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Wooden house board, carved and painted in red, white and black, motif: waves, scrolls and anthropomorphic.

Carved male figure, seated on a stool, in wood and decorated with zigzag, wavy and spiral carvings filled with lime. Hunt, 1981, p11, 'Free-standing sculpture from South-East New Guinea is rare and its function unknown. This figure and 59 closely…

Carving in wood of figure group: chief seated with fly whisk, beaded crown with birds on top, below are 3 female servants standing, and at base two wives, seated. Described in Reid (1912) as a 'fetish'.

Pair of boots in sealskin (legs have lost hair), decorated with cotton embroidery in green, blue, red and purple, sole in suede-like hide, tan colour, toes pleated, red thread around tongue/sole seam. 'Made by Mrs Lane, a half-caste, for Sir William…

Coat Newfoundland This long coat was made from pieces of sealskin sewn together and fastened with ivory toggles. It is made in a European style but using traditional Inuit materials and techniques. It is recorded as having been made for MacGregor by…

Stone axe. Inscription: Old label: 42+1M

Carved wooden human figure, female, standing on a stool, decorated with zigzag, wavy and spiral carvings filled with lime.

Human figure, in wood and painted black, eyes made of white beads, male - hand on penis.

Sword, ?Royal, blade in steel, handle in braided silver wire. Pommel in silver and brass open-work. Sheath in white metal with dragon design in brass. Collected in Tibet during the Lhasa Expedition 1903/4.

A pair of ear-rings? (or dress clasps?) in white metal, set with turquoise stones, clasps at back for fastening to garment? The Museum Report 1931-32 lists them as ear-rings.