of the roof had broken the altar table.

World Cultures (E4204)

Wooden spear with barbed head, resin at the join. 11 barbs some damaged. Shaft has stripes light and dark brown.

World Cultures (Ea12137)

Small hexagonal bag made from ?melon seeds sewn together. Triangular flap over opening at top. Natural and dark red seeds used, dark red making lines from corners to centre, on front, back reversed. Handle of spiralled red and natural seeds. Looped fringe of seeds and Job's tears seeds. 'Victoria Falls' could mean from either N or S Rhodesia ie Zambia or Zimbabwe.

World Cultures (Ea10231.b)

The seeds are dark brown, long flat. Square shaped bag with top opening and no flap. Dark brown seeds decorated with many light red round seeds on both sides of the bag. Thin handle of one row of brown and red seeds.

World Cultures (Ea8353c)

Watercolour drawing by Annie G. Hunter. 1920. Depicting a list of tributes - mostly textiles. Codex Kingsborough Part of a group of 14 paintings of manuscripts in the British Museum. These are watercolour copies of paintings of objects, maps, glyphs, codex painted by Annie G. Hunter from manuscripts in the British Museum. All have a Mexican provenance.

World Cultures (Ea8269c)

Copy of frescos and stone reliefs from Xochicalco, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea11038b)

Graphite drawing by Pablo (employee of Adela Breton) of base of square pillar, Chamber E, Chichen Itza, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea10993a)

Watercolour depicting part of the Great Ball Court, Temple A, The Inner Doorway, Chichen Itza, Mexico. The view shown is the outer chamber looking at the doorway between the outer and inner chamber.

World Cultures (Ea11019b)

Black ink drawing showing the site of Xochicalco Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea8190c)

Image of the sculptured table, Outer Chamber, Temple A, Great Ball Court, Chichen Itza, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea8353g)

Watercolour drawing by Annie G. Hunter. 1920. Depicts tributes given by individuals including textile items. Codex Kingsborough Part of a group of 14 paintings of manuscripts in the British Museum. These are watercolour copies of paintings of objects, maps, glyphs, codex painted by Annie G. Hunter from manuscripts in the British Museum. All have a Mexican provenance.

World Cultures (Ea8353h)

Watercolour drawing by Annie G. Hunter. 1920. Depicts a list of food items as tribute. Codex Kingsborough Part of a group of 14 paintings of manuscripts in the British Museum. These are watercolour copies of paintings of objects, maps, glyphs, codex painted by Annie G. Hunter from manuscripts in the British Museum. All have a Mexican provenance.

World Cultures (Eb453)

Rectangular wall hanging. Background of coarse cotton, with applique image in finer cotton and edges bound in fine cotton. Colours faded, now all beige and grey. Image taken from ancient Egyptian tomb decoration, two men herding 3 large birds (geese? but have crests on head). Birds are eating foliage, men carry sticks. Egyptian symbols above, of kheper beetle, eye of Horus, hieroglyphic signs. Black stitching on most figures, white thread on the palest original colours. 3 brass hooks sewn to top edge for hanging.

World Cultures (Ea11110a)

Copy of a map with key. 'This copy of a map that was made in Hereford in the year 1869 by the Rev. Hauergal of "The Ancient Mappa Mundi" in Hereford Cathedral.

World Cultures (Ea11110b)

Copy of a map with key. 'This copy of a map that was made in Hereford in the year 1869 by the Rev. Hauergal of "The Ancient Mappa Mundi" in Hereford Cathedral.

World Cultures (E3901)

Shaped like a crocodile's head. One end covered with snakeskn and other carved into jaws with teeth. There are two eyes carved on the upper side with an oblong pattern containing incised zig zag pattern just above the eyes. There are two bands of incised zig zag decoration around the 'neck' and a handle is situated on the upper side at this point.

World Cultures (Eb759)

Bark painting of a rock kanagroo.

World Cultures (Ea8189duplicate)

Watercolour of caryatids II and XV from outer chamber, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichen Itza, Mexico. (Duplicate record - see Ea8189(II)b for correct record)

World Cultures (E1637)

Pouch of brown-dyed skin with an added flap-over top with scalloped edge from which hang 5 pairs of iron cones and dyed deer hair tassels. At lower edge an inserted thong fringe wrapped with balck and yellow quills and linked by a cross thong with iron cones and hair tassels. Front of flap and pouch worked in orange, dark brown and yellow quills, sewn with a sinew thread. Diamonds of green and blue pony beads and black and white cylinder beads.

World Cultures (E1013)

Human face made from turtleshell, with decorative fretwork, and human hair. Of the Dido-Siriem society, a cult exisiting at Darnley Island.

World Cultures (Ea12308b)

Watercolour of wall relief on pier, Temple of Warriors, Chichen Itza, Mexico.

World Cultures (Eb615)

Wax print cotton cloth, hemmed at edges. Orange, blue and white repeating pattern. Made by ABC in England.