Dao or all-purpose chopper with iron blade and a wooden handle decorated with tufts of dyed goat's hair, brass wire and dyed cane: Assam, Ao Naga

Detachable cork stopper with brass wire core and silver handle in the form of a woman holding a tablet, for a scent bottle of opaque black Hyalith glass cut with two raised panels, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: Bohemian, c. 1830

Spear with lanceolate median-ridged tanged head and shaft covered with woven brass wire: East Central Africa, probably Tanganyika

Brass ceremonial throwing knife with blade with pointed 'beak' and three circular perforations, and handle of wood bound with brass wire: Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu,early 20th century

Battle-axe with crescentic iron blade with long tang and wooden handle covered with plaited brass wire: Africa, Malawi, Shire Highlands

Bangle of coiled brass wire, known as nkwingiri, with object information on a calling card of Mrs Neil Macvicar attached: Africa, Eastern Africa, Malawi, Blantyre or Domasi, early 20th century

Annular bangle of coiled brass wire: Africa, Eastern Africa, Malawi, Blantyre or Domasi, early 20th century

Bagpipe chanter of cocus wood for the Uilleann pipes, having six finger holes and one thumb hole, three mounts for closed keys and a tuning rush on a loop of brass wire in the bore, early 19th century