World Cultures (Ea8533)

Close fitting masquerade costume of cotton and wool. Two projecting nipples and naval cone. Made in two halves and sewn on to the dancer after put on. From old index card: "Close fitting combination garment of red cotton with a coarse striped backing, decorated with stripes of cotton and felt and woolen thread. Geometric patterns; horizontal stripes, triangles, zig-zags, cross hatching, circles and diagonals. There are two prominent nipples made of red cotton, decorated and tightly stuffed with ? wood chips and a smaller navel made in the same way. The dress has a slit opening at the neck and was made in two halves and sewn on to the dancer after it was put on."

World Cultures (E549)

Greenstone pendant in form of sharks tooth

World Cultures (Ea11057)

Diagram of a grave from Chichen Itza, Mexico. Terrace building beyond Casa Colorada. Black ink drawing by E. Thompson. Shows the High Priest grave showing position on bones.

World Cultures (Ea11071)

Watercolour of a sculptured altar table, Temple A, Chichen Itza, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea11091)

Watercolour of caryatids IV, I, outer chamber, Temple A, Chichen Itza, Mexico. Watercolour with red ink drawing.

World Cultures (E2250)

Pair of moccasins. Upper has pulled away from gathered sole and is distorted.

World Cultures (E2679)

Ground stone implement, wedge-shaped. "These implements are regarded with great reverence by the natives who believe them to be thunderbolts" (H Bolton?)

World Cultures (Eb608)

Red tartan blanket (shuka) for a child rolled and wrapped with a paper label

World Cultures (E4572)

Straight piece of wooden rounded at either end. One side is plain and the other is decorated, outlined in black, in filled with red. There are possibly four holes at the ends where something may have been inserted.

World Cultures (Ea11940)

World Cultures (E2748)

Club - spurred shaped (gun-stock). Rough carving on head. Shaft decorated with binding (called kena-i-lawa)

World Cultures (E2745)

Club - tongue shaped head. Decorated with round knobs.

World Cultures (E1457)

Leather cartouche/ shoulder bag. Decorated, with long handles and fringing. Purse 15cm by 15cm. Tassels approx 14cm. Shaped like a sporran. Two compartments with plaited handle, large flap and heavy tassels.

World Cultures (Ea11159c)

Photograph of two girls preparing a meal.

World Cultures (Ea11159d)

Indistinct photograph of men.

World Cultures (Ea11159e)

Photograph of a woman.

World Cultures (Ea11159f)

Photograph of a market place.

World Cultures (Ea11160a)

Photograph of crater of the volcano Popocatépetl, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea11160b)

Photograph of the interior of a chapel at Tepotzotlán, Mexico.

World Cultures (Ea8314b)

Photograph showing three decorated vases, one has a curved base and an animal motif. Two have feet one of which is broken and the other is decoated with an animal head attached to the rim. There are three stripes of design.

World Cultures (Ea11173b)

Photograph of a snow capped peak - no note of locality.

World Cultures (Ea11173c)

Photograph of a snow capped peak - no note of locality.

World Cultures (Eb467.1)

Photograph of Australian Aboriginal wooden throwing stick or club E4854, against a white background.

World Cultures (Eb467.2)

Photograph of Australian Aboriginal wooden throwing stick or club E4854, against a white background, with sketch of Mexican man wearing robes and feather headdress and holding out a similar club

World Cultures (E1098.e), hani (taiaha)

Long Club; a long wooden shaft with a spatulate convex distal end, which becomes less flat as it thins out towards a blunt proximal point which is intricately carved to represent a head, of which the proximal point represents a tongue, carved on the popular double spiral motif [Buck, 1966, 276]. There are four mother of pearl shell inlays to represent eyes, one is missing. There is a hole drilled in the spatulate convex distal end 5mm in circumference and 10mm in from the end. The rippled surface suggests production by stone tools.

World Cultures (E1098.d), hani (taiaha)

Long Club; a long wooden shaft with a spatulate convex distal end, which becomes less flat as it thins out towards a blunt proximal point which is intricately carved to represent a head, of which the proximal point represents a tongue, carved on the popular double spiral motif [Buck, 1966, 276]. In this case there are only eyes carved on one side. The object is cut in half, with an overlap joint. There is a hole drilled in the spatulate convex distal end 6mm in circumference and 12mm in from the end. The shaft is slightly rippled indicating that it was carved with stone tools.

World Cultures (E1098.a), hani (taiaha)

Long Club; a long wooden shaft with a spatulate convex distal end, which becomes less flat as it thins out towards a blunt proximal point which is intricately carved to represent a head, of which the proximal point represents a tongue, carved with the popular double spiral motif [Buck, 1966, 276]. There is a tiny hole drilled in the proximal point roughly 2mm in circumference 10mm in from the end.

World Cultures (Ea11116)

Drawing/print of The Caracol, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico from the south west corner of the upper terrace. Rough sketch of ground and side plan of Casa Colorado.

World Cultures (Ea11117)

Drawing/print of the Casa Colorado, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico from the north west, south east.

World Cultures (Ea6148)

Stone implement in the shape of a winged nut.

World Cultures (E4456)

flat head with lancet end. Band of 4 ridges at neck, carved all over

World Cultures (E1177a)

Described in the register as a paddle. Leaf-shaped, carved all over with a uniform geometric and rectilinear pattern with occasional human figures, fish and birds(?).

World Cultures (Ea8985)

Raphia cloth made of four rectangular pieces sewn together. All have a design of coloured stripes woven into their structure in shades of dyed brown and undyed raphia. The warp and weft are exposed at the edges creating a fringe. Old card reads - "in 5 pieces Ea8985-8989" Collected by Rev. Kenred Smith in Northern Democratic Republic of Congo when it was the Congo Free State and later Belgian Congo. He was primarily based at Bopoto (Upoto) Station, a Baptist Missionary Society post on the Upper River from the years 1896 - 1914.

World Cultures (Ea11849)

With bamboo drawstring and feather decoration

World Cultures (Ea9857)

Trough shaped drum (hollowed-out semi-circle with pointed base and foot) Carved decoration on drum (crescent shape at each end).

World Cultures (E2674)

Ground stone implement, wedge-shaped. "These implements are regarded with great reverence by the natives who beblieve them to be thunderbolts" (H Bolton?)

World Cultures (Ea6078)

Narwhal tusk has been split into four piece, each pice naturally slightly twisted in a corkscrew fashion, and a small hollow has been made down the middle of the tusk.

World Cultures (Ea8398)

Painting of women at work - San Martín Texmelucan and Iztaccíhuatl, Mexico. Watercolour by Adela Breton. 'Laundresses at work.' 1894.

World Cultures (0664.1.TET)

Bag of pepper/ guinea grains.

World Cultures (Ea8189a)

Watercolour of caryatid IV, outer chamber, Temple A, Chichen Itza, Mexico.