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Part of pipe in argillite, with totemic and other carvings.

Part of pipe in argillite, with totemic and other carvings.

Ceremonial rattle in the form of a bird (raven), decoration in black, red and blue paint. The meaning of the figure group is unknown, although the theme of the frog holding the man's tongue has been interpreted to signify communication or transfer of…

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…

"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…

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.

Clay censer, with face on body of the censer (Rain God Tlaloc).

Fragment of statuette; pre-classic. Clay figurines appear in the graves and household debris of the earliest farmers in Mexico and continued to be made and used by successive civilisations until the Spanish Conquest. Those made by the village…

Notebooks and diaries written by Frederick Gatherer Bowie. Bowie (1869-1933) born Kirkwall, educated Aberdeen, MA 1891 Aberdeen University. Ordained by Aberdeen Free Church Presbytery 1896, appointed as missionary to New Hebrides 14 February 1896.…