Silver mounted wooden quaich engraved with a crown and JR on a silver plate inside and B.H. on the handles, dated 1692

Reel of brown linen thread wound on a piece of cane: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Oxyrhynchus, Roman Period, c.30 BC- AD 395

Arrow of cane and bone tipped with a segment of cane grooved for the reception of poison: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu

Arrow of cane and bone tipped with a segment of cane grooved for the reception of poison: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu

Bugaku fue or flute of lacquered cane bound with whalebone, with seven finger vents: Japan

Hichiriki or reed pipe of cane bound with rattan, with seven front vents and two back vents, and a circular reed compressed at one end to form a double reed: Japan

Banner of plaited cane, gold lacquered, and characters in black, carried before a daimyo: Japan

Jing-hu or two-stringed violin with cylindrical body of wood, top covered with snakeskin: China

Bow of cane and horsehair for a jing-hu or two-stringed violin: China

Pair of wristlets (deung tosu) of openwork wisteria, used to cool the lower arms and keep perspiration from clothes: Korea, ca. 1900

Tobacco pipe (dambaetdae) with a bowl and mouthpiece of nickel, and a bamboo stem: Korea, ca. 1900

Tobacco pipe (dambaetdae) with a bowl and mouthpiece of nickel, and a bamboo stem: Korea, ca. 1900

Tobacco-pipe (dambaetdae) with a metal bowl and mouthpiece, and a bamboo stem decorated with pyrography (nakjukjang) 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

Pagor (headdress) consisting of cane and red cloth loops decorated with turquoise, coral and strings of pearl-like glass beads, and with two attached human hair plaits, style of headdress worn by women in southern Tibet, part of a woman's outfit held in place with cords and hooks: Tibet, 19th century AD

Warrior's carrying basket, intended to hold trophy heads taken in raids, woven of strips of cane with a wide mesh, elliptical and narrowing towards the base, with the front covered with painted cloth and ornamented with two carved wooden figures: India, Assam, Konyak Naga