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Cover of a canopic jar, in the form of Hapi (ape).

Cover of a canopic jar, representing head of Methsa.

Cover of a canopic jar, in wood, representing head of Methsa with face painted yellow and wig black.

Small bronze cap? from Fiesole.

Black leather hat, decorated with embossed white metal band, brass eyelets, gold lace etc.

Hat in black and red. Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'Papoose's cap, Halifax, Nova Scotia. From Miss J M Gibson!' Miss Gibson was Thomson's niece.

Red velvet cape/cloak, bound with gold-coloured cloth and mounted with silver studs and ornaments, and with floral pattern in green and gold woven in. Given to J L Baird by Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia (1844-1913).

"This is one of a pair of carved wooden figures from the NW coast of North America, probably made in the mid-19th century. They may have been carved for a collector or trader, but they apparently are accurate depictions of native people of the time…