Food Paddle
This is a food paddle from South Africa. It is made of a long, thin piece of wood with a paddle at each end and tapering to a point at the other. It is one of a pair of food padels.
Fork
This carved wooden fork is from Norway. It is made from dark wood and dates from 1700 - 1800. The fork has three prongs. The ornately carved handle is for decoration.
Fork
This carved wooden fork is from Norway. It is made from dark wood and dates from 1700 - 1800. The fork has three prongs. A fleur de lys style motif forms the handle.
Fork
This carved wooden fork is from Norway. It dates from 1700 - 1800. The fork has three prongs.
Fork
This carved wooden fork is from Norway. It dates from 1700 - 1800. The fork has three prongs. The ornately carved and pierced handle is for decoration.
Fork
This carved wooden fork is from Norway. It dates from 1700 - 1800. The fork has three prongs. It is decorated with an ornately carved and pierced handle and head, and linear incisions along the shaft ...
Fossil
A fossil from Memnonium, Egypt, which consists of a long conical shell. A note with the object reads 'Fossil from Memnonium picked whilst passing from Medinet Haboo to Memnon's Statue'.
Frame
A Chinese or Japanese ornate carved wooden frame. It has been dismantled and is now in four lengths with one piece that makes up a second frame. The frame has deep relief carvings of figures and has been ...
Girdle
This is a Zulu beaded girdle. It is made of four thick strands of green glass beads, and decorated with red beads. Within South African culture beadwork ornaments were made by the women, and worn by both ...
Girdle
This beaded girdle was worn by the people of Basutoland, South Africa. It is made of four thick strands of black and pink glass beads, and decorated with panels of green, white and black beads. Within ...
Glass Fragment
A fragment of Ancient Egyptian glass. The fragment is of an irregular shape and is made from opaque green-blue glass.
Grasshopper Case
This is a Chinese grasshopper case. It is made from delicately carved wood. There is a hole with scalloped edges at the top, and four viewing holes. Two of the viewing holes still hold magnifying glass. ...
Greetings Card
A multi-coloured greetings card, from Maratha, with flowers and a verse on the front. It was produced by the Religious Tract Society.
Hair Comb
This hair ornament is listed in the Accession Register as being from the Gold Coast, but was later thought to be Zulu. It is carved from a flat piece of wood. The head of the comb is decorated with incised ...
Hair Pin
A long, carved ivory hair pin with a decorative head of two pierced panels. It was originally thought to be from Namibia, but is more probably from Gabon in West Africa.
Hair Pin
A long, carved ivory hair pin with a decorative head of two pierced panels. It was originally thought to be from Namibia, but is more probably from Gabon in West Africa.
Hair Pin
A long, carved ivory hair pin with a decorative head of two pierced panels.It was originally thought to be from Namibia, but is more probably from Gabon in West Africa.
Hair Pin
A carved ivory hair pin, from Namibia. The head is decorated with a carved cross.