Sword
A large, ornate, Mandingo style sword, from Sierra Leone. The sword has a long decorative painted leather handle and sheath, with red, yellow and black motifs painted onto the leather strap.
Sword
A sword with sheath from the Fang of Gabon. The sword has a metal blade with a wooden handle. The sheath is made of wood covered with leather. This is possibly a war dagger.
Sword
A sword of the Batanga tribe, from West Africa. It has a long ridged metal blade and a forked point. The sword has a brass covered wooden handle.
Tambourine
This is a Moorish tambourine from North Africa. It is made from wood, with a hide stretched across it. The sides are decorated with mother of pearl and ebony inlay. Sound is made when the five sets of ...
Tanganyika One Pesa
German East Africa Tanganyika copper 1 pesa, 1891 (Hejira date 1308) Diameter 25mm Tanganyika was a German territory in East Africa which today forms mainland Tanzania. The obverse features the German ...
Tomb Fragment
A small fragment of marble from the tomb at Golcundar, Egypt.
Toothstick
This is a toothstick from Nigeria. It is made from a single piece of long and curving wood. One end of the toothstick is decorated with incised and blackened lines and shapes. Toothsticks were used in ...
Toy
This is a Senegalese toy from West Africa. The toy is made from wood painted in red, yellow, orange and green. The large box opens to reveal six smaller boxes inside.
Toy
This is a Senegalese toy from West Africa. The toy is made from wood painted in red, yellow, orange, black and green. The large orange box contains two smaller boxes, one yellow, one green. Both have ...
Travel Poster - Motor Tours in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco
A poster advertising motor tours in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The poster depicts two caricatured children carrying fruit baskets with one running and one falling over. A motorcar, palm trees and domed ...
Turkash
A Sudanese quiver, known as a 'turkash' in Western Sudan. It has a long leather case, which is wider at the top than the base. The bottom end is reinforced with extra leather and has a leather strap for ...
Tusk
This carved ivory tusk is from Cameroon. It has been carved to depict a hand holding a snake. The tusk was bought from traders in the hinterland of the German Cameroons.
Two Men At Tismah Leave Camp
Two men at Timsah Leave camp in Ismailia, Egypt, on 24 February 1945.
Ushabti
This is a limestone figure of the Egyptian god Thoth. Thoth was the divinity of wisdom and scribe to the gods. His sacred animals were the Ibis and the baboon and he could take the form of either animal. ...
Ushabti
The second figure from the left is a minature ushabti from Egypt. The ushabti is possibly ceramic, and there are traces of faience glaze. Ushabti were buried with the dead to look after them in the afterlife. ...
Ushabti
The figure on the right is a minature ushabti from Egypt. The ushabti is possibly ceramic, and there are traces of faience glaze. Ushabti were buried with the dead to look after them in the afterlife. ...
Ushabti
The second figure on the right is a minature ushabti from Egypt. The ushabti is possibly ceramic, and there are traces of faience glaze. Ushabti were buried with the dead to look after them in the afterlife. ...
Ushabti
To the left is a fragment of a minature ushabti from Egypt. The ushabti is possibly ceramic, and there are traces of faience glaze. Ushabti were buried with the dead to look after them in the afterlife. ...