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Related content for the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Related events and exhibitions
Life in West Africa
(1 March - 28 February 2010)
Related highlight objects
A wooden figure, by Lyonel Grant
Abalone shell and glass necklace
Acrylic tiki
Alderwood gull mask
Alderwood mask of a woman of high rank, possibly Djiláquons
Alderwood model canoe
Altar of the Hand
Ancestor figure from Solomon Islands
Antler wrist guards
Appliqué hanging for the doorway of a tent
Asante-style drum
Axe with iron blade
Bamboo mouth harp
Bark basket (saranip)
Bark buckets
Bark carving representing an emu
Bark etching of a kangaroo hunt
Bark shield
Barkcloth made by Fletcher Christian's widow
Barkcloth strip
Basket (kete whakairo)
Basketry-covered wooden container
Batik sarong
Beaded crown (ade ileke)
Beaded pad saddle
Birchbark container
Bird kite
Birdman boulder
Birds of the Sandwich Islands, watercolours by Frederick W. Frohawk
Birdskin parka
Birdstone of banded claystone
Black limestone mask
Blue wool shirt of Louis O'Soup, the Plains Ojibwa or Saulteaux leader
Bob Haozous, Apache Necklace
Bone barking tool
Bowman's shield from Papua New Guinea
Boy's combination suit (atajuq), made by Catherine Arnatsiaq
Boy's tunic
Bracelet (kupe'e ho'okalakala)
Brass anklet (ogba)
Brass figure of a Portuguese soldier
Brass figure of a Portuguese soldier holding a musket
Brass head for use in the worship of Osun
Brass head of the Oba of Benin
Brass head with a crown
Brass helmet mask for the Ododua ritual
Brass manilla (bracelet)
Brass plaque of a European
Brass plaque showing the Oba of Benin with attendants
Bride's apron (jocolo)
Bronze figure of a hornblower
Bronze figure of a huntsman
Buffalo rawhide shield
Buffalo robe
Burnished pots
Calcite onyx ritual container in the form of a feline
Camel decoration
Canoe
Canoe model
Caribou-antler club
Caribou-skin model of a hunter
Carved male figure
Carved wooden female figure (minsereh)
Carved wooden figure (ivwri)
Carved wooden figure (nkisi)
Carved wooden figure (okega)
Carved wooden figure known as A'a
Carved wooden hand
Carved wooden headdress decorated with seeds
Carved wooden headrest
Carved wooden mask
Carved wooden mask for the Bedu cult
Carved wooden mask of the Epa masquerade
Carving of a European official with two policemen
Carving of a European official, by Bamgboye
Carving of Queen Victoria
Carvings of soldiers
Cast gold lime-flask of a seated female
Cast gold lime-flask of a standing male
Cast gold pendant of a winged shaman
Cast gold socket with human couple
Ceramic altar for the new yam harvest festival
Ceremonial shield
Chant Avedissian, an appliquéd cotton wall hanging
'Chaplande' mask
Chert knife lashed to a wooden handle
Chest or forehead ornament (kapkap)
Chest or forehead ornament (kapkap)
Child's shield from Papua New Guinea
Clarence's Truck, by Clarence Lee
Cloak of kiwi feathers (Kahu kiwi)
Coat
Coat dress
Codex Zouche-Nuttall
Coffee cups
Coffin in the shape of an eagle
Coiled basketry bowl
Coiled rush hat (sumulelu)
Commemorative head of a Queen Mother
Contemporary baskets (kete)
Copper tribute blades
Coral and glass bead necklace
Cotton and felt gown (kusaibi)
Cotton dress with elaborate embroidery (asherah nahuak)
Cotton hammock (mboma)
Cotton textile
Cradle
Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia
Crocodile mask
Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the life of Bishop Selama, painting by an unknown artist
Daggers
Deerskin pouch
Diablada dance mask
Diptych by Ethiopian and early European artists
Dog-sled (uniek)
Door lintel from a house (pare)
Double spout and bridge pottery vessel with a bird deity
Double spout and bridge vessel with hummingbirds
Double spout and bridge vessel with pelican and fish
Dress
Dress
Drum (pahu hula)
Drum with European figure
Dyed handspun wool textile, woven by Barbara Jean Teller Ornelas
Elk-antler dagger
Embroidered coat
Embroidered girl's jacket
Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia, painting by an unknown artist
Feather bonnet of Yellow Calf
Feather boxes
Feather cape
Feather cape
Feather cape
Feather cloak
Feather cloak
Feather god
Feather god
Feather god
Feather money (tevau)
Feathered helmet (mahiole)
Feathered helmet (mahiole)
Feathered helmet (mahiole)
Feeding funnels (korere)
Female figure
Fertility doll
Figure of a shaman's spirit helper
Figure of the war god Ku-ka'ili-moku
Figure with Tongan dress
Fish skin gauntlets
Fisherman's God
Fragment of a stone box (tepetlacalli)
Gelede mask of a European
Genealogy staff, Whakapapa Stick
Girl's caribou-skin parka
Girl's fox skin jacket (kapataq) and trousers (arnat nannui)
God image
God stick with barkcloth
Gold diadem
Gold elephants
Gold funerary mask
Gold pectoral
Gold pectoral discs
Gold pendant depicting a ruler
Gold pendant with a miniature portrait
Gold ring with feline head in relief
Gold work from Asante
Granite carving of a serpent
Group of pottery model temples
Group of three pottery figurines
Gruppo di figure funerarie in ceramica sancai
Hammered and embossed gold helmet
Head of Tlaloc
Headdress of flicker feathers
Helmet mask (tatanua)
Hide shield (ayar)
Hide shield with velvet and silverwork, with a lion's mane pendant
High-backed chair, kiti cha enzi
Hoa Hakananai'a
Hoa Hakananai'a
Hohao (spirit board)
Hooded cloak of wool and goat's hair
Horse armour
House-board (amo)
Human figure (ki'i 'aumakua)
Human scalp stretched on a wooden hoop
Hunting helmet
Ikat-dyed blanket (pua)
Incense burners
Inlaid bird bowl
Inlaid sword
Inlaid wooden container
Ivory armlet
Ivory breastplate (civaconovono)
Ivory figurine
Ivory figurine
Ivory mask
Ivory model of a summer festival (Ysykh)
Ivory salt cellar
Ivory salt cellar with boat
Ivory tusks carved with figures and cartoons
Jacket
Jade figure of an eagle warrior
Jade figurine of Tlaloc
Jade pectoral
Jade perforator
Jade plaque of a Maya king
Jade portrait head inscribed with glyphs
Jade votive axe
Jipae mask
John Bevan Ford, Te Hono ki Ranana (The Connection with London), a drawing
Jubba, a cotton tunic with appliqué panels
Kaitaka cloak
Kamleika
Kasapoli mask of a missionary
Kayak jacket of neoprene (tuiliusaq)
Kayak jacket of sealskin (tuilik)
Kayak jacket of sealskin (tuilik)
Khaled Ben Slimane, ceramic plates (tabaq)
Knife with a mosaic handle and a chalcedony blade
Koh Ah Bah, Paper effigies
Kolam dancer's mask
Kou wood bowl
Kozo, il cane bicefalo
Kozo, the double-headed dog
Large pottery vessel
Leather belt
Lidded rivercane basket
Lime spatula
Limestone figure of an old man and boy
Lintel of a meeting house (pare)
Luboko
Magdalene Odundo, ceramic vessel
Malangan figure
Mancala board in the form of a wheelbarrow
Man's boots
Man's costume
Man's festive costume
Man's headdress (Pa'e Kaha)
Man's winter outfit, made by Leonie Qrunnut
Maori treasure box (papahou)
Map of buckskin
Maple spindle whorl
Mask
Mask
Mask (kifwebe)
Mask from a kukeri masquerade
Mask frontlet of the Wolf Dance
Mask headdress
Mask of Dzoonokwa
Mask of the Nulthamalth, or fool dancer
Mask of vegetable fibre, hair and red abrus seeds
Masks of Xipe Totec
Miao woman's costume
Moccasins
Model baidarka
Model canoe and equipment
Model house
Model tikinagan, or cradle
Money hat
Mosaic mask of Quetzalcoatl
Mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca
Mourner's dress
Mud cloth (bogolanfini)
Multiple incense burner
'Namgis mask
Navigation chart (mattang)
Navigation chart (rebbelib)
Ndop, scultura in legno di Re Shyaam aMbul aNgoong
Ndop, wooden carving of King Shyaam aMbul aNgoong
Necklace
Needle case of bone
Nephrite clubs (mere pounamu)
Nephrite pendant
Nephrite pendant (hei tiki)
Net bag (bilum)
Nettle fibre jacket
Nja Mahdaoui, a double membrane drum
Obsidian mirror
Ornament for the prow of a canoe
Pack of playing cards
Painted caribou-skin coat
Painted metal shield, by Kaipel Ka
Painted military drum
Painted wood model of the Bear or Goose House
Painted wooden mask in the form of a wolf
Painted wooden mask of a demon
Painted wooden shield
Painting of a religious procession, by an unknown artist
Pair of door panels and a lintel
Pair of felt socks
Pair of felt tent bags
Pair of sealskin mittens (aaqqatit)
Pair of sealskin mittens (aaqqatit) with two thumbs
Pair of sealskin slippers
Pair of wood and skin ballsticks, made by Jo Sulphur
Panel of tablet-woven silk
Parfleche
Parfleche
Pipa di pietra nella forma di una figura acquattata
Pipa nella forma di una lontra
Pipe in the form of an otter
Pottery ancestor figure
Pottery and dung vessels
Pottery bowl and wire cover
Pottery dog
Pottery female figurine
Pottery figure of a warrior
Pottery figures of a drummer and a woman and child
Pottery figurine of a woman holding a dog
Pottery plate
Pottery plate with deer glyph
Pottery torso of a female
Pottery vessel
Pottery vessel of the Storm God
Pouch edged with white beads, belonging to Josiah Francis, or Hilis Hadjo
Prow from a war canoe (tuere)
Pugnale d’acciaio
Purple wampum belt
Quilt (tivaevae)
Quilted cotton horse armour
Raffia cloth currency
Red-maple spoon, made by Takosímáthlî, Old Tommy
Reed wall (zirb) from a bedouin tent
Replica of a Maori hand club
Replica of a shaman's parka, made by Rachel Uyarasuk
Ric Glazer Danay, Mohawk Lunch Pail
Roach or head-dress
Rock crystal skull
Rocket kite, made by Pak Timtim
Sacred belt
Sámi Shaman's drum
Sandstone seated figure of Mictlantecuhtli
Scraper made of glass
Sealskin boots, made by Mary Amaaq
Sealskin sprayshirt (akuilisaq)
Sealskin sprayshirt (akuilisaq)
Shadow puppet
Shadow puppet
Shadow puppet
Shadow puppets
Shaman's rattle in the form of an oystercatcher
Shark hook
Shell ornament
Shell scraper
Shell-inlaid shield
Shield decorated with parrot feathers
Shoes collected by Hans Sloane
Silk and cotton textile
Silk cape (lamd)
Silk dancing dress
Silk textile (lamba akotofahana)
Silver-gilt dish with a gold soul-bearer's badge
Simoni mask of Queen Elizabeth's official companion
Six-headed figure
Skull rack (agibe)
Sled of bone, ivory and wood
Smoked skin shirt belonging to Mékaisto, or Red Crow
Snow goggles of caribou antler
Snow shoes
Snowbeater of caribou antler
Soapstone bowl
Soapstone elbow pipe with wooden stem
Soapstone head
Soapstone pipe bowl
Sokari Douglas Camp, Big Masquerade with boat and household on his head
Spout and bridge vessel in the shape of a dog
Spout and bridge vessel in the shape of a woman
Steel dagger
Steps with figure
Stone bust of Quetzalcoatl
Stone bust of the Maize God
Stone figure of Xiuhcoatl
Stone hacha
Stone head
Stone kneeling figure of Chalchiuhtlicue
Stone mask
Stone owl
Stone pipe in the form of a squatting figure
Stone plummet
Stone sculpture of Chalchiuhtlicue
Stone sculpture of Tlazolteotl
Stone sculpture of Tlazolteotl
Stone seated figure of Xiuhtecuhtli
Stone seated figure of Xochipilli
Stone serpent
Stone 'yoke' (yugo)
Stool, leather treasure bag and sandals
Suit of armour
Suit of hide armour
Supernatural crystal, or ha'ina
Swords with decorated leather sheaths
Tala-wipiki, Lightning katsina doll
Tamate headdress
Tapestry woven woollen tunic
Tecali vessel with a figure wearing a feline mask
Terracotta water vessel in the shape of a head, by Mbitim
Teschio in cristallo di rocca
Testa commemorativa di una Regina Madre
Testa in bronzo con corona ornata di perline e pennacchio
The Atomic Apocalypse, by the Linares family
The Battle of Adwa, painting by an unknown artist
The court of judgement of Tewodros II, painting by an unknown artist
The Fenton Vase
The Raffles Gamelan
The story of King Solomon and Queen Sheba, painting by Afewerq Mangesha
Three ivory harpoons
Three scrapers
Three ulus
Throne of weapons
Tree of Life
Turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent
Twined basketry woman's hat
Twined whaling hat
Two elk-antler and dentalium-shell purses
Two stone clubs
Two-headed figure
Ulu with a musk ox horn handle
Un serpente a due teste in mosaico di turchese
'u'u club
Vase with faces
Veil
Velvet Pachisi game board
Victor Jupurrula Ross, Yarla Jukurrpa ('Bush Potato Dreaming'), a painting
War cap of Tama Bulan
War club
War shield from Papua New Guinea
War shield from the Trobriand Islands
War shield from West Papua
War shield, Karkar Island
War shirt, leggings, head-dress and moccasins
Water vessel
Whale tooth necklace (lei niho palaoa)
Whale tooth pendant (rei puta)
Whalebone harpoons
White water-pot with inbuilt strainer
Woman's amauti of sealskin
Woman's belt buckle
Woman's ceremonial garment (biskri)
Woman's chemise from a festive costume
Woman's festive costume
Woman's festive costume
Woman's festive costume
Woman's ground squirrel parka, made by Mrs James Kanuk
Woman's head shawl (ta'jira)
Woman's jewellery
Woman's knives (ulu) from Greenland
Woman's shawl (bakhnuq)
Woman's sleeveless coat
Woman's sleeveless dress
Woman's tunic
Woman's winter outfit, made by Zipporah Innuksuk
Wood and ivory armlets
Wooden carving of a spirit figure (blolo bian)
Wooden carving of an ancestor figure
Wooden ceremonial shield with mosaic inlay
Wooden chair
Wooden complex
Wooden eating bowl in the form of a seal
Wooden equestrian figure
Wooden figure
Wooden figure of a deity
Wooden figure of a tree god
Wooden figure of a water spirit
Wooden figures
Wooden funerary screen
Wooden gorget (rei miro)
Wooden grease dish or bowl
Wooden helmet mask
Wooden human figure
Wooden male and female figures
Wooden mask
Wooden mask
Wooden mask for Gelede masquerade
Wooden shield for dancing (ndome)
Wooden shoe
Wooden slit-drum (teponatzli)
Wooden slit-drum (teponaztli)
Wooden slit-drum (teponaztli)
Wooden spear thrower (atlatl)
Wooden stool carved by Ngongo ya Chintu
Wooden tablet with rongorongo inscription
Wooden temple image
Wooden war shield
Wool dress
Woven baskets
Yam mask or Bapamini, made by Gwaikwavi Wakaniambi
Yaxchilán lintel 15
Yaxchilán lintel 16
Yaxchilán lintel 17
Yaxchilán lintel 24
Yaxchilán lintel 25
Yaxchilán lintel 35
Yaxchilán lintel 41
Yaxchilán, Architrave 16
Zoned pottery vessel
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