Calabash Bowl
This is a half gourd bowl from Ghana. It is decorated with carved and white painted fish and lizards. Strings of black beads are attached near the rim.
Calabash Bowl
This is a half gourd bowl from Ghana. It is decorated with carved and white painted palm trees and snakes.
Calabash Bowl
This is a half gourd bowl from Ghana. It is decorated with carved and white painted animals and snakes.
Calabash Bowl
This is a half gourd bowl from Ghana. It is decorated with carved and white painted geometric shapes. A string of red beads is attached at the rim.
Chamberlain 'Tour' Postcard
A black and white postcard with views of Africa, portraits, money and maps. 139mm x 89mm
Chegga
This dagger is from East Africa. It has a metal blade and a plain wooden handle. The ink inscription on the handle reads "Chegga - E. Africa Meta Harvey".
Choka Axe
An African axe called a Choka, made from a long wooden handle with a hole for the iron axe head, which has a flange shaped blade.
Choka Axe
An African axe, called a Choka, with a flange iron axe head which is shafted onto a long wooden handle.
Coffin Fragment
Piece of an Ancient Egyptian wooden coffin, with painted decoration featuring a seated Osiris with a scarab. The colour of the decoration was originally green, red, yellow and white.
Comb
This comb is from West Africa. It is made from buffalo horn and has wide teeth on the short side, and fine teeth along the long side. The comb is decorated with incised and white painted dots and circle. ...
Comb
This is a Zulu hair comb from South Africa. It is carved from a flat piece of wood. The head of the comb is decorated with lines and dots. Zulu women wore the comb as an ornament in their hair.
Cooking Pot
A large circular cooking pot, from Cameroon, made of black coloured ceramic. It has an an out-turned rim and rounded base. There are deeply incised lines on the exterior of the pot and a piece of leather ...
Cooking Pot
A large circular cooking pot, from Cameroon, made of black coloured ceramic. It has an an out-turned rim and rounded base. There are deeply incised lines on the exterior.
Cooking Pot
This is a Batanga cooking pot from Cameroon. It is carved from thick wood. There are three holes through the base, and holes near the rim for a strap. There is an old museum label attached to the pot, ...
Cooking Pot
A small cooking pot of the Batanga tribe, from Namibia. It is a black ceramic bowl with a rounded bottom and deep incised lines on the exterior.
Cooking Pot
A medium circular cooking pot, from Cameroon, with an out-turned rim and rounded base made of black coloured ceramic. There are deeply incised lines on the exterior.
Cooking Pot
A small circular cooking pot, from Cameroon, with an out-turned rim and rounded base made of black coloured ceramic. The upper half of the body has been given a roughened surface as decoration, and a ...
Cooking Pot
A small circular cooking pot, from Cameroon, with an out-turned rim and rounded base made of grey coloured ceramic. Part of the rim and body is missing, and there are lines encircling the vessel near ...