World Cultures (Ea8224a)

Watercolour of ruins/stone reliefs at Temple at Uxmal, Mexico. Carved head, highly decorated.

World Cultures (E3502.1)

World Cultures (Ea8393)

Watercolour of first cloud coming up at 10.30am. Popocatépetl from Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico. Adela Breton. 1894

World Cultures (Ea8362)

Copy of part of a mural from Casa de Barrios, 'House of the Priests', Teopancaxco, Teotihuacan, Mexico. From a house near the station. Watercolour in red with some green and yellow. Shows a priest from the mural on the wall 'Beyond door in antechamber 9?' The figure wears similar costume to the two Pulque Priests, in pink with green detail. His skin is O=ochre. He pours a libation which has no water sign but includes red dots and ochre seeds. He also makes a flowery speech or prayer, with flowers in the speech scroll as well as along the edge.

World Cultures (Ea8364a)

Copy of part of a mural from Casa de Barrios 'House of Priests', Teotihuacan, Mexico. From a house near the station. Watercolour in reds, green and yellow. This shows the lower half of a priest facing to the left, simialr to the figures in Ea8360 (the Pulque Priests). He wears similar costume, pours a libation red dots, and carries a ritual pouch. The colours are paler than those of Ea8360 Pencil note by AB reads 'Side wall, joining long piece' by which AB presumably means at right angles to the wall with the two priests Ea8360.

World Cultures (Ea8364b)

Copy of a fragment of a wall painting from Teotihuacan, Mexico State. From a house near the station -'Casa de Barrios'. 'House of Priests'. South side of principle room, nearest to the west end. Contains notes by the artist written in pencil giving details of distances from fragment to fragment.

World Cultures (Ea8364c)

Copy of fragments of paintings from Teotihuacan, Mexico State. From a house near the station. Casa de Barrios 'House of Priests'. Watercolour. Shows part of a Libarion and costume of a priest. Contains notes by the artist written in pencil giving details of distances from fragment to fragment.

World Cultures (Ea8364d)

Copy of fragments of paintings from Teotihuacan, Mexico State. Shows fragment of costume decorated with feathers and also separate libation belongng to another figure. Contains notes by the artist written in pencil giving details of distances from fragment to fragment.

World Cultures (Ea8364e)

Copy of fragment of wall painting from Casa de barrios, Teopancaxco, Teotihuacan, Mexico State. Shows part of a libation painted in red and pink, with a water sign alomng the top edge, red dots in the libation, and three flowers hanging from the bottom of the libation..

World Cultures (E510)

with flanges all around containing beads (rattling)

World Cultures (E4324)

Spear shaft straightener or possibly part of a crossbow.

World Cultures (Ea10229)

A band made of dentalium shells, 5 deep, strung on twine with hide spaces (still have fur on). Tie thong each end, wrapped with pink and blue quills, wrapped back - loop at each end.

World Cultures (Ea12737)

Flat-sided flask with human face on neck and 2 loop handles for carrying. Flat bottom. Burnished buff pottery with decoration in black line and red infill. 2 birds and flowers on one side, 2 birds, 2 rabbits and flowers on other.

World Cultures (Ea8015)

Wooden ladle. The handle is decorated to resemble a human face.

World Cultures (Ea12739)

Tripod shallow bowl with conical legs. 3 triangular lugs on rim. Buff-coated pottery, with painted decoration of bird with flower and foliage. Decoration in black outline and red infill.

World Cultures (Ea12740)

Tripod shallow bowl with conical legs. 3 triangular lugs on rim. Buff-coated pottery, with painted decoration of horse (possibly deer) with flower and foliage. Decoration in black outline and red infill.

World Cultures (Ea12738)

Tortoise / turtle in buff clay, with flower pattern on shell in red, black, white and grey. Glazed. 'Salis. Mexico' written on flat base.

World Cultures (Ea12736), pucara bull

Aguamanile-style figure in red clay, painted buff with green and red splotched decoration and applied sprig-moulded rosettes and loops. Hollow with opening in back, loop handle from rim to neck of bull. Pierced ears, with small bull hanging from one ear by cotton thread.

World Cultures (Ea8013)

Wooden platter or palette. Handle is decorated to resemble a neck and head. A string of small black beads is attached around the neck.

World Cultures (Ea8017)

Dark brown wooden ladle, bowl-shaped. Butt of handle shaped as a human head

World Cultures (Ea12028)

geometric and leaf design in red and black

World Cultures (E4842)

Ceremonial adze rounded off handle with carved criss-cross decoration and "cranellatted" base. head is triangular and bound with interwoven strands of fibre.

World Cultures (Ea6330)

Peruvian bowl.

World Cultures (Fa602)

Fragments of metal, including possibly a plain bracelet.

World Cultures (Fa603)

Small metal bird

World Cultures (E1644b)

Black argillite totem pole. Carved on 3 sides, flat at base and back. There are 4 carved figures, second from top having two small bone inserts. The head of the eagle is broken off.

World Cultures (Ea11997)

Bone necklace on orange thread.

World Cultures (E5071)

Flared ceramic cup or kero, in thick red earthenware. Rim cut flat, foot indented underneath. Burnished red surface, with black line painted around foot.

World Cultures (Ea6638), patu paraoa

Short Club; a flat blade with a spatulate convex distal end narrowing to handle/grip with enlaged butt end. The butt end is leaf shaped and has seven carved inverted ridges. At the narrowest section of the handle a hole has been drilled from both ends for the addition of a loop grip [Buck, 1966, 279]. There is a small chip on the spatulate convex distal end.

World Cultures (Ea6032)

Made from upper part of an animal femur, shaped to a point.

World Cultures (Ea8593)

Light brown, richly decorated with an incised pattern painted red (and white at both ends). Hollow closed at one end and open at other. Zig zag design with probably frigate bird motif.

World Cultures (Ea9598)

Thin, sharpened at one end, flaring at other.

World Cultures (Ea9599)

Fire hardened point, rounded at other.

World Cultures (Ea9597)

Pointed piece of bone, heavy.

World Cultures (Ea12834)

Spoon made from Cassowary tibia bone. Narrow handle leads to broad flat bowl of the spoon, on slight curve.

World Cultures (Ea12835)

Spoon made from Cassowary tibia bone. Narrow handle leads to broad flat bowl of the spoon, on slight curve. There is a small hole in this spoon.

World Cultures (Ea12836)

Spoon made from Cassowary tibia bone. Narrow handle leads to broad flat bowl of the spoon, on slight curve.

World Cultures (Ea12837)

Spoon made from Cassowary tibia bone. Narrow handle leads to broad flat bowl of the spoon, on slight curve.

World Cultures (Ea9689.a)

Plain and paddle shaped with a carved motif at the end of the handle. The motif is carved out and not incised. End is broken. Probably originally avian head of some kind.

World Cultures (Ea9680.c)

Plain and paddle shaped with carved motif at end of handle. The motif is carved and not incised. Probably originally an avaian head of some kind.