Backstrap for loom (ishitomushni), curved oblong of wood, carved with symmetrical abstract designs, cord and bone toggle, worn behind weaver's waist to give tension to loom: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Carrying strap (tar), elm bark straps extending from central panel with black and white geometric design, worn with centre positioned against forehead and straps supporting load carried on the back: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Robe, striped elm-bark cloth (attush) with abstract designs in blue cotton calico applique and embroidery around hem, cuffs and collar, worn by a man: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Mat, rushes secured with cord, used for offerings made during the bear ceremony (iyomante): Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Quiver (ikayop), wood carved with abstract designs and bound with cherry bark, attached birch bark cap and carrying cord, used in hunting: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Bow, wood covered with bark strips, used in hunting: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Bowl, folded bark forming square bowl with wooden handles secured with cord: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Tinder box, part of fire-making kit, cylindrical wooden vessel with bark wrappings and cord for attached steel, used to carry tinder: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

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

Basket of canework used by warriors to carry bamboo spikes or panjis, worn at the hip when not accompanied by the ceremonial tail (when it is worn at the small of the back), conical and open, with a loop of cane for suspension, and decorated with red and black goat hair: India, Assam, Naga

Warrior's carrying basket intended to hold trophy heads taken in raids, made of strips of cane, elliptical in section, with a carrying strap of woven cane, the front is decorated with a monkey's skull and boar's teeth: India, Assam, Naga

Warrior's carrying basket intended to hold trophy heads taken in raids, made of strips of cane, elliptical with a carrying strap of woven cane, decorated with three carved wooden heads with firbous tassels suspended from the sides: India, Assam, Naga

Coiled basket, of plant fibre, with coloured design of Crow Mother Katsina and two animals: North America, USA, Arizona, Hopi, early 20th century

One of a pair of ear ornaments comprising alternate discs of white shell and black nut, with a terminal ring of white shell: Oceania, Micronesia, Caroline Islands, late 19th century

One of a pair of ear ornaments comprising alternate discs of white shell and black nut, with a terminal ring of white shell: Oceania, Micronesia, Caroline Islands, late 19th century

Vessel, carved to represent a frigate bird, wood with plant fibre cord: Oceania, Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Yap Island, early 20th century