One of a collection of samples of chemicals - 90 grams of Bismarck brown

One of a collection of samples of chemicals - 70 grams of Hofmann's violet

Bangle of clear acrylic with a dyed black design: English, London, by Marlene McKibbin, 1990

Curtain, cotton fabric block printed with a cypress tree growing from a vase on top of a mountain and flanked by animals and birds: West Asia, Iran, Qajar, 1880 - 1885

'Fine Lady' face mask with hair of pink dyed sisal and face of painted wire mesh, part of a fancy dress masquerade costume: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Elmina, by Donatus Archibald Acquandoh (alias Hippies), 2000

Ugly Man face mask with hair of dyed sisal, face of painted mesh and fabric neckband, part of a fancy dress masquerade costume: Ghana, Elmina, by Donatus Archibald Acquandoh (alias Hippies), 2000 - 2001

Bridal mat 'Qana Hunhune', woven pandanus textile dyed with commercial dyes the body of which is purple and the long fringes yellow: Oceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, Aoba (Ambae), made by Harrison Hango and Jean Tarisesei, October 2010