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Wooden shoe
The existence of a number of shoes in the founding collectio…
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El Anatsui, Monument, wood and metal
El Anatsui is widely recognized as one of Africa's foremost …
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Juginder Lamba, Pod 1 - Phase II and Gestation, oak, sandstone and slate
Juginder Lamba was born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1948. He moved…
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Silver scabbard
This sword scabbard is made of wood covered with silver shee…
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Electroplate teapot, designed by Christopher Dresser and made by James Dixon and Sons
Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) was the most brilliant and p…
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Wooden panel from a cassone (marriage chest)
This wooden panel is all that survives of a cassone , or che…
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Iron adze-hammer
The adze-hammer was a boatwright's most important tool. It w…
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Two iron pilum heads
The pilum , or javelin was carried by legionary soldiers. It…
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Writing-tablet with a letter of appeal
The letter was intended for the governor of the province, si…
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Writing-tablet with a line from Virgil
In the commanding officer's residence ( praetorium ) at Vind…
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Writing-tablet with account of money received
This tablet contains an account that may have been that of a…
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Writing-tablet with an intelligence report
Translation: '... the Britons are unprotected by armour (?)…
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Hans Weiditz, Emperor Charles V, coloured woodcut on vellum
The woodcut depicts the young Charles V in the year he was c…
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Abacus, made by Qian Hasun
Chinese mathematicians developed a counting system based on …
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War shield, Karkar Island
On Karkar Island, where this shield is from, neighbours were…
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Child's shield from Papua New Guinea
Hunting and fighting require great skill, and boys in the we…
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Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle
Also on board was Charles Darwin, whose observations made on…
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Sudanese slit drum
By 1885 he had established the Mahdist State, and although h…
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Canopic chest and jars of Henutmehyt
This is the painted wooden chest containing the wooden canop…
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Canopic jars of Neskhons
When a body was preserved as a mummy, the internal organs we…
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Cartonnage case containing the mummy of Tjayasetimu
X-rays show that this mummy contains the body of a young gir…
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Coffin of Djedhoriufankh
Coffins from Thebes of the period around 1000 to 900 BC are …
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Coffin of the priest Amenemipet
The anthropoid (human-shaped) coffin of Amenemipet is typica…
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Early shabti figure in a model coffin
This is one of the earliest known shabti figures. These figu…
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Gilded outer coffin of Henutmehyt
The coffins of Henutmehyt, originally placed one inside the …
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Group of bronze tools for woodworking
The range of tools used for woodworking in ancient Egypt is …
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Mummy of Hornedjitef
This, the inner coffin, has a fine gilded face, with curled …
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Model of a female servant
The majority of the models that were placed in wealthy tombs…
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Mummy and coffin of Hor
This mummy came to the British Museum in a finely painted wo…
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Mummy mask of Pachons
Excavations in the later layers of debris over the Temple of…
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Mummy of Nesperennub
The mummy of the priest Nesperennub, discovered at Luxor in …
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Outer coffin of Bakenmut
The outer coffin of Bakenmut shows him wearing a striped hea…
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Outer coffin of Gua
During the Middle Kingdom (about 2040-1750 BC) the exterior …
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Outer coffin of the priest Hor
From the Middle Kingdom (about 2040-1750 BC) onwards multipl…
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Painted wooden cippus showing Horus standing on crocodiles
A cippus was a type of stela that healed and protected again…
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Painted wooden coffin of Bakrenes
The face of this mummiform coffin represents Bakrenes in the…
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Painted wooden figure of a crouching baboon
The baboon was associated with several deities, in particula…
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Painted wooden figure of Osiris
From the Nineteenth to the mid-Twenty-second Dynasty (about …
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Painted wooden figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
This figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris stands opposite the god Sok…
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Painted wooden model of a boat
Boats were one of the types of models placed in ancient Egyp…
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Shabti box of Hor
The lid of this rectangular shabti box is lost. The exterior…
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Turtle-headed protective wooden figure
Strange creatures were thought to inhabit the dark and unsee…
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Two scribal palettes with ink wells and brushes
The hieroglyphic sign for 'write' was formed from an image o…
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Wooden drawing board with a figure of Thutmose III
Egyptian artists used various media for practising their des…
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Wooden figure of a hippopotamus-headed figure
Ancient Egyptians saw the hippopotamus as a dangerous creatu…
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Wooden figure of a human-headed protective deity
The long beard that the figure grasps resembles the mane of …
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Wooden inner-coffin of Irtyru
The British Museum acquired its first mummy and coffin in 17…
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Wooden papyrus-shaped lamp stand
Egyptian houses were usually lit by means of simple pottery …
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Wooden statue from the tomb of Ramesses I
This wooden statue, from the tomb of Ramesses I, is similar …
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Wooden stool
The elaborate nature of this stool suggests it was made for …
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Wooden tomb statue of Tjeti
Tjeti must have been both important and wealthy to have comm…
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Wooden toy cat
Cats may have been kept as pets as early as the fourth mille…
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Wooden writing board and text of the Words of Khakheperresoneb
The main uses of writing boards in ancient Egypt included wr…
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A wooden figure, by Lyonel Grant
Maori wood carving is now flourishing, despite a decline at …
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Alderwood gull mask
This wooden mask is decorated with flicker feathers. It also…
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Axe with iron blade
Until the second half of the nineteenth century central Afri…
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Basketry-covered wooden container
This basketry-covered wooden bucket appears to have been col…
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Bird kite
This is the oldest surviving example of a Maori bird kite. T…
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Carved wooden figure known as A'a
In August 1821, a group of people from Rurutu in the Austral…
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Crocodile mask
Mabuiag is one of the many islands of the Torres Strait Isla…
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Drum (pahu hula)
Music, particularly drumming, was traditionally important in…
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Female figure
The figurative carvings of the Austral Islanders are not as …
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Helmet mask (tatanua)
This type of mask was made in north and central New Ireland.…
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Human figure (ki'i 'aumakua)
This type of image is known in Hawaiian as ki'i 'aumakua . I…
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Inlaid sword
This sword is one of the prestigious artefacts given to Capt…
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Jipae mask
The Asmat people live in the south-west area of West Papua o…
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Kasapoli mask of a missionary
This mask depicts a missionary who was associated with unpop…
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Knife with a mosaic handle and a chalcedony blade
The handle of this knife is carved from a single piece of wo…
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