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This series relating to 'Patterns consisting of animal & vegetable forms conventionalized in ornamentation' is only listed in the Blue book. It was displayed in a series of cases and screens at Bethnal Green Museum and South Kensington Museum.
Blue number |
PRM accession number |
Blue book entry |
Blue 414 - 419 |
1884.68.24-28, 30 1884.118.5 |
Case 55 414 - 19 Ivory knives and arrows (6) straightened The handles representing dog, bear, deer, seal and human face. Esquimaux Obtained by Sir E Belcher (2129 and 2130) |
Blue 419a |
1884.19.333 |
Case 55 419a Throwing stick handle representing human head Australian (2185) |
Blue 420 |
1884.110.16 |
420 Rattle representing a duck, frog and human figure Obtained by Sir E Belcher (2169) |
Blue 421 |
1884.110.8 |
421 Dancing stick representing a crane NW Coast of America (Mr Daly) |
Blue 422 |
1884.68.49 |
Case 49 422 Dancing stick with bird and human figure NW Coast of America (2171) |
Blue 423 |
1884.68.63 |
423 Dancing stick with bird on an animal's head. The teeth of the animal's head and the bird's head and wings may be taken as the foundation of conventionalized forms represented in the following specimens from this locality viz NW Coast of America (2187) |
Blue 424 - 425 |
1884.109.16-17 |
424 and 425 Drumsticks with bird and animal's head NW Coast of America (2186 and 2170) |
Blue 426 |
1884.58.5 |
426 Ivory head of drum stick representing a bird with human figure in its mouth NW Coast of America (2128) |
Blue 427 |
1884.68.55 |
427 Wooden totem representing an animal's head and human figure NW Coast of America (2183) |
Blue 428 - 429 |
1884.68.52-53 |
428 and 9 Slate Totems representing human and animal figures conventionalized NW Coast of America (2119 2120) |
Blue 430 - 433 |
1884.68.54 1884.101.92-94 |
Case 49 430 - 3 Stone pipes representing animal and human forms NW Coast of America (2121 2122 21232177) |
Blue 434 |
1884.68.60 |
434 Horn vessel a duck NW Coast of America (2158) |
Blue 435 |
1884.68.61 |
435 Horn vessel the handle an animals head NW Coast of America (2074) |
Blue 436 |
1884.68.59 |
436 Wood vessel the handle an animals head NW Coast of America (2156) |
Blue 437 |
1884.68.48 |
437 Wood vessel a beaver NW Coast of America (2073) |
Blue 438 |
1884.65.11 |
438 Cap ornament human head N W Coast of America (2155) |
Blue 439 |
1884.6.2 |
439 Box eyes mouth eyebrows etc derived from animal and human heads NW Coast of America (2084) |
Blue 440 |
1884.68.50 |
440 Box ornamented with eyes etc NW Coast of America (2153) |
Blue 441 |
1884.58.2 |
441 Fetish ivory for containing disembodied spirits ornamented with conventional faces NW Coast of America (2125) |
Blue 442 |
1884.91.19 |
442 Hat basketwork eyes teeth ears etc as ornament NW Coast of America (2175) |
Blue 443 |
1884.6.7 |
443 Canoe W coast ornament (2154) |
Blue 444 |
1884.54.53 |
444 Canoe W Coast ornament (2083) |
Blue 445 - 454 |
1884.61.42 .1-7, 43 1884.55.69-70 |
Screen 445 - 54 Paddles (10) with representations of animals eyes beak etc (NW Coast of America) p80 |
Blue 455 |
1884.57.25 |
Coffin of a N.W. coast chief, usual ornament. Painted in red, black & white |
Blue 456 - 457 |
1884.5.13, 17 |
456 - 7 Spoons (2) carved with N.W. Coast patterns (2159 and 2133) |
Blue 458 |
Not matched |
Piece of bone carving representing human and animal forms |
Blue 458a |
1884.111.22 |
458a Flute slate carved with frog's and eagle's head NW Coast of America (Broken and repaired one animal missing) 2112 |
Blue 459 - 461 |
1884.68.87-89 |
459 - 61 Kaffir spoons (3) handles representing giraffe and birds (2090 2089 2088) |
Blue 462 - 463 |
1884.68.130 .1-2 1884.68.131 .1-2 |
Case 55 462 and 463 Bechuana knives (2) handles representing giraffe and elephant (2104and 2105 = wooden sheaths 2103 = 2 knives) |
Blue 464 |
1884.65.66 |
Case 55 464 Stick handle a human figure arms carried along the stick Kaffir [sic] (2087) |
Blue 465 |
1884.65.14 |
Case 55 465 Ball club representing a human head N American Indian (2115) |
Blue 466 |
1884.12.45 |
Case 55 466 Club (model) leaf patterns N American Indians (2134) |
Blue 467 |
1884.126.122 |
Case 55 467 Stone implement representing human figure ?head Vancouver's Island (2101) |
Blue 468 |
1884.71.52 |
Case 55 468 Wooden comb with human figure Vancouver's Is (2135) |
Blue 469 |
1884.71.51 |
Case 55 469 Comb ivory nearly same form as 468 [1884.71.52] with representation of a human figure Assam (2136) |
Blue 470 |
1884.11.48 |
Case 55 470 Fish hook with bird carving Vancouver's Is (2184) |
Blue 471 |
1884.11.47 |
Case 49 471 Fish hook carved with human face Vancouver's Is (2167) |
Blue 472 - 474 |
1884.140.29 and Not matched |
Case 55 472 - 4 Flasks of goat's horns (3) carved with animals (2131 2132 2151) |
Blue 475 |
1884.13.30 |
Case 55 475 Head of a Chief's staff. Human face tongue out N Zealand (2150) |
Blue 476 |
1884.112.11 |
Case 55 475 Flute mouthpiece a human mouth N Zealand (2173) |
Blue 477 |
1884.12.212 |
477 Club a human face N Hebrides |
Blue 478 |
1884.12.251 |
Case 55 478 Club human face on handle Solomon Is (2096) |
Blue 479 |
1884.12.247 |
479 Club Human face on the blade Solomon Is (2094) |
Blue 480 |
1884.62.18 |
Case 55 Spear [sic] Point carved to represent a human figure Solomon Is (2146) |
Blue 481 |
1884.62.29 |
Case 55 481 Stick handle a monkey Borneo (2145) |
Blue 482 |
1884.6.25 |
Case 55 482 Dish wood. Duck with fish in its mouth on head of a Baboon the latter sitting upon a fish at foot. Inlaid with mother of pearl Solomon Is (2078) |
Blue 483 |
1884.6.13 |
Case 55 483. Bowl representing a duck sitting on a fish at foot inlaid with mother of pearl Solomon Is (2080) |
Blue 484 |
1884.6.19 |
Case 55 484 Bowl duck with fish in its mouth inlaid with mother o' pearl Solomon Is (2079) |
Blue 485 |
1884.24.238 .1 |
Case 55 485 Malay kris handle a figure elaborately carved and conventionalized (2106) |
Blue 486 |
1884.65.37 |
Case 55 486 Fan handle carved animal and human figure conventionalized Marquesas (2098) |
Blue 487 |
1884.62.16 |
Case 55 487 Figure representing a monkey Solomon Is (2174) |
Blue 488 - 489 |
1884.67.1 1884.110.18 |
Case 55 488 and 9 Rattles earthenware human figures Peru (2160 and 2161) |
Blue 490 |
1884.86.11 |
Case 55 490 Human figure earthenware conventionalized Peru (2162) |
Blue 491 |
1884.6.3 |
Case 55 491 Priest's bowl human figures Fiji (2157) |
Blue 492 |
1884.62.31 |
492 Beam large carved with human figure Probably a deity Society Is |
Blue 493 |
1884.24.165 .11884.24.165 .2 |
Case 55 Dagger handle elephant's head chape a fish. Taken at Lucknow by the 60th Rifles (2107) |
Blue 494 |
1884.66.6 |
Case 55 494 Box top representing deities with interlaced arms and legs Indian (2110) |
Blue 495 |
1884.68.77 .11884.68.77 .2 |
Case 55 495 Knife handle a bird with neck drawn down towards the feet (2099) Burmah |
Blue 496 |
1884.66.1 .11884.66.1 .2 |
Case 55 496 Sword handle ornamented with figures of deities etc Burmah (2149) |
Blue 497 |
Not matched |
Muzzle of matchlock, bronze, representing a dragon's head Chinese (2140) |
Blue 498 |
1884.65.1 |
Case 55 498 Staff of Batta of Sumatra representing a succession of human and animal forms and heads (2085) |
Blue 499 |
1884.67.118 |
Case 55 499 Knife handle representing human forms Medieval (2108) |
Blue 500 |
1884.79.63 |
Case 55 500 Merovingian fibula On ends representations of human face (2144) |
Blue 501 |
1884.68.143 |
Case 55 501 Ivory carving representing birds and animals conventionalized (?2127) |
Blue 502 - 504 |
1884.68.84-5 1884.103.12 |
Case 55 502 - 4 Three gourds representing animal and vegetable forms Probably from Malay Archipelago (2141 2071 2152) |
Blue 505 |
[1884.68.100 .1] [1884.68.100 .2] |
Case 55 505 Gourd representing signs of the Zodiac W Africa (2093) |
Blue 506 |
1884.7.52 .11884.7.52 .2 |
Case 55 506 Bamboo Floral ornament symmetrically arranged Timor Is (2137) |
Blue 507 |
Not matched |
Medieval Powder Flask. Mouthpiece a stag's head the horns drawn along the flask |
Blue 508 |
1884.68.123 |
Case 55 508 Handle of bronze vessel with hook representing head of a swan Denmark (2143) |
Blue 509 |
1884.5.36 |
509 Bronze simpulum handle with hook representing a swan's head Roman (2113) |
Blue 510 |
1884.58.72 |
510 Handle of vessel bronze Ram's and lions heads Roman Said to have been found on the N Coast of Africa |
Blue 510a |
1884.57.2 |
Case 64 510a Fragment of Egyptian mummy case Winged deity boat etc in various colours (2764) |
Blue 511 |
1884.67.102 |
Case 55 511 Iron instrument Handle a grotesque human head Use unknown Modern (2100) |
Blue 512 - 524 |
1884.61.29-41 |
512 - 24 Paddles. Human figure shewing the transition by which the original designs have been lost and gradually converted into a crescent form. New Ireland Part p80 |
Blue 525 |
1884.12.253 |
525 Screen Paddle blade a fish Solomon Is |
Blue 526 - 527 |
1884.12.254-255 |
526 - 7 Paddles or clubs (2) curved blade a fish of the same form as 525 [1884.12.253] Solomon Is |
Blue 528 - 532 |
1884.12.256-260 |
Screen 528 - 32 Curved paddles or clubs (5) shewing gradual increases in curvature of blade and mouth of fish converted into a W |
Blue 533 - 535 |
1884.12.261-263 |
Carved paddles or clubs (3) Form derived from preceding specimens modified in form. Fishes mouths in these specimens have entirely disappeared Solomon Is |
Blue 536 |
1884.13.49 |
536 Curved paddle or glaive (same form as 526 and 527) [1884.12.254-255] Blade is ornamented by a succession of fishes heads converted into a geometrical pattern |
Blue 537 |
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Blue 538 - 544 |
1884.19.46-47 and Not matched |
538 - 44 Spears (7) ornamented with various patterns in red white and black paint |
Blue 544a |
1884.26.4 |
Screen 544a European iron axe hafted by natives Solomon or New Ireland (p80) |
Blue 544b |
1884.13.42 |
Screen 544b Axe copied in wood ornamented representing a human face in red white and black (p80) |
Blue 544c |
1884.13.41 |
Screen 544c Handle of axe ornamented in black red and white p80 |
Blue 544d |
1884.13.40 |
Screen 544d Paddle shaped implement with red and white ornamentation p80 |
AP, April 2011.