Edison incandescent electric lamp, 8 candlepower bamboo filament, screwed end of earliest pattern, 1881

Part of a mouth-organ (sho), formed of a cluster of bamboo tubes in a black and gold lacquer air-chamber, with an encircling band and mounts of silver, and a brocade interior cushion: Japan

Two-stringed long zither, Yakumogoto or nigen-kin, of partly lacquered bamboo, with two bridges, silken cords and porcelain balls attached, and with a flat stand or base-plate of shallow wood: Japan, 19th century

Figure of the Daoist immortal Dongfang Shuo holding a peach, carved in bamboo: China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD

Brush pot and stand of carved bamboo with a design of Laozi, the 'old master': China, 17th century

Figure of Hanshan and Shide (legendary Tang dynasty Buddhist monks and poets), carved in bamboo: China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD

Figure of Hanshan and Shide (legendary Tang dynasty Buddhist monks and poets), carved in bamboo: China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD

Backscratcher of bamboo: Western China, 19th century

Hairpin of varnished bamboo, with carved and pierced top representing a storm dragon and fishes, with two characters on one side and a seal on the other: China, 19th century

Opium pipe with a straight bamboo stem, a red pottery bowl which has become separated from the brass mount which is engraved with flower designs, and a bone mouthpiece: China, c. 1900

Tobacco-pipe (dambaetdae) with a metal bowl and mouthpiece, and a bamboo stem decorated with floral and key fret pyrography (nakjungjang) designs: Korea, c. 1900

Churn for tea or butter, bamboo vessel with brass, rattan and iron bands, and carring cord, and with unattached cane churning stick: Tibet, late 19th century AD

Basket of canework used by warriors to carry bamboo spikes or panjis, with ceremonial tail, worn at the small of the back (the basket is worn at the hip when not accompanied by the tail), consisting of a basket of canework with a cane loop above and a long rod at the bottom from which hangs a fringe of red and black human hair: India, Assam, Sumi Naga

Ear ornament of wood carved with two small human heads in relief, attached to a small bar of bamboo, worn by men: Assam, Kohima, Angami Nagas

Comb of ten bamboo spikes laced together with strips of cane: Assam, Kohima, Angami Nagas

Helmet with elliptical dome of coiled rattan, bamboo rim, and chinstrap of bear hide, worn by warriors: Assam, Abor