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White goatskin bag, drone and chanter made of wood. Reeds in straw.

Book of South Pacific bark cloth reputedly collected by Captain Cook.

Flat, round basket in woven palm fibre, containing grains of wheat.

Basket (imperfect), in twisted and woven palm fibre.

Oval basket, with openwork decoration.

Conical basket made from coiled straw covered with leather dyed green and red.

Round basket with lid, coiled straw dyed green, purple, orange and yellow.

One of four baskets, 'one in cloves, three in grass'. This one is light-coloured and has a lid. Given to Thomson by 'Ar. F' (probably his brother-in-law Arthur Fraser who was a merchant in Java)

Tiny string of beads and amulets, includes 8 cowrie shells, a large cylindrical bead and amulets - Bas amulet (cat), Menit amulet and one in form of a pig.

String of beads (in faience and carnelian) and amulets (in faience). Amulets include Bes (head of Bes, and Bes standing), Taweret, Hathor and lotus blossoms.