No.

Object

Description and Classification

Locality &c

1

Stick or staff

Carved with two figures of men lengthwise

LengthBreadth

W. [Added in pencil ?]

2

Ditto ditto

Carved with a female figure, half length, & with five ornamented notches, the fifth at end opposite figure resembling a ferule LengthBreadth

?

3

Wooden chain

Carved with Birds and Apes, each having links attached to body of Chain Eighteen links in all LengthBreadth

West African

4

Wooden object carved with looped coil in upper portion, the lower representing front view of an animal’s head LengthBreadth

?

5

Carved wooden object, boomerang-shaped, with half-length human figure, ornamented on body with Scrolls or Coils LB

?

6

Fiddle

Fiddle ornamented with form of a peacock & Bow LB

India

7

Stick

Handle round & carved with representation of a human hand in low relief, body of stick flat & ornamented with pricked representations of Animals & human figures, end opposite handle hooked & pointed LB

?

8

Sculptured stone

A seated Female figure LB

? Cypriote

9

Wooden bird

Carved wooden object resembling Bird with arched-beak. Bound with reed in three places, and with rope attached to body. General form, a hook LB

Vancouver Island

10

Stick

Carved with representations of leafage In General form resembling a boomerang LB

?

11

Wooden club

Handle flat & ornamented with floral & geometrical designs, curved at end where it becomes [insert] a [end insert] ball-shaped, in which a representation of a human face. An embroidered leather belt or band attached, having pendants of metal, and bunches of cut bone placed at intervals along its edges LB

North American

12

Wooden object resembling human figure i [sic] head [insert] round [end insert] and carved. A line across forehead & a divisional line across scalp from ear to ear. Right arm cut off above elbow Body apparently of hollowed bark LB

Fiji Islands South Pacific

13

Oar

Ornamental with fretwork and representations of animals on blade, and with two carvings of human heads on handles

?

14

Oar

Bearing similar ornamentation to No 13 and a representation of human figure on blade. Handle ornamented with fretwork, but with [insert] out [end insert] the carved heads

?

15

Oar

In general form resembling Nos 13 & 14, having incised ornamentation on a small portion of handle, and carved with representations of human heads similar to those on the handle of No 13

?

16

Horse

Represented as fully equipped. Each flank is ornamented with a representation of a spray of leafage. A cylindrical projection on forehead, like a horse. The whole is of bronze

?

17

Box

Of wood, inlaid with representations of foliage and grotesque figures of a man and animals. On each side of man’s head is a bird, and the representation of human figure, from the waist, terminates in the form of a fantastic animal. The sides of box are ornamented with bands of scroll-work

?

18

[in pencil] See description attached *

A small sword or dagger, with a remarkably small handle of wood which is a rude block-shape of [illegible] in wood [in pencil] See Description

Johore

M Peninsula

19

Same

Similar in form to No 18. The animal figure, tho’ resembling in shape that on No 18, is much more developed and finished, and is wrought in ivory with elaborate scrollwork Both [in pencil] 18 & 19 resemble the Kookris of Ghourkas in the smallness of the handle

?

20

Drinking vessel

Of Lambeth ware. Having a representation of a male figure, apparently a religious, holding a scroll which bears the inscription “W Lawson &c -----the sides incline upwards towards a narrow circular mouth

Lambeth?

21

Oar

Blade ornamented with incised representations of grotesque human faces, slightly varying on either side. Down the greater portion of blade runs a central thin ridge, which terminates on both sides between the eyes & mouth of the human face. A portion of the handle furthest from the blade is bound with plaited straw painted [insert] or stained [end insert] red; and the whole ends in a spike like form

?

22

Bronze group

Representing an elephant attacked by an immense bird – an eagle or a vulture

?

23

Sculptured stone

Representing a contorted human face, the mouth of which is circular and open, and having a hole passing from [insert] front to [end insert] back. The general form is an oval. Of a dark grey stone

?

24

Knife ?

Of ivory or bone. Representation of human head carved at one end

Icy Cape

25

?

Representation of an animal having triangular ornamentation on part of body. Of ivory or bone

Ditto ?

26

Knife ?

Ornamented at one end with a carving of an animal head, and on the body, with incised representation of four animals. Of bone or ivory

Ditto ?

27

?

Object of bone or ivory having a carving of an animal head at one end. In form like a nail

Ditto ?

[Added on back of previous page]

Objects as catalogued in Brit: Museum

Nos 24 to 27 “Instrument used by the Esquimaux to fasten the cords of sinews to strengthen the back of the bows Esquimaux

28

Bronze lamp

Oil receptacle in form of female human figure, to waist, which terminates in a lozenge-shaped mouth or spout. Each hand of figure clasps a breast; and round the neck a necklet is suspended

?

29

Horn powder flask

Ornamented with conventionalised figures of men and animals, and with three bands of inscription

Norway

30

Knife

Handle, of ivory, carved with representations of two nude human figures, apparently Adam and Eve – the male figure holds [insert] in his hand [end insert] an apple, and both appear seeking to hide their nakedness

?

31

Knife

Handle of ivory, carved with the representation of a grotesque bird-like animal, the back of which is ornamented with a series of incised semi-circles

?

32

Cup

Of horn; engraved with the representation of a fox-hunt, in three bands. Near the rim on the outside an inscription: “Jo’n Long January 30, 1827”

?

33

Oar

Handle ornamented with two rude carvings of human faces in high relief. A thin divisional ridge runs down centre of blade

?

34

Sculptured stone

Representing human head and body, apparently a female. The general form of the head triangular, two lines or ridges are described from either towards nose, and end in a line with mouth at the side of each cheek. The shoulder and elbow of each arm form almost right angles. Round the waist is a band, above which the navel is represented, and between, centrally, are three incised lines which form a triangle with waistband

?

35

Stick

In shape of stiletto. The handle elaborated carved with fantastic representations of human and animal figures, with two interweaving bands of fretwork terminated by two birds’ heads

?

36 38

39

38

3

Bowl

Of wood, carved in the rude forms of a boat, rising from a fish-shaped base, inlaid at regular intervals with diamond-shaped pieces of ivory, the space between which forms a regular zigzag on a wooden band near the rim; bearing at one end the form of a bird with a carved wooden ring attached to breast. Below its head, round the edge of boat-shape, two wooden bands branch out, decorated in a manner similar to the first portion but diconected [sic] therefrom & probably intended to represent wings. At the hind portion a bird is represented as diving, or falling, with breast upwards, below beam of boat, and above the beam is a portion of the figure of a bird at rest

?

2 36

Bowl (?)

Of wood. Upper portion similar in shape to No 37 & decorated in the same way. In the fore part of the boat a bird is represented swallowing a fish, and the bid part bear a carved representation of a bird at rest above the beam, below which is the form of a bird diving or falling with breast upwards. The whole is supported by a grotesque representation of a human figure seated on a flattened form of a fish

?

2 37 37

Bowl

Closely resembling No 36. The hind part of boat differs therefrom only in the absence of a seated bird above the beams & in the fuller development of the diving, or falling, bird. In this object the beam terminates in a curved form. The whole is supported by a lozenge shaped form like an inverted dish. Of wood.

?

39

Drinking vessel

Of hard, polished wood; pear-shaped. Ornamented at the narrow end with a fantastic carving of a fish’s head, having red eyes formed of a wax-like substance, and a hole through centre of mouth

?

40

Carving

Representing a human head, apparently [insert] covered [end insert] by a cap, the left ear alone represented, in the form of a ring, prolonged in the upper part by a curve. On both sides of face three lines of inlaid pieces of pearl terminate at the side of mouth. Two curved wooden forms, probably representing arms, separately commencing from a flat band of wood below the back of head, unite under the chin.

?

41

Powder Flask

Of horn. Ornamented with conventionalised figures of men and animals, and with bands of inscriptions [in pencil] see object & description

?

42

Stick (?)

Handle carved with the rude figure of a man stooping & supporting three pinacles [sic]

?

[Added on back of previous page]

Objects as catalogued in Brit: Museum

No 42 (very similar figure) See Brit Mus phots Sandwich Islands

?

43

Staff (?)

Of hard, polished wood, carved with the representation of human adult and infant figures, and of two alligator-like animals: the infant figures are clasped between the legs of the elder

?

44

Carving

Of wood, of a human head, similar in general form to No 40. Having two lines of inlaid pieces of pearl round portion of head between the ears, and one line of like ornamentation from underneath mouth upwards close to eyes on both sides of face. The hands are represented holding a child’s head, which is attached to chin underneath

?

45

Bowl (?)

Ornamented with carvings in low relief of animals of conventional forms in black on a warm white ground

?

46

?

Of Bronze, bearing at one end the representation of lion’s head and fore-legs; and at the other end that of a ram’s head. The space between the two heads is round and ornamented with flutings like a Doric pillar

?

47

Knife

The Blade ornamented [insert] near the back [end insert] with a short line of incisions, resembling chain or network, [insert] is [end insert] otherwise plain. Handle of bone or ivory, carved with grotesque human figures and animals, and with much florid ornament in high relief. The scabbard of dark, polished wood, bound with fine broad bands of brass

?

48

Sculptured stone (?)

Of marble (?) Nearly flat, carved with the representation of a grotesque human face, the general form almost circular, much depressed above forehead

?

49

Box

Carved with conventionalised figures of animals, at one end the heads of two fish-like animals are represented as joined by the lower [illegible]. Objects branching from their heads and resembling horns, travel halfway along the body of (?) box, which is centrally divided and ornamented with two raised, narrow bands. At the other end are an animal is represented as devouring something, and the figure [insert] head [end insert] of a much smaller animal is attached to its throat, a second and small band passes behind the ears of both heads, between which and the central band or division [insert] (?) [end insert] is the representation of a bird in low relief

?

50

Carving (?)

Probably a portion of the prows of a canoe, ornamented with a disconected [sic] coil pattern inlaid with two pieces of pearl above which is the representation of a human figure seated, [insert] the [end insert] feet resting on a flat surface which forms almost a right angle with another [insert] illegible [end insert] flat surface, against which rests the head

?

51

Stick ?

Pointed at one end, and at the other carved with a representation of a grotesque animal, the general form of which resembles the human figure on No 42

?

52

Stiletto ?

Handle of hard wood, carved, and representing a human head

?

53

Tapestry

Ornamented with grotesque animal figures. From a tomb, Arica, opened by an earthquake

Peru, S.A.

54

Tapestry

Ornamented with grotesque representations of birds From the same place, etc

Peru, S.A.

55

Cup

Of Rhinoceros horn, with bands of conventional scrollwork and openwork handle of grotesque creatures

Japan

56

Cup

Same description exactly

Japan

No.

Object

Description and Classification

Locality &c

Matching PRM accession number

1

Stick or staff

Carved with two figures of men lengthwise

LengthBreadth

W. [Added in pencil ?]

Possibly 1884.65.7

2

Ditto ditto

Carved with a female figure, half length, & with five ornamented notches, the fifth at end opposite figure resembling a ferule LengthBreadth

?

Can’t match

3

Wooden chain

Carved with Birds and Apes, each having links attached to body of Chain Eighteen links in all LengthBreadth

West African

1884.69.11

4

Wooden object carved with looped coil in upper portion, the lower representing front view of an animal’s head LengthBreadth

?

Can’t match

5

Carved wooden object, boomerang-shaped, with half-length human figure, ornamented on body with Scrolls or Coils LB

?

Can’t match

6

Fiddle

Fiddle ornamented with form of a peacock & Bow LB

India

1884.113.41

7

Stick

Handle round & carved with representation of a human hand in low relief, body of stick flat & ornamented with pricked representations of Animals & human figures, end opposite handle hooked & pointed LB

?

1884.13.12

8

Sculptured stone

A seated Female figure LB

? Cypriote

Can’t match

9

Wooden bird

Carved wooden object resembling Bird with arched-beak. Bound with reed in three places, and with rope attached to body. General form, a hook LB

Vancouver Island

Probably 1884.11.48

10

Stick

Carved with representations of leafage In General form resembling a boomerang LB

?

Possibly 1884.12.45

11

Wooden club

Handle flat & ornamented with floral & geometrical designs, curved at end where it becomes [insert] a [end insert] ball-shaped, in which a representation of a human face. An embroidered leather belt or band attached, having pendants of metal, and bunches of cut bone placed at intervals along its edges LB

North American

1884.65.14

12

Wooden object resembling human figure i [sic] head [insert] round [end insert] and carved. A line across forehead & a divisional line across scalp from ear to ear. Right arm cut off above elbow Body apparently of hollowed bark LB

Fiji Islands South Pacific

Possibly 1884.6.3

13

Oar

Ornamental with fretwork and representations of animals on blade, and with two carvings of human heads on handles

?

Can’t match

14

Oar

Bearing similar ornamentation to No 13 and a representation of human figure on blade. Handle ornamented with fretwork, but with [insert] out [end insert] the carved heads

?

Can’t match

15

Oar

In general form resembling Nos 13 & 14, having incised ornamentation on a small portion of handle, and carved with representations of human heads similar to those on the handle of No 13

?

Can’t match

16

Horse

Represented as fully equipped. Each flank is ornamented with a representation of a spray of leafage. A cylindrical projection on forehead, like a horse. The whole is of bronze

?

Can’t match

17

Box

Of wood, inlaid with representations of foliage and grotesque figures of a man and animals. On each side of man’s head is a bird, and the representation of human figure, from the waist, terminates in the form of a fantastic animal. The sides of box are ornamented with bands of scroll-work

?

Possibly 1884.7.52

18

[in pencil] See description attached *

A small sword or dagger, with a remarkably small handle of wood which is a rude block-shape of [illegible] in wood [in pencil] See Description

Johore

M Peninsula

Probably 1884.24.224

19

Same

Similar in form to No 18. The animal figure, tho’ resembling in shape that on No 18, is much more developed and finished, and is wrought in ivory with elaborate scrollwork Both [in pencil] 18 & 19 resemble the Kookris of Ghourkas in the smallness of the handle

?

Possibly 1884.24.238

20

Drinking vessel

Of Lambeth ware. Having a representation of a male figure, apparently a religious, holding a scroll which bears the inscription “W Lawson &c -----the sides incline upwards towards a narrow circular mouth

Lambeth?

1884.66.7 [NB PRM records suggest figure is actually of a woman and the name Dawson]

21

Oar

Blade ornamented with incised representations of grotesque human faces, slightly varying on either side. Down the greater portion of blade runs a central thin ridge, which terminates on both sides between the eyes & mouth of the human face. A portion of the handle furthest from the blade is bound with plaited straw painted [insert] or stained [end insert] red; and the whole ends in a spike like form

?

Can’t match

22

Bronze group

Representing an elephant attacked by an immense bird – an eagle or a vulture

?

1884.68.75

23

Sculptured stone

Representing a contorted human face, the mouth of which is circular and open, and having a hole passing from [insert] front to [end insert] back. The general form is an oval. Of a dark grey stone

?

Possibly 1884.126.122

24

Knife ?

Of ivory or bone. Representation of human head carved at one end

Icy Cape

Possibly one of 1884.68.19-22

25

?

Representation of an animal having triangular ornamentation on part of body. Of ivory or bone

Ditto ?

Possibly one of 1884.68.19-22

26

Knife ?

Ornamented at one end with a carving of an animal head, and on the body, with incised representation of four animals. Of bone or ivory

Ditto ?

Possibly one of 1884.68.19-22

27

?

Object of bone or ivory having a carving of an animal head at one end. In form like a nail

Ditto ?

Possibly one of 1884.68.19-22

[Added on back of previous page]

Objects as catalogued in Brit: Museum

Nos 24 to 27 “Instrument used by the Esquimaux to fasten the cords of sinews to strengthen the back of the bows Esquimaux

28

Bronze lamp

Oil receptacle in form of female human figure, to waist, which terminates in a lozenge-shaped mouth or spout. Each hand of figure clasps a breast; and round the neck a necklet is suspended

?

1884.116.70

29

Horn powder flask

Ornamented with conventionalised figures of men and animals, and with three bands of inscription

Norway

1884.28.9 or 1884.67.119

30

Knife

Handle, of ivory, carved with representations of two nude human figures, apparently Adam and Eve – the male figure holds [insert] in his hand [end insert] an apple, and both appear seeking to hide their nakedness

?

Probably 1884.67.118

31

Knife

Handle of ivory, carved with the representation of a grotesque bird-like animal, the back of which is ornamented with a series of incised semi-circles

?

1884.68.77

32

Cup

Of horn; engraved with the representation of a fox-hunt, in three bands. Near the rim on the outside an inscription: “Jo’n Long January 30, 1827”

?

1884.68.42

33

Oar

Handle ornamented with two rude carvings of human faces in high relief. A thin divisional ridge runs down centre of blade

?

Can’t match, could be 1884.12.251 [club]

34

Sculptured stone

Representing human head and body, apparently a female. The general form of the head triangular, two lines or ridges are described from either towards nose, and end in a line with mouth at the side of each cheek. The shoulder and elbow of each arm form almost right angles. Round the waist is a band, above which the navel is represented, and between, centrally, are three incised lines which form a triangle with waistband

?

Can’t match

35

Stick

In shape of stiletto. The handle elaborated carved with fantastic representations of human and animal figures, with two interweaving bands of fretwork terminated by two birds’ heads

?

Can’t match

36 38

39

38

3

Bowl

Of wood, carved in the rude forms of a boat, rising from a fish-shaped base, inlaid at regular intervals with diamond-shaped pieces of ivory, the space between which forms a regular zigzag on a wooden band near the rim; bearing at one end the form of a bird with a carved wooden ring attached to breast. Below its head, round the edge of boat-shape, two wooden bands branch out, decorated in a manner similar to the first portion but diconected [sic] therefrom & probably intended to represent wings. At the hind portion a bird is represented as diving, or falling, with breast upwards, below beam of boat, and above the beam is a portion of the figure of a bird at rest

?

Possibly one of 1884.6.13, 1884.6.19

2 36

Bowl (?)

Of wood. Upper portion similar in shape to No 37 & decorated in the same way. In the fore part of the boat a bird is represented swallowing a fish, and the bid part bear a carved representation of a bird at rest above the beam, below which is the form of a bird diving or falling with breast upwards. The whole is supported by a grotesque representation of a human figure seated on a flattened form of a fish

?

1884.6.25

2 37 37

Bowl

Closely resembling No 36. The hind part of boat differs therefrom only in the absence of a seated bird above the beams & in the fuller development of the diving, or falling, bird. In this object the beam terminates in a curved form. The whole is supported by a lozenge shaped form like an inverted dish. Of wood.

?

Possibly one of 1884.6.13, 1884.6.19

39

Drinking vessel

Of hard, polished wood; pear-shaped. Ornamented at the narrow end with a fantastic carving of a fish’s head, having red eyes formed of a wax-like substance, and a hole through centre of mouth

?

Can’t match

40

Carving

Representing a human head, apparently [insert] covered [end insert] by a cap, the left ear alone represented, in the form of a ring, prolonged in the upper part by a curve. On both sides of face three lines of inlaid pieces of pearl terminate at the side of mouth. Two curved wooden forms, probably representing arms, separately commencing from a flat band of wood below the back of head, unite under the chin.

?

Can’t match

41

Powder Flask

Of horn. Ornamented with conventionalised figures of men and animals, and with bands of inscriptions [in pencil] see object & description

?

Possibly 1884.28.9 or 1884.67.119

42

Stick (?)

Handle carved with the rude figure of a man stooping & supporting three pinacles [sic]

?

Possibly 1884.65.42

[Added on back of previous page]

Objects as catalogued in Brit: Museum

No 42 (very similar figure) See Brit Mus phots Sandwich Islands

?

43

Staff (?)

Of hard, polished wood, carved with the representation of human adult and infant figures, and of two alligator-like animals: the infant figures are clasped between the legs of the elder

?

Can’t match

44

Carving

Of wood, of a human head, similar in general form to No 40. Having two lines of inlaid pieces of pearl round portion of head between the ears, and one line of like ornamentation from underneath mouth upwards close to eyes on both sides of face. The hands are represented holding a child’s head, which is attached to chin underneath

?

Can’t match

45

Bowl (?)

Ornamented with carvings in low relief of animals of conventional forms in black on a warm white ground

?

Can’t match

46

?

Of Bronze, bearing at one end the representation of lion’s head and fore-legs; and at the other end that of a ram’s head. The space between the two heads is round and ornamented with flutings like a Doric pillar

?

1884.68.120

47

Knife

The Blade ornamented [insert] near the back [end insert] with a short line of incisions, resembling chain or network, [insert] is [end insert] otherwise plain. Handle of bone or ivory, carved with grotesque human figures and animals, and with much florid ornament in high relief. The scabbard of dark, polished wood, bound with fine broad bands of brass

?

Can’t match

48

Sculptured stone (?)

Of marble (?) Nearly flat, carved with the representation of a grotesque human face, the general form almost circular, much depressed above forehead

?

Can’t match

49

Box

Carved with conventionalised figures of animals, at one end the heads of two fish-like animals are represented as joined by the lower [illegible]. Objects branching from their heads and resembling horns, travel halfway along the body of (?) box, which is centrally divided and ornamented with two raised, narrow bands. At the other end are an animal is represented as devouring something, and the figure [insert] head [end insert] of a much smaller animal is attached to its throat, a second and small band passes behind the ears of both heads, between which and the central band or division [insert] (?) [end insert] is the representation of a bird in low relief

?

Possibly 1884.68.47

50

Carving (?)

Probably a portion of the prows of a canoe, ornamented with a disconected [sic] coil pattern inlaid with two pieces of pearl above which is the representation of a human figure seated, [insert] the [end insert] feet resting on a flat surface which forms almost a right angle with another [insert] illegible [end insert] flat surface, against which rests the head

?

Possibly 1884.65.39

51

Stick ?

Pointed at one end, and at the other carved with a representation of a grotesque animal, the general form of which resembles the human figure on No 42

?

Can’t match

52

Stiletto ?

Handle of hard wood, carved, and representing a human head

?

1884.67.102

53

Tapestry

Ornamented with grotesque animal figures. From a tomb, Arica, opened by an earthquake

Peru, S.A.

One of 1884.59.1, 1884.69.22

54

Tapestry

Ornamented with grotesque representations of birds From the same place, etc

Peru, S.A.

One of 1884.59.1, 1884.69.22

55

Cup

Of Rhinoceros horn, with bands of conventional scrollwork and openwork handle of grotesque creatures

Japan

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56

Cup

Same description exactly

Japan

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