This series is only listed in the Blue Book. These objects appear to have been displayed in Case 66 in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museum displays.

Blue book number

PRM Accession number

Blue book entry

Blue 545 and 546

1884.19.334 1884.65.71

Case 66 545 - 6 Throwing sticks Human figures represented on them by dots (3469 and 3470) Australian

Blue 547

1884.69.1

Case 66 547 Throwing sticks [sic - this is the only object with the number 3468] Men and Kangaroos shewn in dotted lines (3468) Australian

Blue 548

1884.65.48

Case 66 548 Waddy. Human figures shewn in dotted lines The petticoats of the women and general form of the figures denote contact with Europeans. The dotted line is preserved Australian (3467)

Blue 549

1884.101.95

Case 66 549 Pipe bamboo Human faces and fishes on it N Guinea (3466)

Blue 550

1884.65.41

Screen 550 Face wood with m o pearl eyes N Zealand (3313)

Blue 551

1884.62.36

551. Human figure carved in wood - the hands having three fingers. N. Zealand.'
Added Blue book entry - (in pencil) '(S 1364)'

Blue 552

1884.62.35

552 Large carved figure having one figurine on the top wood N Zealand
Added Blue book entry - (S 1363)

Blue 553

1884.65.35

Case 66 553 Carved representation of an ape Tahiti (2739)
AdditionalBlue book entry - man

Blue 554 - 555

1884.68.40-41

Case 66 554 and 555 Animals in clay (2) Basuto SE Africa (2726 and 7)

Blue 556 - 557

1884.65.73, 31

Case 66 556 and 7 Male and female figures wood W Africa (2640 2635)

Blue 558

1884.65.64

Case 66 558 Human figure wood with iron necklace Eyes of glass and place in stomach for looking glass Akassa tribe W Africa (2637)

Blue 559

1884.65.20

Case 66 559 Human figure kneeling with arms behind the back suspended round the neck by a brass ring Found hanging on a tree Congo country ?SW Africa (2636)

Blue 560

1884.58.38

Case 66 560 Five carved figures on stands W Coast of Africa (2645)

Blue 561

1884.65.58

Case 66 561 Figure sitting on wooden bell European letters on the bell W Africa (2634)

Blue 562

1884.65.22

Case 66 562 Figure on a donkey Africa (2643)

Blue 563

1884.65.63

Case 66 563 Figure arms crossed on stomach Eyes m o' pearl ?Africa (2638)

Blue 564 - 571

1884.65.26, 28-29, 33-34, 55

Case 66 564 - 71 Small carvings in ivory (8) W Africa (2670 and 71)
Delivery Catalogue I entry - Realistic representations of human and other forms Cases 45, 47, 51 - 56 carved ivory figure 564 2671

Blue 572 - 584

1884.47.13-16, 1884.58.46, 1884.97.17-22, 1884.140.982

Case 66 572 - 84 Copper figures (13) used as weights representing men and animals Ashanti W Africa (2675)

Blue 585 - 587

1884.65.24-25, 32

Case 66 585 - 7 Ivory horns (3) representing men trading with Europeans Congo W Africa shewing evidence of European influence Some of the faces shew a remarkable advance Congo (2668 2669 2753)

Blue 587a

1884.65.36

Case 66 587a Figure in ivory ?Marquesas (2738)

Blue 588

[1884.65.51]

Case 66 588 Figure carved in wood (2646)

Blue 589

1884.65.53

Case 66 589 Figure carved in wood Probably South Sea Islands (2648)

Blue 590

1884.65.45

Case 66 590 Figure carved wood Easter I (2644)

Blue 591

1884.68.32

Case 66 591 Representations of animals in ivory (8) Esquimaux (2802)

Blue 592 - 596

1884.65.19, 1884.81.37 1884.100.2-4

Case 66 592 - 6 Models (5) of Esquimaux canoes ivory ?2802 or 2801

Blue 597

1884.81.39

Case 66 597 Model of canoe with figures Aleutian Is (2792) [sic, although four figure number does not match this is the only unmatched Aleutian Island model canoe and there is no model with the recorded number of 2792]

Blue 598 - 601

1884.68.19, 21-22 1884.98.47-48

Case 66 (598 - 601) Drill bows (4) carved with hunting scenes (1 broken) (2794)

Blue 602

1884.88.2

Case 57 602 Leather dress N American Indian Hunting scene with figures of man horse and bear (3471)

Blue 603

1884.88.4 .1 - 2

Case 57 (603) Leggings leather with representations of man and horse N American Indians (2791)

Blue 604

1884.65.2

Case 66 604 Figure of a man wood sitting. Carved by Comox Indians Vancouver's Island (2729)

Blue 605

1884.65.17

Case 66 605 Figure of man standing carved by QuaQua Indians Vancouvers Is (2683)

Blue 606

1884.65.12

Case 66 606 Figure of a woman nursing a child one on back (2647) Vancouvers Island R 22.1.84

Blue 607

1884.65.10

Case 66 607 Virgin and child copied from European carving by Indians of Vancouver's Is (2789) R 22.1.84

Blue 607a

1884.65.18

Case 66 607a Figure of European seated Carved by Vancouvers Is Indians (2642)

Blue 608

1884.1.6

Case 66 608 Deer and sledge Carved in ivory by Laplanders (2800)
Added Blue book entry - Ostiak

Blue 609

Not matched

Tray cont'g 7 figures & heads in silver (2676)

Blue 610

1884.86.12

Case 66 610 Jade figure Peruvian (2728)
Added Blue book entry - Mexican EST

Blue 611

Not matched

Tray cont'g 4 idols, gold, Peruvian (2468, 2465, 2464, 2466)

Blue 612

1884.62.6

Case 66 612 Jar with representation of human figure Tumbez Ecuador (2784) From graves

Blue 613

1884.67.9

Case 66 613 Jar (in glass shade) representing human face from graves (very remarkable specimens only one other known) Tumbez Ecuador (2679)

Blue 614 - 618

1884.67.88-92

Case 66 614 - 618 Small human heads (5) Terra cotta Mexico

Blue 619

1884.116.70

Case 55 619 Lamp copper representing human figure with necklace Peruvian or Byzantine (2768)

Blue 620

1884.67.16

Case 64 620 Bronze figure sitting Egyptian (2733)

Blue 621 - 624

1884.57.13, 15-16, 28

Case 64 621 - 4 Lids (4) of Canopic vases representing human and animal heads (2667 2736 2680 2737)

Blue 625

1884.68.106

Case 64 625 Bull bronze Egyptian (2734)

Blue 626

Not matched

Medallion, copper, representing men and animals (2678)

Blue 627 - 629

1884.57.6 .1 - 3 1884.140.128

Case 64 627 - 9 Egyptian earthenware mummies Osiroid figures (2798)
Added Blue book entry - Ushabti

Blue 630

1884.57.12 .1 - 12

Case 64 630 Tray of 12 figures similar to above [1774.57.6] (2730)

Blue 631

1884.66.30

Case 66 631 Ancient bronze Chinese (2767)

Blue 632

1884.66.36 .1 1884.66.36 .2

Case 66 632 Box tortoiseshell carved Chinese (2809)

Blue 633

Not matched

Heads of women, ivory Chinese (2) (2809)

Blue 634

1884.140.369-372

Case 66 634 Carved buttons tortoiseshell Japanese (4) (2807)

Blue 635

1884.68.43

Case 66 635 Figure of animal carved in wood Japanese (2807)

Blue 636

Not matched

Figure, human, carved in wood Japanese (2807)

Blue 637

1884.140.374

Case 66 637 Button ivory carved Japanese (2807)

Blue 638

1884.66.21

Case 66 638 Figure of a man with monkey on head early Japanese ivory (2807)

Blue 639

1884.68.45

Case 66 639 Carving ape holding a tortoise ivory Japanese (2807)

Blue 640

1884.140.375

Case 66 640 Carving human figure ivory Japanese (2807)

Blue 641

1884.140.373

Case 66 641 Carving child on back of frog Japanese (2807)

Blue 642

1884.68.103

Case 66 642 Figure of a horse [sic] bronze rude work early Roman (2808)

Blue 643

1884.68.104

Case 66 643 Figure of a cow bronze rude work early Roman (2808)

Blue 644

1884.68.113

644 Figure of a hippopotamus bronze Roman (2808)

Blue 645

1884.67.59

Case 66 645 Statuette on stand bronze Roman (2808)

Blue 646 - 648

1884.67.66, 68-69

Case 66 646 - 8 Figures of Hercules bronze Roman (3)(2808)

Blue 649

1884.68.124

Case 66 649 Lionskin belonging to Hercules bronze 2808

Blue 650

1884.67.34

Case 66 650 Fragment of bronze figure Roman (2769)
Added Blue book entry - ?! [sic]
Added Blue book entry - (shins and feet and forearm missing)

Blue 651

1884.67.62

Case 66 651 Hercules on stand bronze Greek (2808)

Blue 652

1884.67.25

Case 64 652 Hercules on stand bronze Egyptian (2808)

Blue 653

Not matched

R[eturned] 8.4.84 Gold mask representing human face Scythian

Blue 654

Not matched

Case 66 Boar from Abbeville France Gaulish (?2774)

Blue 655

1884.68.101

Case 66 655 Boar sitting bronze Lefever coll Maçon ?Roman (2808)

Blue 656

1884.67.125

Case 66 656 Warrior ivory probably a portion of a reliquary Irish (2746)

Blue 657

1884.67.108-110

Case 66 657 Silver plates (3) intaglio medieval scriptural subjects

Blue 658 - 670

1884.89.1-13

Case 66 658 - 70 Hindoo figures carved in wood (13) (3856)
Added Blue book entry - ?661

Blue 671

Not matched

R[eturned] 14.7.83 Sword, ancient, gold damascened blade, belonged to the King of Delhi. Blade inlaid with hunting scenes (?2779)

Blue 672

1884.66.8, 68

Case 66 672 Iron work representing human figures and animals from an Hindoo temple (2770 and 2796)
Added Blue book entry - Iron work crossed out and 'Bronze' added

Blue 673

1884.66.3

Case 66 673 Figure carved in ivory Hindoo (2752)

Blue 674

1884.71.79

Case 66 674 Comb double toothed ivory with pierced work of figures etc Indian (2806)

Blue 675 - 676

1884.67.116-117

Case 66 675 - 6 Busts wax (2662 and 2663)
Delivery Catalogue I entry - Realistic representations of human and other forms Cases 45, 47, 51 - 56 Bust wax on plaster pedestal 2663 675

AP, March 2011

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