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. A ring of metal worn on the arm or wrist in certain African societies and used as a medium of exchange. They were also widely used as currency and a medium of exchange. Huge quantities were imported into western Africa from Europe to finance the transat
before 1949
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. Tahitian breadfruit pounder, with a cross bar handle. This is a rare type in polished stone which is a variation on the more common forked-top type. It was collected on Captain Cook's 3rd Voyage. 'Of bread fruit they make two or three dishes b
before 1777
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Ulu knife. Woman's knife or ulu, used by the Inuit to flay animal carcasses. A wooden handle on a steel shaft has been riveted onto the blade. Four ulu are listed in the 1913 draft Royal Naval Museum Catalogue Franklin Room, case 4, number 3. A Roya
early 19th century
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. A doll made from a corn husk and leaves. It has deerskin legs and wears a long black wool skirt decorated with beadwork and ribbon, black leggings also beaded, a pink cotton overdress secured with a square silver brooch and a black shawl. An associated
1827
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. Seal skin purse or pouch, hand sewn with sinew and decorated with appliquéd decoration of diamond shapes glued across the top of the opening and around the edge of the flap. A label states: 'Indian purse brought by Franklin for his daughter
1827
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Grass ring. A grass ring with an attached label: 'This Indian grass was platted by Her Majesty The Queen of the Huron tribe in Lower Canada & presented to J. Nelson at the Palas Royal Lauret - near Quebec Augt 3rd 1827'. The Huron-Wendat s
1827
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Ulu knife. Ulu or woman's knife used for flaying animal carcasses. The ivory blade is edged with a Goldner tin can which has been riveted on. The bone handle is sewn to the blade with sinew. It is likely to have been made from salvaged metal from t
after 1848
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. A large length of tapa or bark cloth painted in dark brown and black with an elaborate design including triangular trochus shell patterns and symbols with legs representing centipedes. The design is particularly fine and unusual with a grooved cloth d
1834
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. White barkcloth, probably from the Cook Islands or Tonga. It shows the marks of the ridges on the beater. Formerly in the collections of the London Missionary Society.
1834
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. A ring of metal worn on the arm or wrist in certain African societies and used as a medium of exchange. They were also widely used as currency and a medium of exchange. Huge quantities were imported into western Africa from Europe to finance the transat
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. Slave token from the wreck of the 'Douro'. Manillas were rings of metal worn on the arm or wrist by some African tribes and used as a medium of exchange. The 'Douro' was wrecked on the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly, 28 January 1843
1843
National Maritime Museum

. A plain wooden straight-sided tapered club. Probably from Malaita in the Soloman Islands. Likely to have been collected by Commander Frederick Willoughby Shortland (1853-1931) who served as a midshipman on HMS 'Basilisk' Captain John Moresby,
1872
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. War club from Fiji. A large paddle-shaped club, decorated overall with small carved zig-zags (tava-tava) and straight lines. On label: 'War canoe paddle New Guinea lent by Miss Lowe'. Very faint, hand - written paper label attached, which re
1872
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. A dao taken by Claudius Scruton Poole AB, at the bombardment and burning of Zooloo, a pirate village in NE Borneo by HMS 'Kestrel' on 21 October 1879. Steel bladed sword with carved ivory pommel, a tuft of human hair on top. In a carved wood a
1879
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. A long handled knife.
1879
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. Carved wood and hide sheath decorated with plaited bindings of raw hide and a tuft of hair with an attached sheath for the long handled knife.
1879
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. Dao. A steel bladed sword with carved ivory pommel, a tuft of human hair on top.
1879
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Tusk section. This tusk section was captured from Nana at Benin, in 1894. Nana Olomu (1852-1916) was a powerful African trader who tried to contain British influence and interests in the Niger Delta. He was made ‘Governor of the River’ by the
1894
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. Bark cloth decorated with a pattern in brown die. The pattern is on both sides and includes chevrons based on sewn pandanus leaves and flowers. It has painted highlights of discs and rectangles. The material is made from the bark of the Paper Mulberry w
by 1896
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. Bark cloth hand painted (siapo mananu) in brown with a geometric pattern of triangles and dots. The edge is cut into a zigzag pattern. The design is likely either Samoan or Niuean. Strings are attached to the top two corners, and a label sewn onto the e
by 1896
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. Bark cloth hand-painted in brown with a pattern of star fish and squares known as 'siapo mananu'. The edges are cut in points, suggesting it may be cut from a larger piece most likely a skirt or dress. An attached paper label is inscribed: &
1896
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. Siapo (bark cloth) from Samoa, painted on the front: 'orooso Papauta' - in pen a girls’s name 'Mavin ?Fumipuy'. The cloth is hand painted (siapo mananu) in brown and black with star shapes representing star fish, circles and sq
1896
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. Siapo (bark cloth) painted freehand - siapo mananu, in red, black and yellow with triangles (trochus shell pattern) with a net pattern in the centre. The edges are cut in points. A label is sewn on inscribed: 'Samoan Dress. Made of tree fibre.'
1896
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. A circular shape fan made of cow hide with the brown and white hair left on. The decoration is made of red woollen trade cloth sewn on with hide thongs. The fan has a wooden hide-covered handle with carving at one end. The fan acquired during the Beni
1897
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. Five whale's teeth engraved with names joined by a cord. Presented to Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935) by the hereditary chief Hon. J.A. Rabice, O.B.E. during a visit to Suva, Fiji in 1919. See Admiral Sir R. Bacon '
1919
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. One of five whale's teeth engraved with names.
1919
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. One of five whale's teeth engraved with names.
1919
National Maritime Museum

. One of five whale's teeth engraved with names. Linked by cord to AAA0037.2 & AAA0037.3
1919
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. One of five whale's teeth engraved with names. Linked by cord to AAA0037.2 & AAA0037.4
1919
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. One of five whale's teeth engraved with names. Linked by cord to AAA0037.3 & AAA0037.4
1919
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Canoe knife. Canoe knife. The blades of these items were supplied as trade goods from 1715 and the Indians added their own handles. They were used for light woodwork such as making snowshoes and canoes.
1980
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. A contemporary wampum belt of the 'Covenant Chain' design. Wampum belts are used by the Haudenosaunee for official and ceremonial purposes, and are highly valued. They are used to record important events, such as treaties and laws and can be r
2007
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