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View full screenOrnament (kapkap), brow or breast ornament made from a circle of clam shell (Tridacna) overlaid with an openwork of turtle-shell and worn as a symbol of authority or power: Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, 19th century
A.1897.308
Brow ornament, Breast ornament
Unknown
Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
19th century
Melanesian
Clam shell (Tridacna), Turtle-shell
Thin pierced circle of turtle shell supported on a disc of white cymbium shell
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Album of photographs and press cuttings recording the visit of a detachment of the regiment to Canada, August to September, 1923
'Tests for Colour-Blindness', album containing 38 Ishihara plates, by Dr S. Ishihara, published by Kanehara Shuppan Co. Ltd of Tokyo, 11th ed., 1954
Album containing twenty four drawings, chiefly portrait miniatures and full figures, some in colour, with a cover of painted papier-mache: Middle East, Iran and Turkey, Ottoman, various dates, album assembled 12th century AH / 18th century AD
Folding album of 373 Japanese silk brocade samples, with brocade covers and brass mounts, 19th century
Album entitled 'Sketches from France', consisting of sixty five watercolours and six pencil sketches, by F.P. Martin
Folding album of fifty hand-tinted photographs, of Japanese women in various settings and poses, and landscapes: Japan, late 19th century
Colour woodblock print, from the series Taiheiki eiyu den (Biographies of Heroes of the Great Peace), depicting the warrior Oda Nobunaga with sword drawn and fan in left hand: Japan, by Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1867
Colour woodblock print, from the series Taiheiki eiyu den (Biographies of Heroes of the Great Peace), depicting the warrior Hōjō Ujiyasu holding a fan: Japan, by Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1867
Colour woodblock print, from the series Taiheiki eiyu den (Biographies of Heroes of the Great Peace), depicting the warrior Uesugi Kenshin holding a staff: Japan, by Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1867
Colour woodblock print, from the series Taiheiki eiyu den (Biographies of Heroes of the Great Peace), depicting the warrior Saitō Dōsan seated: Japan, by Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1867
Colour woodblock print, from the series Taiheiki eiyu den (Biographies of Heroes of the Great Peace), depicting the warrior Takenaka Shigaharu standing in front of a globe: Japan, by Ochiai Yoshiiku, 19th century
Colour woodblock print, from the series Taiheiki eiyu den (Biographies of Heroes of the Great Peace), depicting the warrior Takeda Katsuyori, his armour pierced with arrows and one foot standing on slain opponent: Japan, by Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1867
Colour woodblock print, from the series Taiheiki eiyu den (Biographies of Heroes of the Great Peace), depicting the warrior Saitō Tatsuoki with sword drawn withstanding a volley of arrows: Japan, by Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1867
Colour woodblock print, from the series Taiheiki eiyu den (Biographies of Heroes of the Great Peace), depicting the warrior Tsutsui Junkei seated in front of a screen: Japan, by Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1867
Colour woodblock print, from the series Taiheiki eiyu den (Biographies of Heroes of the Great Peace), depicting the warrior Otogawa Fujitaka with sword drawn: Japan, by Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1867