Leaflet
A white paper leaflet, from Scotland, with black printing. The leaflet is an example of old Scots writing.
Leaflet
A leaflet, from Scotland. It contains a book extract of a Biblical story in Gaelic or Scots.
Leaflet
A leaflet, from Ireland, with a translation of Psalm 547 in Irish or Celtic.
Leaflet
A handwritten leaflet, which contains a specimen of India Coast writing.
Leaflet
A leaflet, from Samoa, featuring a religious text in Samoan.
Leaflet
A leaflet, from Eurasia, containing a book extract. It bears a print of a fountain and an inscription in Hebrew text.
Leaflet
A leaflet with a story and picture which are printed in black. It is from Akra or Ga, West Africa.
Libation Cup
This is a Chinese loving cup, or libation cup. It is made from a Rhinoceros horn that has been shaped like a lotus flower. Libation cups are supposed to be able to detect poison. They do this by sweating ...
Lid
A domed brass dish cover with a knob. This is a lid for a dish that would have been used for steaming rice.
Lid
The top of a Roman earthenware vessel. It is a circular ceramic lid with the top of the handle broken off. There is a red figure painted on to a black background, and a figure with a beard.
Love Letter Necklace
This is a Zulu love letter necklace. It is made from coloured glass beads. Love letter necklaces were made by teenage girls for the young men they were attracted to. The different coloured beads symbolise ...
Love Letter Necklace
This is a Zulu love letter necklace. It is made from coloured glass beads. Love letter necklaces were made by teenage girls for the young men they were attracted to. The different coloured beads symbolise ...
Mangle
This is a carved wooden mangle from Sweden. It was used to smooth out clothes. The clothes were wound on a roller and the mangle was smoothed across them, using the horse as a handle. In Sweden it was ...
Mangrove Stick
Mangrove stick, which was possibly used as a walking stick. It is made from a bulbous knob and long root. The stick is hollow to enable air to pass through to the root when it was growing.
Marble Specimen
A rectangular slice of Italian marble, which is yellow-brown in colour.
Mat
A native plant fibre mat, which was coloured with plant dyes, from Pago Pago, Samoa. The mat is a rectangular piece of bark cloth with a brown painted pattern.
Mat
A rectangular mat of woven grass, probably from Pago Pago, Samoa. It has a linear design in red and its natural colour. The mat is fringed at its shorter ends.
Mat
This mat or tray is from Ghana. It is made of spiralling bands of twisted coloured straw in gold, black, yellow and red. The label dates from an early exhibition of the tray, and reads "Haussa Straw Trays". ...