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August 2010
BM
Dept
Registration
Number
AOA
Am1921,-.12
Deformed human skull (male).
1
AOA
Am2003,14.1
Pelvic bone; fragment of human pelvic bone imbedded with stone arrow-head
1
Uncertain
Conesa, Buenos Aires (province)
Argentina
ME
1859,1014.279
Iron ring on human finger bone; ring corroded.
1
Uncertain
Asia
Asia
AOA
Oc,+.2489
Mask made in the shape of a crocodile (life-size), made of tortoise-shell, nuts, feathers
(cassowary), human jawbones, wool, cloth, wood, cord (vegetable fibre).
1
Late 19thC
Mabuiag, Queensland
Australia
AOA
Oc,89+.182
Wood dugong coloured red and carved with a recess in the back filled with red ochre. Two
long human bones are lashed on
1
AOA
Oc.7658
Flake made of stone (phonolite?), reed, gum; wrapped with skin (human ?).
1
Pre 1872
Acq: Rockingham Bay, Queensland, Australia
Australia
AOA
Oc.7659
Knife made of quartz, wood, gum; wrapped with skin (human ?) and cord.
1
Pre 1872
Acq: Rockingham Bay, Queensland, Australia
Australia
Australia
Description
Number
Date
Provenance
Uncertain: Pre
AD1800 Possibly Tilcara, Jujuy, Argentina
Pre AD 1000
Collected 1888 Moa
Country
Argentina
Australia
AOA
Oc1900,0723.25 Needle, spear point made of bone (human?).
1
Pre 1900
Acq: Milgar? Cairns, Queensland, Australia
AOA
Oc1902,0417.63 Human skull (adult, male?), covered with pigment; with grass plug in nasal aperture.
1
pre 1902
Acq: Northern Territory (Australia), Victoria River Australia
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AOA
Oc1902,0417.64 Human skull (adult, male?) covered with pigment.
1
pre- 1902
Acq: Northern Territory (Australia), Victoria River Australia
AOA
Oc1926,1004.2
Shaped and polished "poison" bone, possibly human; called ancestral.
1
c.late 19thCearly 20thC
Collected by: Mrs Daisy M Bates, central Australia
Australia
(between 1899-1926)
AOA
Oc1933,1010.1
Pointing stick, made of human bone (?).
1
c.late 19thCearly 20thC
Acq: native camp, Ooldea, Sth Australia, Coll by
Mrs Daisy M Bates
Australia
AOA
Oc1933,1010.2
Pointing stick, made of human bone (?).
1
c.late 19thCearly 20thC
Acq: native camp, Ooldea, Sth Australia, Coll by
Mrs Daisy M Bates
Australia
AOA
Oc1973,Q.22
Burial package (containing dead baby), wrapped in bark.
1
c19thC
Acq. Queensland, Cape York
Australia
ME
unregistered
Mixed bones from graves - samples
1
Uncertain
Bahrain
Bahrain
AOA
Am1928,Q.48
Circular bone disc (possibly a patella); convex on one side with concave recesses on the other.
1
Classic Maya
Pusilha
Belize
AOA
Am1929,Q.1
Piece of human jaw-bone with incised glyphs and hole pierced at one end for suspension.
1
Classic Maya
Pusilha
Belize
AOA
Am1936,1128.37 Group of 3 human teeth
1
1000AD or older
Belize
AOA
Am1938,1021.439
fragments of cranium
a
1
1000AD or older
Belize
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AOA
Am1948,05.53
Artificially deformed human skull
1
Uncertain: Pre
AD1800 Possibly Acquired in 1948
Pre AD 1000
Bolivia
AOA
Am1985,32.171
Group of dandruff balls (used medicinally?) made of mineral (?), human tissue (?).
1
Uncertain: Pre
AD1800 Possibly Bolivia, South America
Pre AD 1000
Bolivia
Asia
As1884,0321.1
Preserved human head, complete, with skin, teeth and hair remaining
1
c. 1800 AD
Asia
As1904,0416.68
Human head made of wood, leather, rattan, iron, skull (woman's, frontal).
1
c. 1800 AD
Acq Borneo, Sarawak, Baram River/Pata River?
Coll by Dr Charles Hose
Borneo
Asia
As1978,Q.10
Human skull with lower jaw missing; oval opening in crown
1
c. 1800 AD
Given to Bock by chief Sibau Mobang.
Borneo
Asia
As1978,Q.11
Human skull, with lower jaw missing; five teeth remining on right side (proper), two on the
left. Irregular circular hole in crown.
1
c. 1800 AD
Given to Bock by chief Sibau Mobang.
Borneo
Asia
As.7574
Decorated skull made of skull (human), shells (cowrie), wood, gum, fibre (vegetable).
1
c. 1800 AD
Acq Borneo
Borneo
Asia
As1950,05.2
Decorated human skull made of bone (human), wood, cane, shell (cowrie), gum.
1
19thC(late)20thC(early)
acq Borneo, Kalimantan
Borneo,
Indonesia
Asia
As1905,-.722
Gourd (with human skull) made of gourd, skull (human).
1
c. 1800 AD
acq Borneo, Sarawak, Trusan River District, prob.
Borneo, Malaysia
by Hose
Asia
As1944,03.118
Human skull bound with rattan.
1
c. 1800 AD
acq Borneo
Borneo
Borneo, Malaysia
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AOA
As1907,-.3
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Human skull (young girl's, part of head-hunter's collection).
Am1845,0828.6.b group of human bones
1
1
c. 1800 AD
August 2010
Collected by: R M Little
Uncertain: Pre
AD1800 Possibly Grave/ archaeological excavation
Pre AD 1000
Borneo, Sabah
Brazil
AOA
Am1984,Q.21
Trophy comprising human head, with shell (?), hair, feathers, string.
1
1800-1900AD
Brazil, South America
Brazil
AOA
Am1984,Q.24
Trophy, comprising preserved human head, with shell (?), hair, feathers, string.
1
1800-1900AD
Amazon/Brazil, South America
Brazil
Asia
As1893,0902.1
Specimen of human skull.
1
c. 1800 AD
acq Sandoway, Gwa
Burma
AOA
Af1929,0808.6
Vessel made of gourd, wicker, jaw (human), mandible.
1
early 20thC
Cameroon
Cameroon
AOA
1
500-0 BC (+500 Red Bank/ Sunny Corner, Northumberland
Years)
County, New Brunswick
Canada
Human jaw-bone (with teeth).
1
Uncertain: Pre
AD1800 Possibly Huasco/Pena Blanca, Atacama, Chile
Pre AD 1000
Chile
Human mummy (child)
1
Pre-hispanic.
Could be 1000+ Donated by Lord Colchester 1832
years or
Chile
1
Pre-hispanic.
Could be 1000+ Uncertain
years or
Chile
Am1909,0406.40 Fragments of human bones from a burial
AOA
Am,+.4129
AOA
Am1832,1208.1
AOA
Am1855,1211.36 mummified child's foot with sandal
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AOA
Am1908,-.165
Fragment of human skull
1
Pre AD1800
Possibly Pre AD Uncertain
1000
Chile
AOA
Am1908,-.166
Fragment of human skull
1
Pre AD1800
Possibly Pre AD Uncertain
1000
Chile
AOA
Am1908,-.167
Fragment of human bone
1
Pre AD1800
Possibly Pre AD Uncertain
1000
Chile
AOA
Am1908,-.168
Fragment of human bone
1
Pre AD1800
Possibly Pre AD Uncertain
1000
Chile
AOA
Am1908,-.169
Fragment of human bone
1
Pre AD1800
Possibly Pre AD Uncertain
1000
Chile
AOA
Am1908,-.170
Fragment of human bone
1
Pre AD1800
Possibly Pre AD Uncertain
1000
Chile
1
Pre AD1800
Possibly Pre AD Uncertain
1000
Chile
AOA
Am1908,-.172a-g Specimens of human teeth
c. early centuries
Khotan (Xinjaing province)
AD?
Asia
1902,1220.541
Fragment of human skull
1
China
Asia
1907,1111.238
Fragment of human or animal skin.
1
Uncertain
Tuga-dong, Xinjiang
China
Asia
1907,1111.239
Fragment of human or animal skin.
1
Uncertain
Tuga-dong, Xinjiang
China
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AOA
Am.8454
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a skeletal human hand with a bangle on the wrist
1
Necklace made of teeth (human), brass.
1
9th-10th C
Between 10001800AD. Prob. Presented by W.Turner, HM envoy and Minister
pre-hispanic: pre- plenipotetionaryto Colombia. 1838
16thC.
Between 10001800AD. Prob. Leiva?/Bogota?/ Gachansipa, Cundinamarca,
pre-hispanic: pre- Colombia
16thC.
Between 10001800AD. Prob. Leiva?/Bogota?/ Gachansipa, Cundinamarca,
pre-hispanic: pre- Colombia
16thC.
Am1838,1111.1
Human mummy
1
AOA
Am1842,1112.1
Human mummy, head resting on back of left hand
1
AOA
Am1842,1112.2
Human skull with high crown, receding forehead; skin on cheeks and neck; mouth open, one
tooth remaining.Circumference 19.00in(from Register) Height 9.00in (from Register)
1
AOA
Am1905,0216.86 Necklace made of teeth (human), beads, string.
1
1800-1900AD
AOA
Af1954,+23.909 Musical horn made of ivory and human mandible.
1
Uncertain
Green blown glass olla containing cremated human bone
1
Roman
Lump of molten bronze embedded with human (?) bone fragments
1
Necklace made of teeth (human), cord, wood, wire (brass).
1
1880,0417.1
G&R
1894,1101.688
AOA
Af1896,-.796
Chinese Central Asia
Pre AD1800
Possibly Pre AD Antioquia, Colombia
1000
AOA
G&R
August 2010
Tsife?/Igara Parana River, Colombia
China
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia
Colombia
Côte d'Ivoire (?)
Salona
Croatia
Uncertain
Amathus
Cyprus
Uncertain
Collected by: C M Pleyte and C Sanders,
Democratic
Found/Acquired: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of
Orientale, Aruwimi
Congo
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AOA
Af1898,-.277
Necklace made of teeth (human), vertebrae (snake), wood, cord (fibre
1
Uncertain
Democratic
Found/Acquired: Democratic Republic of Congo,
Republic of
Orientale, Uele (I)
Congo
AOA
Af1898,-.278
Necklace made of teeth (human), string (fibre).
1
Uncertain
Democratic Republic of Congo, Orientale, Uele/
Africa, Congo-Nile watershed
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Af1901,0608.123 Stick, charm (place in road to prevent enemies passing) made of wood, human fat, feather.
1
Uncertain
Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Af1901,0608.73
1
Uncertain
Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Af1907,0528.207 Skull with tooth chipping
1
Uncertain
Bayanzi, Yanzi
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Af1908,0622.158
Manwith horn figure made of wood, horn (antelope), teeth (human), shells (cowrie), brass,
iron (?).
1
Uncertain
Emil Torday Expedition, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Sankuru River
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Af1908,0622.159
Ritual figure (man with head-dress) made of wood, feathers, hide, cloth (vegetable fibre),
teeth (human), beads (glass), string (vegetable fibre), hair (animal).
1
Uncertain
Emil Torday Expedition, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Sankuru River
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Af1908,0622.161
Woman's charm, human with head-dress figure made of wood, feathers, teeth (human), resin
(?).
1
Uncertain
Emil Torday Expedition, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Batempa
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Af1908,0622.34
Charm (attached to forelock) made of seed pod, tooth (molar, human), hide.
1
Uncertain
Emil Torday Expedition, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Mokunji
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Af1910,0420.570 Charm, perforated cranium, raffia
1
Uncertain
"Marimba", sansa made of wood, bamboo, skull (human), fibre (vegetable).
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
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1
Uncertain
Congo
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
Necklace made of teeth (human), teeth, thread, beads (glass).
1
19thC (pre
1892)
Collected by: Mrs Hood, Congo, River (Upper?)
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
Af1954,+23.2099 Armlet made of teeth (human).
AOA
Af,+.5741
AOA
Af1934,0306.1
Ornament (?) made of teeth (human), string.
1
Uncertain
Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Af1949,46.492
Male figure (ritual, with twelve bells, two blades, rattle, necklace and horn) made of wood,
copper, nails (brass), iron, hide, skin (reptile), beads (glass), cord (fibre), tooth (human), seed
pod, horns (animal).
1
c. early 20thC
Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
AOA
Oc1898,1010.3
Fish-hook made of bone (human), string.
1
Pre 1898
Acq: Easter Island
Easter Island
AOA
Am 1920,-.82
Shrunken head
1
1800-1900AD
Uncertain
Ecuador
AOA
Am1913,1212.1
shrunken head with feathers and beetle wings
1
1800-1900AD
Uncertain
Ecuador
AOA
Am1915,1002.1
shrunken head
1
1800-1900AD
Uncertain
Ecuador
AOA
AM1919,-.13
Shrunken head (male)
1
1800-1900AD
Uncertain
Ecuador
AOA
Am1920,0705.1
Shrunken head
1
1800-1900AD
Uncertain
Ecuador
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Am1926,0315.17 shrunken head
August 2010
1
1800-1900AD
Uncertain
Ecuador
Shrunken head
1
1800-1900AD
Acquired in 1940
Ecuador
shrunken head with feathers and beetle wings
1
1800-1900AD
Acquired in 1949
Ecuador
AOA
Am1940,08.1
AOA
Am1949,22.190
AOA
Am1960,05.1
Shrunken Head made of head (human), thread (?)
1
1800-1900AD
Acquired in 1960
Ecuador
AOA
Am1960,05.2
Shrunken head made of head (human).
1
1800-1900AD
Acquired in 1960
Ecuador
AOA
Am1960,05.3
Shrunken head made of head (human).
1
1800-1900AD
Acquired in 1960
Ecuador
AOA
Am1960,05.4
Shrunken human head.
1
1800-1900AD
Acquired in 1960
Ecuador
AOA
Am1960,05.5
Shrunken head made of head (human).
1
1800-1900AD
Acquired in 1960
Ecuador
AES
5233
Bone fragments
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
5237
Fragments of burnt bone
1
100 AD ?
Upper Egypt
Egypt
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AES
5238
Bone fragments
1
100 AD
AES
6649
Skull
1
600-300 BC
AES
6659
Mummy
1
AES
6660
Mummy
AES
6662
AES
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Upper Egypt
Egypt
Mokattam
Egypt
900 BC
Thebes
Egypt
1
900 BC
Thebes
Egypt
Mummy
1
850 BC
Thebes
Egypt
6665
Mummy plus hair
1
1300 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6666
Mummy
1
650 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6669
Mummy
1
600 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6673
Mummy
1
600 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6676
Mummy
1
680 BC
Thebes
Egypt
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AES
6679
Mummy
1
250 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6680
Mummy
1
250 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6681
Mummy
1
700 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6682
Mummy
1
720 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6692
Mummy
1
680 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6694
Mummy
1
600 BC
Egypt
Egypt
AES
6696
Mummy
1
600 BC
Saqqara
Egypt
AES
6697
Mummy
1
1000 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6704
Mummy
1
100 AD
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6707
Mummy
1
125 AD
Thebes: Qurna
Egypt
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AES
6709
Mummy
1
250 AD
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6711
Mummy
1
200 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
6712
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6713
Mummy
1
150 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6714
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6715
Mummy
1
250 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6716
Mummy
1
600 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6717
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6718
Mummy
1
200 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6719
Head
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
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AES
6720
Head
1
1000 Bc-100 AD Upper Egypt
AES
6721
Head
1
AES
6722
Head
1
AES
6723
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6724
Mummy
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6725
Viscera ?
1
300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6731
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
6732
Finger
1
664-332 BC
Memphis
Egypt
AES
6951
Human remains ?
1
300 BC ?
Egypt
Egypt
AES
6957
Mummy
1
300 BC
Egypt
Egypt
1000 BC - 100
AD
Egypt
Upper Egypt
Egypt
1000 BC-100 AD Upper Egypt
Egypt
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AES
6958
Mummy
1
100 AD ?
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
12387
Knee and femur
1
300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
12388
Leg
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
13595
Mummy
1
100 AD
Hawara
Egypt
AES
18212
Lower part of body
1
650-900 AD
Giza
Egypt
AES
20650
Mummy
1
600 BC
Akhmim
Egypt
AES
20744
Mummy
1
800 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
20745
Mummy
1
600 BC
Akhmim
Egypt
AES
21809
Mummy
1
100 AD
Hawara
Egypt
AES
21810
Mummy
1
100 AD
Hawara
Egypt
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AES
22108
Mummy
1
60 AD
Hawara
Egypt
AES
22111
Contents of urn
1
100 AD
Hawara
Egypt
AES
22552
Hand
1
250 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
22939
Mummy
1
900 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
23425
Skeleton
1
2000 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
23559
Finger bone
1
AES
23560
Finger stall, possibly containing human bone
1
300 BC
Tell Nebesha
Egypt
AES
23561
Finger stall, possibly containing human bone
1
300 BC
Tell Nebesha
Egypt
AES
24574
Head, fragment
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
24575
Arm
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
300 BC - 100 AD Tell Nebesha
Egypt
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AES
24800
Mummy
1
100 AD
Deir el-Bahri
Egypt
AES
24957
Mummy
1
650 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
25258
Mummy
1
800 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
25568
Mummified lung
1
1100 BC
Deir el-Bahri
Egypt
AES
29574
Skeleton
1
2000 BC
Asyut
Egypt
AES
29577
Mummy
1
800 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
29578
Mummy
1
800 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
29581
Mummy
1
250 BC
Akhmim
Egypt
AES
29588
Mummy
1
50 BC
Akhmim
Egypt
AES
29776
Mummy
1
250 BC
Akhmim
Egypt
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AES
29777
Mummy
1
250 BC
Akhmim
Egypt
AES
29778
Mummy
1
300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
29780
Hand and arm
1
1300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
29782
Mummy
1
50 BC
Akhmim
Egypt
AES
29783
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
30362
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
30363
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
30364
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
30720
Mummy
1
800 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
30846
Head
1
100 AD
Hu (Diospolis Parva)
Egypt
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AES
32751
Body, naturally preserved
1
3400 BC
Gebelein
Egypt
AES
32752
Body, naturally preserved
1
3400 BC
Gebelein
Egypt
AES
32753
Body, naturally preserved
1
3400 BC
Gebelein
Egypt
AES
32754
Body, naturally preserved
1
3400 BC
Gebelein
Egypt
AES
32755
Body, naturally preserved
1
3400 BC
Gebelein
Egypt
AES
32756
Body, naturally preserved
1
3400 BC
Gebelein
Egypt
AES
35237
Arm
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
37340
Femur
1
600 BC
Abydos
Egypt
AES
37939
Contents of canopic jar
1
1200-600 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
37947
Contents of canopic jar
1
650 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
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AES
37997
Contents of canopic jar
1
650 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
41603
Skeleton
1
800 BC
Beni Hasan
Egypt
AES
46631
Mummy
1
1950 BC
Asyut
Egypt
AES
48058
Finger joint
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
48523
Hand
1
1300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
48971
Mummy
1
900 BC
prob. Thebes
Egypt
AES
48973
Head
1
1300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
48974
Skull
1
1300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
48975
Skull
1
1300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
48976
Skull
1
1300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
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AES
49716
Foot
1
300-0 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
50990
Hand
1
1400 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
52887
Skeleton
1
3000 BC
Tarkhan
Egypt
AES
52888
Skeleton
1
3000 BC
Tarkhan
Egypt
AES
52889
Mummy
1
100 AD
Tarkhan
Egypt
AES
54051
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
54052
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
54053
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
54055
Two miniature mummies
2
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
54057
Mummy
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
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AES
54430
Arm
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
54726
Hand
1
300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
54740
Head
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
54741
Head
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
54742
Head
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
55045
Foot
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
55050
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
55205
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
55725
Skull
1
2200 BC
Sidmant
Egypt
AES
57353
Body, naturally preserved
1
3400 BC
Gebelein
Egypt
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AES
62572
Knuckle bone
1
2600 BC
Mostagedda
Egypt
AES
67551
Hand
1
1200 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
67563
Foot
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
67586
Leg
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
67815
Head
1
1000 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
68980
Hand
1
300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74103
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74261
Head
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74262
Head
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74263
Head
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
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AES
74264
Head
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74265
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74266
Hand
1
300 BC - 100 AD Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74267
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74268
Hand
1
1000-700 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74269
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74270
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74271
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74272
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74273
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
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AES
74274
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74275
Hand
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74276
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74277
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74278
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74279
Foot
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74280
Leg and foot
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74281
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74282
Mandible
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74283
Penis
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
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AES
74284
Penis
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74287
Foot
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74288
Hand
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74289
Vertebrae
1
1000 BC - 100
AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74296
Leg
1
300 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74303
Mummy
1
1000 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
74850
Mummified head
1
100 AD
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
90515
Bone fragments
1
600-100 BC
Upper Egypt
Egypt
AES
15654
Mummy
1
25th or 26th
Dynasty
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Egypt
AES
1851,0517.3
Mummy, fragment
1
Roman Period
Thebes: Qurna
Egypt
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AES
1853,0927.2
(75991)
Mummy parts (ex Granville)
1
600 BC
AES
1926,0713.2
Pottery `Hadra' hydria containaining human cremation and sealed with a plaster bung
1
Hellenistic
P&E
1949,1008.1
Earing (gold) attached to dissicated Ear Lobe
1
AES
1986,0320.3 (a-d) four bone fragments (probably human)
August 2010
Thebes
Egypt
Alexandria
Egypt
Coptic
Egypt
1
8th-11thC
Fostat
Egypt
AES
22812B
Mummy
1
680 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
22814
Mummy
1
600 BC
Thebes
Egypt
AES
32052
Mummy
1
700 BC
Beni Hasan
Egypt
AES
40924-7
Mummy, fragments
1
2000 BC
Deir el-Bahri
Egypt
AES
49457
Fragments of tibia and skull
(1909,0612.1-4)
1
2000 BC
Deir el-Bahri
Egypt
AES
51440
(1912,1109.293- Finger bones
294)
1
300 BC
Faras
Egypt
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AES
6699B
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Mummy
1
250 BC
14
Human skeletal remains; subadult female
77880-77891
Skeletal remains of 14 individuals
(2004,0520.62-73)
August 2010
Upper Egypt
Egypt
Palaeolithic
Tushka
Egypt
1
Palaeolithic
Dayr al-Fakhuri
Egypt
AES
77893
(2004,0520.75)
AES
79375
Left forearm and hand of a human mummy
1
Uncertain
AES
79376
Left forearm and hand of a human mummy; fingers lost.
1
Uncertain
AES
79377
Right hand from the mummy of a child.
1
Uncertain
Egypt
AES
79378
Left forearm from human mummy
1
Uncertain
Egypt
AES
79379
Head of femur
1
Uncertain
Egypt
ME
Loan.538
Fragments of bone and two teeth from infant sacrifice.
1
7th Dynasty?
AOA
Am1928,0206.1
Spatula made of bone (human).
1
Egypt
Luxor
Tell el-Rataba
Could be 1000+
years or between La Libertad, El Salvador
1000-1800AD
Egypt
Egypt
El Salvador
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Could be 1000+
years or between Atacames, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
1000-1800AD
AOA
Am,+.4733
Part of a human skull, with plug of gold in eight of the remaining teeth.
1
AOA
Am1972,15.59
Bag containing mixture of animal and human bones and pieces of shell.
1
AOA
Af1886,1207.34
Armlet made of bone (ankle), string.
1
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
AOA
Af1952,09.11
Molar. Register: 'milk molar tooth, unworn.'
1
Ethiopia/Toconda (Eritrea)
Ethiopia/Tocond
a (Eritrea)
AOA
Oc1856,0709.3
Needle made of bone (human).
1
1850
Nandi Bay, Viti Levu, Fiji
Fiji
Oc1895,-.690.a-b Needle made of bone (human).
1
c1860s-1870s
Acq: Fiji
Fiji
Acq: Fiji
Fiji
AOA
1000 BC-1500 Pirincay
Equador
Equador
AOA
Oc1944,02.997.a-c Matting needle made of bone (human), fibre (coconut).
1
early 20thC
G&R
1851,0813.422,
494-495, 510, 520 Six glass olla/urns containing cremated human bone
& 522
6
Roman
Vaison
France
1
Roman
Apt
France
G&R
P&E
1851,0813.512
Fragmentary green blown glass urn with the remains of a human cremation inside
1875,0403.923.a Eleven human teeth
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Rodez
e Age
France
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P&E
1888,1218.611
Human bone skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Chatillon
France
P&E
1888,1218.612
Human bone skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Gresine
France
P&E
1888,1218.613
Human bone skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Gresine
France
P&E
1900,1116.1
Horn box (reliquary?) containing human (?) remains.
1
18th Century
G&R
1901,0413.3178
Glass urn containing cremated human bone
1
G&R
1901,0413.3179
Glass olla containing cremated human bone
G&R
1901,0413.3181
G&R
Made in France
France
Roman
Vaucluse
France
1
Roman
Vaucluse
France
Glass olla containing cremated human bone
1
Roman
Vaucluse
France
1901,0413.3182
Glass urn containing cremated human bone and fragments of unguentaria
1
Roman
Vaucluse
France
G&R
1904,0204.1370
Lead coffin containing human bones
1
Uncertain
Vaison
France
G&R
1904,0204.1456
Greenish blown glass bowl; (human?) bones preserved within.
1
Roman
Reims
France
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G&R
1904,0204.786
Potter cinerary urn (?) containing cremated human (?) bone
1
Roman
Reims
France
G&R
1904,0204.850
Potter cinerary urn (?) containing numerous fragments of cremated human bone
1
Roman
Reims
France
G&R
1980,1125.1
Skeleton of a child
1
Uncertain
Clairmanais
France
G&R
2009,0513.4
Human skeletal remains
1
1stC-3rdC
Gravel pit 1km from Wissant
France
P&E
ML.1328
7 human teeth
1
P&E
ML.1589
Pendant formed of human skull fragment
1
Iron Age
Bergères-les-Vertus
France
P&E
ML.1627
Copper alloy finger-ring with associated piece of human bone
1
Iron Age
Pleurs
France
P&E
ML.1628
Bronze toe ring with associated piece of human bone
1
Iron Age
Pleurs
France
P&E
ML.1657
Copper alloy finger-ring on human finger-bone.
1
Iron Age
Courtisols
France
P&E
ML.1980
Human bone; ulna and radius, stained green by bronze bracelets or armilles.
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Is-sur-Tille
e Age
Later Prehistoric Charvais
France
France
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P&E
ML.1985a
Human bone. Humerus of a child.
1
Iron Age
France
France
P&E
ML.3630
Copper alloy finger-ring on human finger-bone.
1
Merovingian
Marne
France
P&E
ML.3635
Copper alloy finger-ring on human finger-bone.
1
Merovingian
Marne
France
P&E
ML.3639
Copper alloy finger-ring on human finger-bone.
1
Merovingian
Marne
France
P&E
ML.3640
Copper alloy finger-ring on human finger-bone.
1
Merovingian
Marne
France
P&E
ML.3643
Copper alloy finger-ring on human finger-bone.
1
Merovingian
Marne
France
P&E
ML.3645
Copper alloy finger-ring with human finger-bone.
1
Merovingian (?) Marne
France
P&E
ML.3649
Copper alloy finger-ring on human finger-bone.
1
P&E
ML.4141.a-d
Four fragments of a human finger bone
1
Merovingian (?) Marne
France
P&E
ML.4267
Human Bone - 8 long-bones.
1
Later Prehistoric Lignon
France
Merovingian
Charvais
France
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P&E
ML.4269
Human Bone - 4 long-bones.
1
Later Prehistoric Loisy-en-Brie
France
P&E
ML.4270
Bone human arm.
1
Later Prehistoric Loisy-en-Brie
France
P&E
ML.513
Human Bone - mandible fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Lignon
France
P&E
ML.563
Human bone ?
1
Later Prehistoric Tours-sur-Marne
France
P&E
ML.564
Human bone- ulna fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tours-sur-Marne
France
P&E
POA.56.a
Human bone, skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
POA.56.b
Human bone, skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
POA.56.c
Human bone, skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
POA.56.d
Human bone, skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
POA.56.e
Human bone, skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
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P&E
POA.56.f
Human bone, jaw fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
POA.56.g
Human bone, skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
POA.56.h
Human bone, jaw fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
POA.56.i
Human bone, skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
POA.56.j
Human bone, jaw fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
POA.56.k
Human bone, skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Tombelle de Brioux
France
P&E
1902,1108.151
Two fragments of human finger bone.
1
Uncertain
P&E
1867
Human cremation from cinerary urn.
1
Germanic
Halle
Germany
P&E
1867
Human cremation from cinerary urn.
1
Germanic
Halle
Germany
P&E
1855,0804.9
Greenish blown glass bottle containing cremated human bone
1
Roman
Rhineland Palatinate
Germany
France or
Germany
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1867,0704.20
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Human skull fragment; teeth from upper jaw.
1868,1228.407.a Cremeted human teeth and bone
1
1
Germanic
August 2010
Near Merseburg, Leuna & Zum Heiter'n Blick
Later Prehistoric Lausitz (?)
Germany
Germany
P&E
1871,1010.1
Human cremated bone in Sepulchral cist
1
Uncertain
Ursulagartenstrasse
Germany
P&E
1902,0625.1
Portable altar containing human (?) bone and hair.
1
1190-1200
Made in Lower Saxony or Koblenz
Germany
P&E
1908,0801.105106
Human finger bone associated with two copper alloy rings
1
Bronze Age
Steinbuhl
Germany
P&E
1908,0801.218
Human bones - mandible x2.
1
Later Prehistoric Gutenstein
Germany
P&E
1908,0801.364b
Human bones ? X5
1
Later Prehistoric Wolfegghof
Germany
P&E
1908,0801.365
Human mandible with four teeth, and skull fragment.
2
Later Prehistoric Wolfegghof
Germany
P&E
1908,0801.366
Twenty nine fragments of human skull.
1
Later Prehistoric Wolfegghof
Germany
P&E
1908,0801.426
Human skull fragment.
1
Merovingian
Ostrach;Sigmaringen
Germany
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1935,0206.1
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Human cremated bone in pot
1947,0402.57-69 Human cremations - 13 Cremations
P&E
1949,1011.1
AOA
Af1840,0501.1
1
13
Pottery: coarse ware jar containing human bones, including vertebrae, teeth, and skull and rib
fragments.
1
King's war horn (side-blown) made of tusk (elephant), two human lower jawbones, string,
hide.
Germanic
August 2010
Hamburg
Later Prehistoric Verdingen
Roman
Germany
Germany
Luxembourgstrasse
Germany
2
Ashanti
Ghana
AOA
Af1896,0519.2.c Drum stick of human leg bone
1
Ashanti
Ghana
AOA
Af1896,0519.2.d Drum stick of human leg bone
1
Ashanti
Ghana
AOA
Af1900,0427.13
1
Kumasi
Ghana
AOA
Af1938,Loan01.2 War drum with two human jaw bones.
King's wrist-ornament made of human teeth, gold, string, feathers, and glass beads
1
Uncertain
Ashanti
Ghana
AOA
Af1978,22.229
Trumpet, made of ivory tusk and covered with skin. Human jaw bone at larger end, fastened
with vegetable fibre rope
1
1850-1927
Ghana
Ghana
AOA
Af1978,22.301
Ivory trumpet; long, with skin sewn over outside. Two human jaw bones attached by vegetable
fibre rope to larger end
1
1850-1927
Ghana
Ghana
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AOA
Af1979,01.529
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Drum made of wood, skin, fibre (vegetable), mandible (human).
Af1954,+23.908 Musical horn made of ivory and human mandible.
1
1
August 2010
Ghana
Uncertain
Ghana
Ghana (?)
P&E
1889,0313.13
Human bones
1
Later Prehistoric Judges Cave
Gibraltar
P&E
G.134
Human bone ?
1
Later Prehistoric Genista Caves
Gibraltar
P&E
G.144
Human bone - femur fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Gibraltar
Gibraltar
P&E
G.145
Human bone - femur fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Gibraltar
Gibraltar
G&R
1842,0728.841
Pottery red-figured dinos containing traces of cremated bone
1
Attic
Piraeus
Greece
G&R
1842,0728.842
Human remains from terracotta cinerary urn
1
Hellenistic
Athens
Greece
AOA
Oc,+.249
Figure made of wood, tapa, barkcloth, pearl-shell, teeth (human), teeth (fish), rush.
1
Pre 1877
Acq: Hawaiian Islands, Coll by Rev J G Wood
Hawaii
AOA
Oc,+.6051
Fish-hook made of bone (human?).
1
Pre 1893
Acq: Hawaiian Islands, Coll by Rusher
Davies/Sotheby's
Hawaii
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AOA
Oc,HAW.151
Armlet made of shell (turtle), shell, bone (human), cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
AOA
Oc,HAW.167
Sceptre, state staff (ceremonial) made of wood (?), shell (turtle), bone (human), feathers.
1
mid 18thC
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
AOA
Oc,HAW.169
Sceptre, state staff (ceremonial) made of wood (?), shell (turtle), bone (human), feathers.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
AOA
Oc,HAW.170
Sceptre handle, state staff handle (ceremonial) made of wood (?), shell (turtle), bone
(human).
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
AOA
Oc,HAW.63
Fish-hook made of bone (human), twine, fibre (vegetable), cord (vegetable fibre).
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
AOA
Oc,HAW.64
Fish-hook made of bone (human), twine, fibre (vegetable), cord (vegetable fibre).
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
AOA
Oc,HAW.66
Fish-hook made of bone (human), fibre (vegetable), fibre (olona), gum.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
AOA
Oc,HAW.67
Fish-hook made of bone (human), fibre (olona), cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
AOA
Oc,HAW.69
Fish-hook made of bone (human), fibre (olona), twine, cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
AOA
Oc.1657
Female dancer figure (hula position?) made of wood, pearl-shell, teeth (human?), hair.
COMPASS object number: OBJ1942
1
c1830s
Acq: Hawaiian Islands, Coll by United Service
Museum (?)
Hawaii
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Oc.2009.a-b
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Hook, ornament (for hair necklaces), neck ornament made of bone (human).
1
August 2010
Pre 1860s,
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
possibly 18thC
AOA
Oc1855,1220.50 Scrap bowl (spitting) made of wood, teeth (human).
1
AOA
Oc1920,1023.1
Slop bowl made of wood, teeth (human).
1
Asia
1868,0320.31.a
A group of 21 fragments of human bone, including short lengths of long bone and skull
fragments.
1
Iron Age
Wurreegaon
India
Asia
1868,0320.31.b
A group of eleven human teeth, including two molars, one root fragment, several incisors, etc,
all heavily worn
1
Iron Age
Wurreegaon
India
Asia
1880.1269 (1-12) 12 human teeth
Pre 1855
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Late 18th-early
Acq: Hawaiian Islands
19thC
Hawaii
Hawaii
1
c. early centuries
Nilgiri Hills, South India
AD
India
c. early centuries
Nilgiri Hills, South India
AD
India
Asia
1882,1009.162
a pottery burial urn containing tiny frags of bone (human?) and other material
1
Asia
1887,0717.15b
reliquary contents (tiny fragments of bone and teeth)
1
1stC BC
Bhojpur stupa 9/India
India
Asia
1887,0717.2b
reliquary contents (tiny fragments of bone (possibly both human and animal)
1
c. 2ndC BC
Sanchi stupa 2/India
India
Asia
As1949,04.1
Trophy skull made of skull (human), horn, rattan, leaf, fibre.
1
1900-1926
(before 1926)
Collected by: Mills in Assam, Yungya
India
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As1972,Q.2292
Asia
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August 2010
Necklace made of human (?) bones.
1
c.1800 AD
Andaman Islands
India
As,And.14
Neck ornament made of bones (human), stone (coralline), shell (cockle).
1
c.1800 AD
Acq South Andaman, Andaman Islands, India
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As,And.15
Necklace made of bone (human), string.
1
c.1800 AD
Acq South Andaman, Andaman Islands, India
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As,And.16
Necklace made of bones (human), thread, bamboo, cord, pigment.
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Middle Andaman, Andaman Islands, India
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As,And.17
Necklace made of bones (human), stone (coralline).
1
c.1800 AD
Acq South Andaman, Andaman Islands, India
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As.2446
Necklace comprising two twisted fibre strings to which ten pieces of split human bone are
attached by string; piece of yellow fibre in front under each attachment; covered with red
ochre.
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Andaman Islands, India
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As.6714
Belt (?), necklace (?) made of bones (human), cord, twine, ochre.
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Andaman Islands, India
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As.6715
Necklace made of bones (human?), cord.
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Andaman Islands, India
India (Andaman
Islands)
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Andaman Islands
India (Andaman
Islands)
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Andaman Islands
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As1886,1129.121 Neck-ornament made of human jawbone, string (fibre).
Asia
As1886,1129.84.a
Memorial to deceased (carried by relatives) made of human skull (female ?), red ochre, shells,
cord.
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Asia
As1886,1129.84.b
Memorial to deceased (carried by relatives) made of human skull (female ?), red ochre, shells,
cord.
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Andaman Islands
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As1886,1129.85.a
Memorial to deceased (carried by relatives) made of human jaw, coralline (?), dentalium
shells (?), ochre, cord.
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Andaman Islands
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As1886,1129.85.b
Memorial to deceased (carried by relatives) made of human jawbone, coral (?), dentalium
shells (?), ochre, cord.
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Andaman Islands
India (Andaman
Islands)
Asia
As1887,1015.168 Human tooth, encrusted with shell-lime following betel chewing.
1
c.1800 AD
acq. Nicobar Islands
India (Nicobar
Islands)
Asia
As1913,-.264
Human tooth (with lime encrustation from betel chewing).
1
c.1800 AD
acq Nicobar Islands
India (Nicobar
Islands)
Asia
As,HOF.86.a
Charm 'against ill' made of vertebra (human).
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia, Coll by H O
Forbes
Indonesia
Asia
As,HOF.86.b
Charm 'against ill' made of vertebra (human).
1
c.1800 AD
Acq Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia, Coll by H O
Forbes
Indonesia
1
pre 1944
Acq: Irian Jaya
Indonesia
AOA
Oc1944,02.2072 Head trophy made of human head, human skin, rattan, fibre (vegetable), wood.
ME
1823,0614.1
Torpedo jar containing human bones
1
Sasanian
Bushire
Iran
ME
1875,0724.41
Cylindrical, rimless, rough pottery jar with narrow bottom end and solid base; reused as an
ossuary and filled with bones; incomplete.
1
Uncertain
Liyan
Iran
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1888,0714.1
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Bones from ossuary
1
August 2010
Parthian (250Samsabad
225 AD)
Iran
ME
1947,0501.11004 Bones (human), copper alloy fragments (c. 4 pieces).
1
Uncertain
Khurab
Iran
ME
1947,0501.11105 Human tooth.
1
Uncertain
Bishe-zard
Iran
Finger bone with copper staining
1
Uncertain
Hasanlu?
Iran
a skeletal human hand (possibly a child's)
1
post-7thC AD
Iran
Iran
Complete "torpedo jar"; light brownish fabric with paler exterior; flat-topped rim; wall built in
three sections,vessel contains human bones.
1
ME
1947,0501.575
ME
OA+ 10164
ME
91951
ME
1856,0903.1
Copper alloy vessel, with a short spout, containing human bones.
1
Uncertain
Ur
Iraq
ME
1856,0903.83
Shallow copper alloy platter containing fragments of bones.
1
Uncertain
Medina
Iraq
ME
1858,0101.1
Copper alloy bowl containing human finger bones.
1
Uncertain
Ur
Iraq
ME
1859,1014.275
Copper alloy finger ring on a finger bone, ring missing.
1
Uncertain
S. Iraq
Iraq
Partho-Sasanian
Susa or Uruk
(250-650 AD)
Iran or Iraq
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ME
1859,1014.277
Bronze and iron rings on a finger bone; metal corroded.
1
Uncertain
S. Iraq
Iraq
ME
1859,1014.311
Fragments of three copper alloy finger-rings and part of a finger bone.
1
Uncertain
S. Iraq
Iraq
ME
1859,1014.319
Finger bone with copper staining
1
Uncertain
S. Iraq
Iraq
ME
1859,1014.328
A number of broken beads, shell, glass, human tooth, iron rings, copper alloy objects etc.
1
Uncertain
S. Iraq
Iraq
ME
1919,1011.320A Skeleton of infant - possibly under 12 months
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)
Iraq
ME
1919,1011.5156
Finger bone with copper alloy and iron ring
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)?
Iraq
ME
1919,1011.5324
Skull fragments
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)?
Iraq
ME
1919,1011.5325
Skull fragments
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)?
Iraq
ME
1919,1011.5326
Skull fragments
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)?
Iraq
ME
1919,1011.5327
Skull fragments
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)?
Iraq
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ME
1919,1011.5328
Skull fragments
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)?
Iraq
ME
1919,1011.5329
Skull fragments
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)?
Iraq
ME
1919,1011.5330
Skull fragments
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)?
Iraq
ME
1919,1011.5377
23 skull fragments and 33 bones/bone fragments of human baby - female aged under 5
months
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)
Iraq
ME
1919,1111.1760
Skelton of am infant - possibly under 12 months
1
Isin-Larsa (2100Ur
1900 BC)
Iraq
ME
1928,1009.204
Box containing human finger bones and 2 silver rings.
1
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
ME
1928,1009.324
Round copper alloy bowl, containing decayed bones.
1
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
ME
1928,1009.326
Copper alloy cup or funnel shaped object, open at both ends, containing bones.
1
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
ME
1928,1010.156
Silver ring with human finger bone.
1
ME
1928,1010.274
Copper alloy ring on finger-bone.
1
?
Royal Cemetery, Ur
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
Iraq
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ME
1928,1010.290
Two silver finger-rings corroded together; plus human finger-bones.
1
Sargonid (2300Ur
2200 BC)
Iraq
ME
1928,1010.709
Section of human jaw bone
1
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
ME
1928,1010.97
Skull of a man, crushed flat, with a semicircular copper alloy helmet also crushed.
1
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
ME
1929,1017.106
Woman's head wearing jewellery, preserved as excavated; head of body 53 in the great death
pit; the jewellery includes a gold ribbon in the hair, a silver comb, a diadem of gold leaves, gold
ear-rings and a collar of triangular beads.
1
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
ME
1929,1017.493
Box containing pieces of human (?) teeth used as beads, together with many very small shell
beads.
1
?
Ur
Iraq
ME
1930,1213.308
Oval, pottery coffin with 2 dividing walls; containing fragments of infant's bones.
1
?
Ur
Iraq
ME
1930,1213.545
Box containing a large number of miscellaneous beads of various shapes and materials,
together with human teeth.
1
?
Ur
Iraq
ME
1934,0211.46
Infant skull preserved in paraffin wax with bead (amber?)
1
Ubaid (50004000 BC)
Arpachiyah
Iraq
ME
1934,0211.50
Human skull preserved in wax
1
Ubaid (50004000 BC)
Arpachiyah
Iraq
ME
1934,0211.51
Human skull preserved in wax
1
Ubaid (50004000 BC)
Arpachiyah
Iraq
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ME
1934,0211.52
Human skull preserved in wax.
1
Ubaid (50004000 BC)
Arpachiyah
Iraq
ME
1934,0211.53
Human skull preserved in wax.
1
Ubaid (50004000 BC)
Arpachiyah
Iraq
ME
1934,0211.54
Human skull preserved in wax.
1
Ubaid (50004000 BC)
Arpachiyah
Iraq
ME
1935,0116.15
Copper alloy helmet and human leg bones encased in paraffin wax.
1
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
ME
1935,0116.19
Bovid jaw and human foot wrapped in paraffin wax.
1
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
ME
1935,0116.20
Mass of crushed bone wrapped in paraffin wax.
1
Early Dynastic
III (c.2600-2400 Ur
BC)
Iraq
ME
1935,0116.21
Female skeleton - partial. Stained green.
1
Assyrian (800Ur
600BC)
Iraq
ME
1935,0116.22
Female skeleton - partial. Small amount green staining.
1
Assyrian (800Ur
600BC)
Iraq
ME
1935,0116.23
Cremated individual - young adult, small stature sex not determined. Among the bones was a
very worn metal coin and the broken corner of a fired brick with part of a cuneiform
inscription.
1
Kassite (1400
BC)
Ur
Iraq
ME
1935,0116.34
Copper alloy helmet and human skull bones encased in paraffin wax.
1
2600BC 2400BC
Ur
Iraq
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2600BC 2400BC
August 2010
ME
1935,0116.35
Copper alloy helmet and human skull bones encased in paraffin wax.
1
Ur
Iraq
ME
1988,0409.55
Human bone fragments found inside bowl.
1
Assyrian (800Tell Rimah
600 BC)
Iraq
ME
91448
Pottery bowl containing fragments of human bone
1
to be updated
Nineveh
Iraq
ME
unregistered
Fragments of skulls.
1
Assyrian (800Nimrud
600 BC)
Iraq
ME
unregistered
Nine teeth
1
Ur
Iraq
4500BC to 400 AD
ME
Loan.707
Human finger bone.
1
?
Tell Fara
Israel
ME
Loan.772
Fragments of amulets (?), a scaraboid and ring beads of glass and composition; a human tooth
and two fragments of silver pin.
1
?
Tell Fara
Israel
G&R
1817,0208.4
Marble chest containing the cremated bones of Tiberius Claudius Lupercus
1
Roman
Massimi Gardens
Italy
G&R
1840,0111.15
Pottery cinerary urn in the form of a rustic hut, containing cremated human bone
1
Latian/ProtoEtruscan
Alban Hills
Italy
G&R
1847,1127.2
Tufa cinerary urn containing human (?) ashes
1
Etruscan
Convent of Spirito Santo
Italy
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G&R
1856,1223.1-8
Eight glass olla's containing cremated human remains
8
Roman
Sardinia
Italy
G&R
1867,0508.843
Human remains found in Impasto pottery hut urn
1
Latian
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
G&R
1886,0309.1
Impasto cinerary urn containing calcined human bones
1
Golaseccan
Sesto Calende
Italy
G&R
1887,0402.2
Skeletal remains from the sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa
1
Etruscan
Poggio Cantarello
Italy
G&R
1926,0611.1
Phrenological Skull - human skull with drawn on lines etc
1
18thC
P&E
Unregistered
1
Uncertain
Cosa
Italy
Uncertain
unknown
Japan, Korea or
China?
Italy
Long bone and rib fragments from at least 5 different burials
Asia
As2004,Q.36
A collection of human (?) bones housed originally in a grate with Japanese newsprint.
1
ME
1954,0215.1
Jericho skull: plastered skull. In each case, a skull was taken as the base and the features of the
face were modelled on it in plaster. The eyes are made of bivalve shells.
1
ME
1958,0211.102
Skeleton of girl about 15. P19/A
1
Middle Bronze
Age II (2100- Jericho , [S] Tomb P19
1900 BC)
Jordan
ME
1958,0211.103
Skeleton of male about 26; right hand missing. P19/B
1
Middle Bronze
Age II (2100- Jericho , [S] Tomb P19
1900 BC)
Jordan
Pre-pottery
Neolithic B
Jericho
(7000-6000 BC)
Jordan
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1958,0211.104
Skeleton of boy about 11; right hand missing. P19/C
1
Middle Bronze
Age II (2100- Jericho , [S] Tomb P19
1900 BC)
Jordan
ME
1958,0211.105
Skeleton of girl about 11; right hand missing. P19/D
1
Middle Bronze
Age II (2100- Jericho , [S] Tomb P19
1900 BC)
Jordan
ME
1958,0211.106
Skeleton of woman about 28. P19/E
1
Middle Bronze
Age II (2100- Jericho , [S] Tomb P19
1900 BC)
Jordan
ME
1958,0211.107
Skeleton of male about 24; right hand missing. P19/F
1
Middle Bronze
Age II (2100- Jericho , [S] Tomb P19
1900 BC)
Jordan
ME
1958,0211.108
Skeleton of girl about 17. P19/G
1
Middle Bronze
Age II (2100- Jericho , [S] Tomb P19
1900 BC)
Jordan
ME
1958,0211.109
Bone human remains; collection of bones and fragments.
1
Middle Bronze
Age II (2100- Jericho , [S] Tomb P19
1900 BC)
Jordan
ME
1958,0211.112
Human tissue samples.
1
Middle Bronze
Age II (2100- Jericho , [S] Tomb P19
1900 BC)
Jordan
ME
Unregistered
Skeletons
3
Medieval (16th
Tell es-Sa‘idiyeh
century AD)
Jordan
ME
Unregistered
Skeletons
18
ME
Unregistered
Skeletons
60
Iron III
(BabylonianTell es-Sa‘idiyeh
Persian) period
(6th century BC)
Iron III
(BabylonianTell es-Sa‘idiyeh
Persian) period
(6th century BC)
Jordan
Jordan
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ME
Unregistered
Skeletons
62
Late Bronze Age
III (12th-11th Tell es-Sa‘idiyeh
century BC),
Jordan
ME
Unregistered
Skeletons
384
Late Bronze Age
III (12th-11th Tell es-Sa‘idiyeh
century BC),
Jordan
AOA
Oc.4792
Knife made of bone (human, tibia?), string (fibre?, grass?), teeth (shark), fibre (bark?).
1
Pre 1869
Acq: Kiribati, Coll by Haslar Hospital
Kiribati
AOA
Oc.4793
Necklace made of discs (shell), teeth (human incisor), string (coconut fibre).
1
Pre 1869
Acq: Kiribati, Coll by Haslar Hospital
Kiribati
AOA
Oc1921,0221.141 Human skull (child's).
1
pre 1921
Kiribati
Kiribati
AOA
Oc1921,0221.20 Fish-hook made of limestone, bone (human), fibre (coconut).
1
pre 1921
Banaba, Kiribati
Kiribati
AOA
Oc1921,0221.28 Tattooing tool made of wood, bone (human).
1
pre 1921
Kiribati
Kiribati
AOA
Oc1921,0221.29 Tattooing tool made of wood, bone (human).
1
pre 1921
Kiribati
Kiribati
AOA
Oc1921,0221.32 Spatula made of human (?) bone.
1
pre 1922
Kiribati
Kiribati
AOA
Oc1921,0221.5
1
pre 1921
Kiribati
Kiribati
Necklace made of teeth (human), beads (shell), sinnet.
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AOA
Oc1921,0221.6
Necklace made of teeth (human), beads (shell), beads (coconut).
AOA
Oc1922,1009.12 Dipper, scoop, made of skull (human), shell, string, bamboo, beads (shell).
1
1
pre 1921
1
1800-1900AD
1852,0329.103
Human bones; two phalanges.
1
P&E
1852,0329.104
Human bones; two phalanges.
P&E
1852,0329.109
P&E
Am1989,Q.1
P&E
Kiribati
early 1890s. Col.
Acq: Abemama, Kiribati, Coll by C R Swayne,
1893-1895
Shrunken human head (with two tassels pendant from mouth, and suspension band) made of
uncertain material, hair, cloth (cotton).
AOA
August 2010
Kiribati
Kiribati
Latin America
Latin America
FinnoUgrian;Balt
Latvia
Latvia
1
FinnoUgrian;Balt
Latvia
Latvia
Human bones; radius and ulna.
1
FinnoUgrian;Balt
Latvia
Latvia
1852,0329.12
Human bones; four phalanges.
1
FinnoUgrian;Balt
Aizkraukle
Latvia
P&E
1852-0329.110
Human bones; radius and ulna.
1
FinnoUgrian;Balt
Latvia
Latvia
P&E
OA.4330
Human Bone - frg of pelvis
1
12C
Uncertain
Latvia
P&E
OA.6715
Human Bone - Skull
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Latvia
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AOA
Af1970,21.2
Horned mask made of wood, fibre, teeth (human).
1
Liberia
AOA
Oc,LMS.196
Belt made of bones (bird?, human?), cord (sinnet).
1
AOA
Oc.1969
Fan made of wood, bone (human?), grass (?).
1
Pre 1866
Acq: Marquesas Island, French Polynesia, Coll by
Wareham
Marquesas Island
AOA
Oc.1986.a
Carrying sling made of cords (coconut fibre), human bone (?), seeds (?).
1
Uncertain
Acq: Marquesas Island, French Polynesia
Marquesas Island
AOA
Oc.6336
Cylinder of carved human bone.
1
Uncertain
Marquesas Island, French Polynesia
Marquesas Island
AOA
Oc.6337
Cylinder of carved human bone.
1
Uncertain
Marquesas Island, French Polynesia
Marquesas Island
AOA
Oc1977,Q.9
Sling made of coconut fibre, human hair, human bone (?) and seed.
1
Uncertain
Marquesas Island, French Polynesia
Marquesas Island
AOA
Oc1980,Q.1041
Sling made of coconut fibre, human hair, human bone (?), ivory (?) and seed.
1
Uncertain
Marquesas Island, French Polynesia
Marquesas Island
AOA
Oc1980,Q.1046
Neck ornament. Plaited fibre and twisted fibre tiestrings threaded at the end with teeth - on
one side, two small whale (?) teeth and one human tooth, on the other, three whale teeth (?)
and two human.
1
Uncertain
Marquesas Island
AOA
Oc1980,Q.1056
Cylinder of carved human bone.
1
Marquesas Island, French Polynesia
Marquesas Island
19thC, pre 1890 Acq: Marquesas Island, French Polynesia
Uncertain
Liberia
Marquesas Island
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AOA
Am1938,1021.357
fragments of cranium
a
1
1000AD or older Uncertain
Meso-America
AOA
Am1938,1021.357
tooth
b
1
1000AD or older Uncertain
Meso-America
AOA
Am1938,1021.431 Necklace (with bells) made of teeth (human), copper.
1
1000AD or older Meso-America
Meso-America
AOA
Am 1980,Q.226513 fragments of mandible
2278
13
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
AOA
Am 1980,Q.228077 specimens of human bones
2357
77
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
1
1000-1800AD
AOA
Am, St.401
Mosaic covered human skull otherwise known as the mask of Tezcatlipoca. Made of skull
(human), turqoise, gum, obsidian, shell, pyrites, leather. COMPASS object number: OBJ2669
Mexico, North America, Coll by B Hertz. Lot 1836,
Mexico
Catalogue of B.Hertz Collection.
AOA
Am1844,0720.123
Shoulder bone
3
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Uncertain
1000-1800AD
Mexico
AOA
Am1844,0720.123
leg(?) bone
4
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Uncertain
1000-1800AD
Mexico
AOA
Am1844,0720.123
leg(?) bone
5
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Uncertain
1000-1800AD
Mexico
AOA
Am1844,0720.123
arm bone
7
1
Could be 1000+
years or between
1000-1800AD
Mexico
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AOA
Am1897,0824.1
Human skull.
1
AOA
Am1897,0824.2
Human skull (with hair).
1
AOA
Am1897,0824.3
Human skull.
AOA
Am1897,0824.8
AOA
AOA
AOA
August 2010
Between 1000Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
1800AD.
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
Mexico
1
Between 1000Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
1800AD.
Mexico
Human remains comprising hair with part of skull.
1
Between 1000Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
1800AD.
Mexico
Am1914,0514.5
Calendar made of bone (human).
1
Between 1000Mexico
1800AD.
Mexico
Am1914,0514.6
Calendar made of bone (human).
1
Between 1000Mexico
1800AD.
Mexico
Am1922,1102.64aCranium of human skull in 4 pieces
d
1
Uncertain
Mexico
Could be 1000+
years or between
1000-1800AD
Mexico
AOA
Am1980,Q.2234
Human skull (child's).
1
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
AOA
Am1980,Q.2235
Human skull.
1
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
AOA
Am1980,Q.2236
Human skull.
1
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
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AOA
Am1980,Q.2237
Human skull.
1
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
AOA
Am1980,Q.2238
Deformed human skull.
1
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
AOA
Am1980,Q.2240
Sample of powdered human and rodent bones.
1
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
AOA
Am1980,Q.2241
Sample of powdered human and rodent bones.
1
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
AOA
Am1980,Q.2243
Burnt human bone.
1
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
AOA
Am1980,Q.224420 sets of skull fragments
2264
20
Between 1000- Acquired in 1897 but from Casas Grandes
1800AD
Archaeological period therefore pre-hispanic
Mexico
AOA
Oc,+.1998
Preserved human head.
1
c 19thC
Previously in the collection of Sheffield Museum.
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,LMS.145
Flute made of bone (human?).
1
c 19thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.156
Tiki, neck ornament made of the top of a human skull carved as a figure. the eyes are inlaid
with haliotis shell. Loop of flax cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.157
Tiki, neck ornament made of human skull.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
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AOA
Oc,NZ.162
Ear ornament made of nephrite, teeth (human), cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.188
Fish-hook made of bone (human), fibre (vegetable), cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.189
Fish-hook made of bone (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.190
Fish-hook made of bone (human), cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.191
Fish-hook made of bone (human), cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.192
Fish-hook made of bone (human), cord (vegetable fibre).
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.193
Fish-hook made of bone (human).
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.195
Fish-hook made of bone (human), cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.196
Fish-hook made of bone (human), cord.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
AOA
Oc,NZ.69
Preserved human head.
1
Pre 20thC
Acq: New Zealand, pre 1896. Illustrated in
Robley, Moko , 1896.
New Zealand
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Oc,NZ.70
Preserved human head.
1
Pre 20thC
AOA
Oc,NZ.71
Preserved human head made of bone (human), skin (human), hair, teeth.
1
18thc
AOA
Oc.1716
Flute made of human bone
1
unknown
AOA
Oc.2057a
Fish-hook made of bone, with notched barb of shell or human bone.
1
AOA
Oc1850,0206.1
Flute made of bone (human?).
AOA
Oc1896,-.930
AOA
August 2010
Acq: New Zealand, pre 1896.
New Zealand
Acq: New Zealand, pre 1896. Illustrated in
Robley, Moko , 1896.
New Zealand
Acq: 1860-1869
New Zealand
18thC
Acq: New Zealand
New Zealand
1
c1830s
Acq: Sth Island, Coll by Lt-Gen Augustus W H
Meyrick(?)
New Zealand
Flute made of bone (human).
1
c.1830s
Acq: Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand,
Coll by Miss Sadler/Comdr F W R Sadler/King
Tetoro
New Zealand
Oc1913,0519.1
Preserved human head.
1
c19thC-early
20th
AOA
Oc1921,1014.1
Preserved human head.
1
Probably early
Acq: New Zealand
20thC
New Zealand
AOA
Oc1922,0607.1
Tiki made of bone (human?), shell (haliotis).
1
Probably early
Acq: New Zealand
20thC
New Zealand
AOA
Oc1925,-.46
Preserved human head (tattooed).
1
Probably early
Acq: New Zealand
20thC
New Zealand
Collected by: Dr Rickward, Collected by: Lord
Erskine, New Zealand
New Zealand
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AOA
Oc1944,02.207
Fish-hook point made of bone (human).
1
AOA
Oc1981,Q.1359
Necklace made of teeth (human), cord (vegetable fibre).
1
AOA
Af 1906,1017.23 Skull of a tribesman'
1
AOA
Af 1932,0516.1
Mba Tsav skull preserved after burial, decorated with cloth, beads
1
AOA
Af 1932,0516.2
Mba tsav skull preserved after burial, decorated with clay, wool, seeds iron
1
AOA
Af 1932,0516.3
Mba Tsav skull preserved after burial, decorated with clay, wool, beads
AOA
Af1904,1128.5.a-c Necklace made of bone (human, finger).
c19thC
August 2010
Acq: New Zealand, Coll by York Museum
Original loaned
Acq: New Zealand
to BM 1980
Uncertain
New Zealand
New Zealand
Bauchi State, Nigeria
Nigeria
Tiv (Wukari, Benue)
Nigeria
Uncertain
Tiv (Wukari, Benue)
Nigeria
1
Uncertain
Tiv (Wukari, Benue)
Nigeria
1
Uncertain
Northern Nigeria
Nigeria
AOA
Af1905,0413.1
Juju horn (side-blown) made of ivory, bone (human, cranial), bone (human, facial), leaf.
1
Uncertain
Nigeria, Allabia
Nigeria
AOA
Af1905,0413.70
Skull part used in Juju house. Register: 'Human cranium, both zygomata missing, foramen
magnum broken.'
1
Uncertain
Nigeria
Nigeria
AOA
Af1905,0413.71
Skull part used in Juju house. Register: 'Human cranium, fairly perfect.'
1
Uncertain
Nigeria
Nigeria
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AOA
Af1905,0413.72
Skull part used in Juju house. Register: 'Human cranium, perfect'.
1
Uncertain
AOA
Af1914,0616.28
Masquerade costume made of cloth (cotton), grass, bronze, skull (human), plaster (?), nuts,
basketry, fibre (grass).
1
AOA
Af1915,1014.1
Masquerade costume made of string (vegetable fibre), cloth (bark fibre), skull (human), brass,
cloth.
AOA
Af1919,0408.1
AOA
August 2010
Nigeria
Nigeria
early 20thC
Nigeria, Cross River, Eket
Nigeria
1
early 20thC
Nigeria (South)
Nigeria
Masquerade costume made of string, fibre (grass), skull (human), plaster, eggshell.
1
early 20thC
Nigeria, Cross River, Ikom
Nigeria
Af1925,0106.1
Human face-shaped mask made of wood, covered with skin (human ?), with two spiralled
animal horns and with wood pegs representing hair. Painted eyebrows. Wicker base.
1
early 20thC
Nigeria, Cross River, Ikot Ekpene
Nigeria
AOA
Af1927,1108.1
Ritual figure made of skull (human; with hair), iron, clay (?), resin (?), seeds, cloth, felt; on
incised bone stand ("whistle", [or imborivungu ?]) ending in resin or clay-covered base with
red seeds inset.
1
early 20thC
Nigeria
Nigeria
AOA
Af1938,1019.1
Trophy skull -painted, partly filled with grass, leaves
1
c.early 20thC
Angas
Nigeria
AOA
Af1939,07.22-23
Two composite strings of charms? Each consisting of four flat pieces of bone, separated by
rows of mammal vertebrae, and with a number of pieces of nut at each end.
1
Uncertain
Northern Nigeria
Nigeria
AOA
Af1950,45.752.a-b
Two parts of human mandible. Register: 'Broken, larger part containing three left molars and
first right premolars.'
1
Uncertain
Nigeria
Nigeria
AOA
Af1954,23.1244.bGroup of two human leg-bones (attached to drum)
c
1
Uncertain
Collected by Glendining & Co., Nigeria
Nigeria
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AOA
Af1957,23.1
Mask made of gourd, leaf (palm), cloth, grass, skulls (monkey, human).
1
early-mid 20thC Nigeria, Niger Delta
Nigeria
AOA
Am S1073b
Sample of ashes from mound altars.
1
200 BC-AD 600 Mounds, Ohio
North America
AOA
Am S1285
Group of human bones and animal bones.
1
200 BC-AD 600 Mounds, Ohio
North America
AOA
Am S1286
Group of human bones and animal bones
1
200 BC-AD 600 Mounds, Ohio
North America
AOA
Am S1287
Group of human bones and animal bones
1
200 BC-AD 600 Mounds, Ohio
North America
AOA
Am S1288
Group of human bones and animal bones
1
200 BC-AD 600 Mounds, Ohio
North America
AOA
Am S1289
Group of human bones and animal bones
1
200 BC-AD 600 Mounds, Ohio
North America
AOA
Am S633
Calcined bones made of bone (possibly human and animal)
1
200 BC-AD 600 Mounds, Ohio
North America
Twelve small bone fragments.
1
Ohio, North America, Coll by E H Davis/E G
2ndC BC-5thC Squier. Ohio mounds collection excavated by
(approx)
Squier and Davis in 1840s, then sold by Davis (to
whom it belonged) in 1864 for $10,000 to
North America
Painted deer skin face, with a scalp (?) attached.
1
AOA
Am,S.1294.x
AOA
Am+3587
19th C?
North America
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Fragment of a man's skin, attached to a copper spring and bracelet.
1
19th century(?) Qu'apelle Valley, Northern Plains
North America
Am1903. 24
Human skull, modified with red pigment. May have been a trophy head taken by the
Blood/Kainai/Blackfoot.
1
19th century (?) Southern Alberta
North America
AOA
Am1903. 25
Human skull, modified with red pigment. May have been a trophy head taken by the
Blood/Kainai/Blackfoot.
1
19th century(?) Southern Alberta
North America
AOA
Am1905.91
Group of charred bones (animal and possibly human)
1
19th century
AOA
Am1911. 121a-c
Human tooth made of tooth (human).
1
AOA
Am1911.121d-e
tooth (human).
1
AOA
Am1944,02.199
Artificially deformed skull made of skull (human).
1
19th century(?) Columbia River, Chinook people(?)
North America
AOA
Am1954,05.925
Horse whip or quirt, the shaft of bone [human femur], and whip of skin.
1
19th century (?) Fort Pierre
North America
AOA
Am1978. Q39
Human scalp mounted on wood ring, bound with quillwork, and with quill decoration; painted
red underneath.
1
AOA
Am1982,4.6
Human hand with metal bangles around the wrist.
1
Quenelle, Fraser River, BC
North America
Uncertain
Grand Canyon, Arizona.
North America
Uncertain
Grand Canyon, Arizona.
North America
18th century
Probably Sloane collection.
19th century (?) Bates Hole, Wyoming (?)
North America
North America
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AOA
Am1983,Q.194
Part of a human scalp
1
1876
AOA
Am1986. Q13
Human scalp, painted red inside.
1
AOA
Am1986. Q14
Human scalp, hair partly plaited.
AOA
Am1989,15.63
AOA
August 2010
Wyoming or Montana
North America
c. 1700-1880
None
North America
1
c. 1700-1880
None
North America
Group of several dozen human teeth ("worn and diseased").
1
Uncertain
Saint Nicilas Island, California
North America
Am1919,1216.1
Human cranium, accompanied by grave goods.
1
19th century
Haida Gwaii, Haida people.
North America Alaska 'Queen
Charlotte Islands'
P&E
1842,1210.128
Human bone, skull fragments
1
P&E
1891,1021.48
Human bone.
1
Uncertain
Tolstad
Norway
P&E
1891,1021.51
Cremated human, bird and animal bones
1
Germanic
Tolstad
Norway
6
Germanic
Storem
Norway
P&E
1891,1021.52-53,
Human cremated bones and associated objects
57, 59, 64 & 85
Later Prehistoric Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
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P&E
1894,1105.49.a
ME
1963,1017.4
AOA
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Human bone
1
Viking
Lilleberre (archaic)
Norway
Human cremated bone and associated objects
1
Viking
Villa Farm
Norway
Pottery jar, bronze pin, beads, 5 bags human bone (skull fragments and femur fragments, 1
bag mixed human and animal bone (goat, donkey)
1
Uncertain
Oman
Oman
Oc,+.1671
Mask made of human skull, gum, fibre, wood
1
Pre 1883
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,+.2166
Spear made of wood, bone (human), shells (cowrie), leaf.
1
Pre 1882
Acq: New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Coll by
Edward Gerrard & Sons
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,+.2167
Spear made of wood (palm), fibre (vegetable), ochre, bone (human), shells (cowrie).
1
Pre 1882
Acq: New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Coll by
Edward Gerrard & Sons
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,+.296
Charm made of bone (humerus, human), gum, beads (shell), feathers (eagle).
1
pre 1877
Acq: Admiralty Islands, Bismark Archipelago,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,+.5641
Human skull (upper part), oblong design scratched on forehead; with rattan loop.
1
pre 1891
Collected by: Government of Victoria, PNG
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,+.6941
Trophy skull made of skull (human), rush, cord (rush).
1
pre 1893
Acq: PNG (West) ;previously in collection of:
Stevens Auction Rooms
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,+.6942
Trophy skull made of skull (human).
1
pre 1893
Acq: PNG (West) ;previously in collection of:
Stevens Auction Rooms
Papua New
Guinea
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AOA
Oc,+.706
Charm, neck ornament made of bone (humerus, human), feathers (eagle), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1877
Acq: Admiralty Islands, Bismark Archipelago,
Papua New Guinea, Coll by HMS Challenger
Expedition
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,+.760
Charm made of bone (humerus, human), rattan, cord, shell, beads (seed).
1
Pre 1877
Acq: Admiralty Islands, Bismark Archipelago,
Papua New Guinea, Coll by HMS Challenger
Expedition
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,M.297
False teeth (set of) made of teeth (human), resin.
1
Pre 1918
Acq: Trobriand Islands, Massim, Milne Bay, Papua Papua New
New Guinea, Coll by Dr Bronislaw Malinowski
Guinea
AOA
Oc,M.298
Ornament (?) made of human mandible, spondylus shells, vegetable fibre, resin.
1
Uncertain
Acq: Trobriand Islands, Massim, Milne Bay, Papua Papua New
New Guinea, Coll by Dr Bronislaw Malinowski
Guinea
AOA
Oc,M.317
Necklace made of shell, banana seeds, cowrie shell, glass beads, human tooth.
1
Uncertain
Acq: Trobriand Islands, Massim, Milne Bay, Papua Papua New
New Guinea, Coll by Dr Bronislaw Malinowski
Guinea
AOA
Oc,M.499
Human jawbone (with vegetable fibre twine), used as mourning ornament.
1
pre 1918
Collected by: Dr Bronislaw Malinowski, Papua
New Guinea, Milne Bay, Massim, Trobriand
Islands
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,M.500
Human jawbone, used as mourning ornament.
1
pre 1918
Collected by: Dr Bronislaw Malinowski, Papua
New Guinea, Milne Bay, Massim, Trobriand
Islands
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc,M.501
Varnished human jawbone (with vegetable fibre twine), used as mourning ornament.
1
pre 1918
Collected by: Dr Bronislaw Malinowski, Papua
New Guinea, Milne Bay, Massim, Trobriand
Islands
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc.5395
Armlet made of jaw (human), clavicle (human), twine, seeds.
1
c1846-1850
AOA
Oc.9808
Armlet, bracelet made of jaw (human), seeds, rattan, shell (cowrie).
1
Pre 1876
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Coll by HMS
Rattlesnake, Registration information: 'Presented Papua New
by Prof. T. Huxley F.R.S. Apr. 29. 1869. Obtained Guinea
by him during the surveying voy. of H.M.S.
Acq: Huon Gulf?, Morobe, Papua New Guinea,
Coll by Dr Peter Comrie
Papua New
Guinea
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Necklace, ornament made of teeth (human), beads (shell), fibre (vegetable).
August 2010
1
Pre 1876
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Coll by Dr Peter Comrie
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1851,0103.118 Bracelet made of jawbone (human), seeds, string.
1
c.1840s
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1851,0103.119.
Bracelet (one of a pair) made of jawbone (human), bones (clavicle), string.
a
1
c.1840s
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1851,0103.119.
Bracelet (one of a pair) made of jawbone (human), bones (clavicle), string.
b
1
c.1840s
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1851,0103.126 Neck ornament made of leaves (pandanus), bark, vertebrae (human).
1
c.1840s
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1884,0728.30
Mask made of human skull, gum, hair.
1
Pre 1883
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1887,0207.176
Breast ornament made of tusks (boar), wood, fur (opossum?), tooth (human), barkcloth,
string, feathers.
1
AOA
Oc1889,0618.14 Mask made of human skull, gum, human hair, bark, wood
early-mid 1880s Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
1
Pre 1889
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1895,-.1030
Spatula, dagger (?) made of bone (thigh), cane.
1
Pre 1895
Acq:Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1895,-.1031
Spatula made of bone (thigh).
1
Pre 1895
Acq: Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
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AOA
Oc1895,-.1032
Spatula made of bone (thigh).
1
Pre 1895
Acq: Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1897,-.611.a
Lime spatula, lime spoon made of bone (human).
1
Pre 1897
Acq: Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1902,-.188
Human skull (smoked), jaws fastened with rattan; with string attached.
1
pre 1902
acq: PNG
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1906,1013.1536 Charm, string of (sorcerer's), made of bone (human jaw), coconut, hair, bones.
1
pre 1904
Collected by Cooke-Daniels Expedition, Papua
New Guinea, Gulf, Goaribari Island
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1906,1013.1607 Human skull, with rattan loop.
1
pre 1904
Collected by Cooke-Daniels Expedition, Papua
New Guinea, Gulf, Goaribari Island
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1906,1013.263
1
pre 1904
Collected by Cooke-Daniels Expedition, Papua
New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1906,1013.578 Decorated skull with wood, feathers, seeds (coix), gum (?), leaf (?).
1
pre 1904
Collected by Cooke-Daniels Expedition, Papua
New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1906,1013.93 Human skull, with rattan loop.
1
pre 1904
Collected by Cooke-Daniels Expedition, Papua
New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
1
pre 1904
Collected by Cooke-Daniels Expedition, Papua
New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
1
Pre 1910
Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, Papua New
Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
AOA
Sorcerer's charm made of human skull, mounted in cane frame, decorated with feathers,
wood, tusks (boar).
Oc1906,1013.955.
Skull (found in basket no.955.a) with clay (?), stone (?); with cane suspension loop.
b
Oc1910,-.176
Mask made of human skull, composition, net, hair.
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AOA
Oc1915,1008.141 Skull trophy with cane, string, fibre (vegetable).
1
pre 1915
Acq: PNG (West)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1915,1008.142 Skull trophy with wood, fibre (leaf), rattan (?).
1
pre 1915
Acq: PNG
Papua New
Guinea
1
pre 1904
Acq: Papua New Guinea (south)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,-.301
Human skull (upper part), with cane loop.
AOA
Oc1919,0718.17 Prepared skull (modelled features) with clay, hair (human), shells (cowrie), rattan.
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River (Middle)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,0718.18 Prepared skull (modelled features) with clay, hair (human), shells (cowrie), grass.
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River (Middle)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,0718.19 Prepared skull (modelled features) with clay, hair (human), shells.
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River (Middle)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,0718.20 Prepared skull (modelled features) with clay, hair (human), shells (cowrie), grass.
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River (Middle)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,0718.21 Prepared skull (modelled features) with clay, hair (human), shells (cowrie).
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River (Middle)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,0718.22 Prepared skull (modelled features) with clay, hair (human), wood
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River (Middle)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,0718.23Prepared skull (modelled features) with clay, hair (human), shells (cowrie), seeds.
24
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River (Middle)
Papua New
Guinea
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AOA
Oc1919,0718.25 Prepared skull (modelled features) with clay, hair (human), shells (cowrie).
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River (Middle)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,0718.26 Prepared skull (modelled features) clay, hair (human), beads (glass).
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Augusta River or Sepik
River
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,0718.27 Prepared skull (modelled features) with clay, shell (cowrie).
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Augusta River or Sepik
River
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,0718.46 Armlet made of vertebrae (human), cane.
1
pre 1919
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Augusta River or Sepik
River
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1919,1224.1
Prepared skull (with modelled features) with shells (cowrie), hair, clay, seeds (coix), fibre
(vegetable).
1
pre 1916
Collected by: Cdr J Jackson, Papua New Guinea,
Augsta River
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1924,0611.1
Prepared head (with modelled features) with clay, shell, hair.
1
pre 1924
Acq: Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Malu (near); Papua New
or Korigo
Guinea
AOA
Oc1925,0309.16 Necklace made of beads (bone, human?).
1
Pre 1925
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1925,0309.17 Necklace made of beads (bone, human?).
1
Pre 1925
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1925,0309.18 Necklace made of beads (bone, human?).
1
Pre 1925
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1925,0309.19 Necklace made of beads (bone, human?).
1
Pre 1925
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
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AOA
Oc1925,0309.20 Necklace made of human bone (?) and rattan
1
Pre 1926
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1925,0309.21 Shield made of skull (human), tusks (pig), wicker, clay, shells (cowrie).
1
Pre 1925
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1925.0309.1
Mask made of clay, human skull, bone, tusks cassowary feathers, pearl shell
1
Pre 1925
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1925.0309.2
Mask made of clay, human skull, bone, tusks cassowary feathers, pearl shell
1
Pre 1925
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1927,0407.1
Human head ("probably trophy"), stuffed and painted; lower mandible hanging at neck; grass
bunches suspended either side.
1
pre 1927
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Murray Lake (district);
or Fly River
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1928,0514.1
Human skull (with three pendant ovulum ovum shells when acquired; shells no longer
present).
1
pre 1928
Collected by: Maj Bartlett, PNG
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1934,1203.1
Preserved human trophy head (stuffed), with grass tassel ear-rings.
1
1931
3
pre 1931
Acq: Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, Temotu
Papua New
Guinea
1
pre 1944
Acq: Solomon Islands
Papua New
Guinea
1
pre 1940
Acq; Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago,
New Ireland (I)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1944,02.1251.a- Three skulls, coloured orange-yellow with two black longitudinal stripes, resting on bed of
c
vegetable fibre and barkcloth.
AOA
Oc1944,02.1796 Human skull, in container made of wood, coconut fibre, vegetable fibre.
AOA
Oc1944,02.1806
Decorated skull (with modelled features) with gum (?), shells (cone), opercula (?), shell (?),
fibre (vegetable).
Acq; Western Province (Papua New Guinea), Suki Papua New
Creek or Fly Creek
Guinea
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1
Pre 1881
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
Oc1944,02.1858 Charm made of jaw (human), wood, string (vegetable fibre).
1
late 19thC
Acq: Admiralty Islands, Bismark Archipelago,
Papua New Guinea, Register information:
'J.Weisser 1883'
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1944,02.1879 Charm made of jaw (human), mandible (human), wood, string, hair (human), vertebrae.
1
late 19thC
Acq: Hermit Islands, Bismark Archipelago, Papua
Papua New
New Guinea, Register information: 'J.Weisser
Guinea
1883'
AOA
Oc1944,02.1898 Dagger made of human bone, wood, feathers, creeper, seeds, shells and string.
1
uncertain
Trobriand Islands
Papua New
Guinea
1
pre 1940
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Purari River (Delta)
Papua New
Guinea
1
pre 1904
Collected: Cooke-Daniels Expedition, Papua New Papua New
Guinea, Purari River (Delta)
Guinea
1
pre 1940
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Purari River (Delta)
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1944,02.1813
AOA
AOA
Mask made of the front and jaws of a human skull, features modelled in clay and painted red,
white, black.
August 2010
Oc1944,02.1937.a Decorated skull with seeds (coix), gum, seed cases.
AOA
Oc1944,02.1938 Skull (with modelled features) with gum, wood, shells, seeds (coix).
AOA
Oc1944,02.1939
AOA
Oc1944,02.1949 Decorated skull with seeds (coix), gum, wood, fibre (vegetable), cane.
1
pre 1940
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Gulf, Giwari-Tore
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1944,02.1989 Prepared skull (with modelled features) with shells (cowrie), rattan.
1
pre 1932
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1944,02.1990 Prepared skull (with modelled features)with shells (cone), string (human hair), rattan.
1
pre 1930
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Sepik River
Papua New
Guinea
Skull (with modelled features) with shell (cowrie), wood, feathers, shells (nassa), fibre
(vegetable).
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Oc1944,02.2029 Dagger made of bone (human), gum, shell (?), cord.
1
possibly early
20thC
AOA
Oc1951,07.110
Skull (incised decoration on forehead) with string, rattan, seeds.
1
AOA
Oc1951,07.111
skull with string, grass.
AOA
Oc1951,07.180
AOA
August 2010
Acq: Aitape (coast), Sandaun, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
pre 1900
Collected by: J H Holmes, PNG, Gulf
Papua New
Guinea
1
pre 1900
Collected by: J H Holmes, PNG, Gulf
Papua New
Guinea
Dagger made of bone (femur, human), teeth, gum.
1
pre 1900
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Coll by J H Holmes
Papua New
Guinea
Oc1951,07.181
Dagger made of bone (femur, human), teeth, gum, rattan.
1
pre 1900
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Coll by J H Holmes
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1951,07.182
Dagger made of bone (human), cane, teeth, gum.
1
pre 1900
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Coll by J H Holmes
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1954,06.93
Skull trophy, rattan. Crocodile/lizard incised on top
1
pre 1954
Acq. PNG, Gulf
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1954,06.94.a
Skull trophy with rattan. Incised zigzag on forehead.
1
pre 1954
Acq. PNG, Gulf
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1954,06.94.b
trophy: top part of human skull
1
pre 1954
Acq. PNG, Gulf
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1955,04.1
Mask made of skull, jaw, gum(?), wood, fibre, opercula shell
1
Pre 1955
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
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AOA
Oc1964,03.396
Charm made of bone (human skull fragment).
1
c. early 1960s
Acq: Namindumavip, Telefomin, Sandaun, PNG
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1964,03.397
Charm made of bone (human skull fragment).
1
c. early 1960s
Broselavip, Telefomin, Sandaun, PNG
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1971,03.3
Harpoon made of wood, bone (human?), rattan, cord (vegetable fibre).
1
Pre 1971
Acq: Aorket (?), Asmat, Irian Jaya, PNG
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1978,Loan01.1 Skull rack made of wood, with two attached human skulls and two hornbill skulls.
2
Made in Papua New Guinea, Gulf, Goaribari
20thC? Pre 1978 Island. Previously in coll. Of Papua New Guinea
Government.
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1978,Q.482
Armlet made of jawbone (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
late 19thC
Acq: Joannet Island, Louisiade Archipelago,
Massim, Milne Bay, PNG, Coll by H O Forbes
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1980,Q.112
Ornament, rattle made of shell, jawbone (human ?), string, seeds, seedcases, fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1881
Acq: Papua New Guinea, Coll by Rev S
Macfarlane/Gerrard
Papua New
Guinea
AOA
Oc1980,Q.225
Armlet made of jawbone (human), mandible (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
AOA
Am,+.7486
Tuft of human hair with piece of scalp attached.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru, Coll by E H Giglioli
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1906,1029.1
Mummy of baby with cloth
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Uncertain
1000-1800AD
Peru
Am1909,1207.259
Female human mummy with feather headdress
a
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Uncertain
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
19thC or 20thC Acq: Massim, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Papua New
Guinea
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AOA
Am1909,1207.259
Human baby mummy
b
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Uncertain
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1909,1207.260 Human child mummy
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Uncertain
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1910,1010.1a Human mummy
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Uncertain
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1910,1010.2a Human mummy
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Uncertain
1000-1800AD
Peru
1
1800-1900AD
(younger than Uncertain
200 yrs).
Peru
AOA
AOA
AOA
AOA
AOA
AOA
Am1921,1025.87aGroup of 5 human teeth
e
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Acquired in 1944
1000-1800AD
Peru
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Acquired in 1944
1000-1800AD
Peru
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Donated By Mrs P Wolterton
1000-1800AD
Peru
upper jaw bone
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Donated By Mrs P Wolterton
1000-1800AD
Peru
Am1976,08.3a-au 47 human teeth
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Donated By Mrs P Wolterton
1000-1800AD
Peru
Am1944,02.389
Trepanned human skull
Am1944,02.390a-b Artificially deformed human skull and a mandible
Am1976,08.1a-b Artificially deformed human skull and a human jaw bone
Am1976,08.2
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AOA
Am1980,Q.4577
Human (?) hand from mummy, wrapped in cotton cloth, with twine binding.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru, South America
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1986,Q.581
Human mummy, with cloth, cord.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Ancon, Lima, Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1986,Q.582
Human mummy (adult), with cloth, cord.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Ancon, Lima, Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1986,Q.583
Human mummy (child), with cloth.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru (?)
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1986,Q.584
Human mummy (child), with cloth, twine.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Ancon, Lima, Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1997,Q.1048 Mummy hand; shrivelled and loosely clenched
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1997,Q.1049 Mummy hand and forearm; blackened.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1997,Q.1057 Mummy in bundle; wrapped in woven textiles.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1997,Q.1067 Mummy; wrapped in textile bundle.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1997,Q.1069
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
Mummy; wrapped in textile bundle with some loose bones; with additional grave offerings
including woven bag.
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AOA
Am1997,Q.1074 Mummy; in bundle, wrapped in textiles.
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1997,Q.1083 Child mummy, in bundle
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Am1997,Q.1085 Mummy; in bundle wrapped in woven textile, with separate leg bone (unwrapped)
1
Could be 1000+
years or between Peru
1000-1800AD
Peru
AOA
Af1951,12.178.b Rib-bone, part of charm. Rib-bone tied to rest of charm with string.
1
Uncertain
Republic of Benin, Baname
Republic of
Benin, Baname
AOA
Af1954,23.394.i
Tooth – part of divination equipment?
1
Uncertain
Republic of Benin, Nigeria
Republic of
Benin, Nigeria
AOA
Af1954,23.396
Necklace (?) made of teeth (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Uncertain
Collected by Foster, Nigeria, Delta, Benin
(Nigeria)
Republic of
Benin, Nigeria
AOA
Af1954,23.397
Necklace (?) made of teeth (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Uncertain
Collected by Foster, Nigeria, Delta, Benin
(Nigeria)
Republic of
Benin, Nigeria
AOA
Af1954,23.398
Necklace (?) made of teeth (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Uncertain
Collected by Foster, Nigeria, Delta, Benin
(Nigeria)
Republic of
Benin, Nigeria
1
Uncertain
Republic of Benin, Nigeria
Republic of
Benin, Nigeria
1
Finno-Ugrian
Krasnoslobodsk;Efaevo
Russia
AOA
P&E
Af1954,23.780.m Molar - originally contained in mask 780.a
1905,0524.1-6
Human hair as part of other object
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AOA
Oc.7963.b
Fifteen tattooing implements (7 complete, 8 incomplete) made of reed, human bone (?), coir,
tortoise-shell.
15
AOA
Oc,+.4921.a-m
Group of thirteen arrows comprising reed shafts, with carved wood heads tipped with human
bone and coloured red, black and white.
1
Late 19thC, pre
Acq: Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
1890
Solomon Islands
AOA
Oc,+.4922
Group of eighteen arrows comprising reed shafts, with wood heads tipped with human bone
and coloured red, black and white.
1
Late 19thC, pre
Acq: Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
1890
Solomon Islands
AOA
Oc,+.4923
Group of seven arrows made of reed, wood, with human bone points.
1
Late 19thC, pre
Acq: Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
1890
Solomon Islands
AOA
Oc,+.4924
Group of fourteen arrows made of cane, wood, with human bone points.
1
Late 19thC, pre
Acq: Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
1890
Solomon Islands
AOA
Oc,+.4925.a-m
Arrow made of cane, wood, bone (human), pigment.
1
Late 19thC, pre
Acq: Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
1890
Solomon Islands
AOA
Oc.6574
Spear made of wood, bone (human?), gum (buri nut).
1
c1865
Acq: Florida Islands, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
AOA
Oc.6575
Spear made of wood (coconut?), bone (human?), gum (buri nut?).
1
c1865
Acq: Florida Islands, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
AOA
Oc.9140
Necklace made of teeth (human), beads.
1
Pre 1875
Acq: Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
1
Pre 1888
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
AOA
Oc1888,0416.11 Necklace made of teeth (human), teeth (porpoise), seeds.
Pre 1871
Acq: Samoa, Coll by Cole
Samoa
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AOA
Oc1900,1008.6
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Charm made of human hair (?), human teeth (?) & human vertebra (?).
Oc1904,0621.13.a
Chief's skull (human, male) (b), in container in the form of a model fish (a)
&b
1
Pre 1900
1
before 1893
Solomon Islands
Adm Davis, HMS Royalist, Solomon Islands, Santa
Solomon Islands
Ana
Solomon Islands
Uncertain
Roviana
Solomon Islands
1
Pre 1915
Acq: Marovo Lagoon, Ne Georgia Islands,
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
1
early 20thC
Acq: Malaia, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Oc1944,02.1756 Charm made of fibre (vegetable), shell, bone (human).
1
early 20thC
Acq: Solomon Islands, Coll by L P Robin
Solomon Islands
Oc1944,02.1757 Charm made of rattan, shell, beads (shell), bone (human).
1
early 20thC
Acq: Solomon Islands, Coll by L P Robin
Solomon Islands
1
early 20thC
Acq: Solomon Islands, Coll by L P Robin
Solomon Islands
1
19thC (pre
1870)
Collected by: Rev Frederick Ellenberger. Lesotho;
South Africa
South Africa
Oc1904,0621.31 Spear with long haft and head of human bone carved into many points, with a bamboo sheath.
1
circa 1850-1893
AOA
Oc1904,0621.5
War-charm containing human vetebra.
1
AOA
Oc1915,-.52
Spear-head made of bone (femur, human).
AOA
Oc1944,02.1345
Charm made of dried skin (human, "vagina"; with dried flesh, and hair), with vegetable fibre
string.
AOA
AOA
AOA
Acq: Roviana Lagoon, New Georgis, New
Georgian Islands, Solomon Islands
Adm Davis, HMS Royalist, Solomon Islands,
Florida Islands (?)
AOA
AOA
August 2010
Oc1944,02.1758.aRing (bundle of 15) made of bone (human).
o
Af.6127.b-g
Divining counter made of bone (ankle?).
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AOA
Af1910,0415.2.f-g Divining bone made of bone (ankle), wire (brass).
1
uncertain
South Africa
South Africa
AOA
Af1910,0415.2.h-j Divining bone made of bone (ankle).
1
uncertain
South Africa
South Africa
1
uncertain
South Africa
South Africa
AOA
Af1910,0415.2.l
Divining bone, divining bone made of patella.
AOA
Af1910,0415.3.a-f Divining bone made of bone (ankle).
1
uncertain
South Africa
South Africa
AOA
Af1896,-.743.d-e Knuckle-bone charm attached to thong.
1
uncertain
Collected by: Rev Dr William Sparrow Simpson
South Africa
Full skeleton
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
South American?
Copper alloy spiral ring, with finger-bone fragment.
1
Bronze Age
El Argar
Spain
Reliquary containing some relics.
1
17C
Asia
Unregistered
P&E
1889,0704.157
P&E
1937,0506.1
P&E
1964,1201.1423
Perforated human or animal bone disc
1
Neolithic
AES
77528
Remains of the skull of one infant discovered in a floor pot.
(2005,0401.308)
1
Late Christian
Period
Spain
Carmona
Spain
Kulubnarti
Sudan
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77821-77879
AES
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Human skeletal remains
59
Palaeolithic
Jebel Sahaba
Sudan
77892
(2004,0520.74)
Human skeletal remains; sex unknown; birth + 2 months
1
Palaeolithic
Dungal Oasis
Sudan
AES
77894
(2004,0520.76)
Skeleton
1
Palaeolithic
Anqash East
Sudan
AES
78514
Human molar
(2005,0401.938)
1
Late Christian
Period
Kulubnarti
Sudan
Scab, khaksar? insignia (Haidart?) made of skin (human); with paper wrapping and
inscription.
1
early 20thC
Sudan
Sudan
AOA
Af1929,0107.5
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
10
200 BC
Amri Nasser
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
16
400 BC
Kurgus
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
21
350 BC
Kawa
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
65
22001750 BC
Freida
Kawa
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
66
AD 5001400
Soba
Sudan
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AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
179
4,000 BC
R12, Kawa
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
196
350 BCAD 550
Gabati
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
8
AD 350-AD 550
4th Cataract 3-0-1
Post-Meroitic
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeleton
1
AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 3-0-169/333/3-J-23
1500 Christian
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
116
AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 3-J-10
1500 Christian
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
16
AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 3-J-10/11
1500 Christian
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
6
AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 3-J-10/11/18/20
1500 Christian
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
13
AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 3-J-10/18
1500 Christian
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
235
AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 3-J-11
1500 Christian
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
4
AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 3-J-11/18B/10
1500 Christian
Sudan
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AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 3-J-18
1500 Christian
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
177
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
3
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
2
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
194
AES
Unregistered
Skeleton
1
2050 BC-1750
BC Kerma
4th Cataract 3-N-271/N
Moyen
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
8
AD 350-AD 550
4th Cataract 3-Q-1
Post-Meroitic
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeleton
1
Unknown
4th Cataract 3-Q-12
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
4
Unknown
4th Cataract 3-Q-16/26/50/115/18
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeleton
1
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
2
Unknown
Sudan
4th Cataract 3-J-18/10
Sudan
AD 350-AD 1500
Post-Meroitic- 4th Cataract 3-J-18/11
Medieval
Sudan
AD 350-AD 1500
Post-Meroitic- 4th Cataract 3-J-23
Medieval
Sudan
2050 BC-1750
BC Kerma
4th Cataract 3-Q-18
Moyen
Unknown
4th Cataract 3-Q-18/19
Sudan
Sudan
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AES
Unregistered
Skeleton
1
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
AES
Unregistered
AES
Unregistered
Unknown
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4th Cataract 3-Q-19
Sudan
7
AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 3-Q-20
1500 Christian
Sudan
Skeleton
1
4thC BC-AD 550
Meroitic-post- 4th Cataract 3-Q-24
Meroitic
Sudan
Skeletons
31
2050 BC-AD 550
Kerma Moyen- 4th Cataract 3-Q-33
post Meroitic
Sudan
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
4
7thC BC-4thC BC
Late Pharaonic4th Cataract 3-Q-33/18
early Napatan
period
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
5
2050 BC-1750
BC Kerma
4th Cataract 3-Q-33/63
Moyen
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
6
AD 350-AD 550
4th Cataract 3-Q-380
Post-Meroitic
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
2
AD 350-AD 550
4th Cataract 3-Q-94
Post-Meroitic
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
2
8thC BC-AD 550
Kushite to Post- 4th Cataract 3-R-69
Meroitic
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeleton
1
8thC BC-5thC BC
4th Cataract 3-R-70
Early Kushite
Sudan
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4500 BC-1500
BC Neolithic, 4th Cataract 4-F-16
Kerma Classique
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
15
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
2
Unknown
4th Cataract 4-F-16/74
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
2
Unknown
4th Cataract 4-H-49
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
67
1750 BC-1500
BC Kerma
4th Cataract 4-L-2
Classique
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeleton
1
1750 BC-1500
BC Kerma
4th Cataract 4-L-41
Classique
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
27
1750 BC-1500
BC Kerma
4th Cataract 4-L-88
Classique
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
75
1751 BC-1500
BC Kerma
4th Cataract 4-L-100
Classique
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeleton
1
1751 BC-1500
BC Kerma
4th Cataract 4-L-250/260
Classique
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
7
AD 350-AD 550
4th Cataract 4-M-53
Post-Meroitic
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
4
AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 4-M-100
1500 Christian
Sudan
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AD 7thC-AD
4th Cataract 4-M-142
1500 Medieval
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
26
Sudan
AES
Unregistered
Skeletons
7
Unknown
4th Cataract 4-M-142/4-L-250/260
Sudan
P&E
1850,1127.1.m
Relics; wood and bone; found in the head reliquary of St Eustace.
1
Uncertain
Basel
Switzerland
AOA
Oc.2061
Tattooing instrument made of wood, bone (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1860s
Acq: Tahiti, Society Islands
Tahiti
AOA
Oc.2062
Tattooing instrument made of wood, bone (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1860s
Acq: Tahiti, Society Islands
Tahiti
AOA
Oc.2063
Tattooing instrument made of wood (?), bone (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1860s
Acq: Tahiti, Society Islands
Tahiti
AOA
Oc.2064
Tattooing instrument made of bamboo (?), bone (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1860s
Acq: Tahiti, Society Islands
Tahiti
AOA
Oc.2065
Tattooing instrument made of wood (?), bone (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1860s
Acq: Tahiti, Society Islands
Tahiti
AOA
Oc.2066
Tattooing instrument made of wood, bone (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1860s
Acq: Tahiti, Society Islands
Tahiti
AOA
Oc.2067
Tattooing instrument made of wood, bone (human), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1860s
Acq: Tahiti, Society Islands
Tahiti
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Oc.2069
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Tattooing instrument made of bone (human), bamboo (rind), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1860s
1880.1069
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
1
Asia
1880.1077
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
Asia
1880.1078
Asia
August 2010
Acq: Tahiti, Society Islands
Tahiti
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
1880.2476
damaru (double-headed skull drum)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1880.363
damaru (double-headed skull drum)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1846,0104.1
kapala (ritual skull cup)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1883,1027.1
kapala (ritual skull cup)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1887,0518.1
kapala (ritual skull cup)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1894,0310.80
kapala (ritual skull cup)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
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1894,0310.81
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1895,0209.14
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1902,0208.1
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19th C
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1905,0519.105
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1905,0519.106
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1905,0519.82
kapala (ritual skull cup)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1906,0718.1-4
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
4
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1911,0616.1-5
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
5
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1913,0718.1
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19th C
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1915,1008.145
damaru (double-headed skull drum)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
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damaru (double-headed skull drum)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
1921.2-19.15
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1921.2-19.16
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1925.3-13.10
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1926.12-9.1
kapala (ritual skull cup)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1927.11-9.3
damaru (double-headed skull drum)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1930.3-6.1
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1930.7-5.1
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19th C
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1930.7-5.2
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1931.11-24.1a
kapala (ritual skull cup)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
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1933,0315.104.a-h Eight rings made of painted human bone.
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1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
trumpet made of human bone
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
damaru (double-headed skull drum)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
shanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone, whole or part)
3
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
damaru (double-headed skull drum)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1933.5-8.35
Asia
1933.5-8.36.a-b
Asia
1933.5-8.6
Asia
1933.5-8.65-67
Asia
1934.3-14.1
Asia
1992.12-14.70
kapala (ritual skull cup)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1992.12-14.80
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1992.12-14.81
human thigh bone trumpet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Asia
1992.1214.82
damaru (double-headed skull drum)
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
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damaru (double-headed skull drum)
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1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
shanmudra (human bone apron) with necklace, armlets, etc
1
19thC
Tibet/Nepal
Tibet
Bowl (with base) made of brass, bone (human skull).
1
c. 1800 AD
Acq Tibet
Tibet
1992.12-14.87 (ashanmudra (shaman's apron in human bone) with crown , pendants and armbands
f)
Asia
2003.9-29.1
Asia
As1979,16.24.a
AOA
Oc.2059
Tattooing instrument made of bone (human), reed, bone (whale?), fibre (coconut).
1
Pre 1860s
Acq: Tonga
Tonga
AOA
Oc,89+.96
Human skull used in divination, with wood, pearl-shell, beeswax, beads, cord, cloth.
1
pre 1888
Acq: Mount Ernest Island, Torres Strait
Torres Strait
Islands
AOA
Oc,89+.97
Human skull used in divination, with pearl-shell, beeswax, wood, cane.
1
pre 1888
acq Mer ((Murray Island)
Torres Strait
Islands
ME
1927.0108.1
Two handled, plain buff pottery burial urn with ovoid body and painted decoration; contains
bones of children dedicated to the goddess Tanit.
1
Phoenician/Puni
Tanit Precinct
c (750-146 BC)
Tunisia
ME
1927.0108.2
Two handled, plain buff pottery burial urn with bulbous body; contains bones of children
dedicated to the goddess Tanit.
1
Phoenician/Puni
Tanit Precinct
c (750-146 BC)
Tunisia
ME
1927.0108.3
Two handled, plain, buff pottery burial urn with a large neck and painted bands; contains
bones and pottery fragments.
1
Phoenician/Puni
Tanit Precinct
c (750-146 BC)
Tunisia
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ME
1927.0108.4
Two handled, plain, buff pottery burial-urn with ovoid body; contains bones and pottery
fragments.
1
Phoenician/Puni
Tanit Precinct
c (750-146 BC)
Tunisia
ME
1927.0108.5
Single handled, plain buff, long necked pottery burial urn with an ovoid body and painted
bands; contains bones of children dedicated to the goddess Tanit.
1
Phoenician/Puni
Tanit Precinct
c (750-146 BC)
Tunisia
ME
1927.0108.6
Two handled plain buff pottery burial urn with painted band decoration; contains bones of
children dedicated to the goddess Tanit.
1
Phoenician/Puni
Tanit Precinct
c (750-146 BC)
Tunisia
G&R
1867,1122413-414 Two marble burial chests containing human and animal bones
2
50-100 AD
Magnesian Road
Turkey
50-100 AD
Magnesian Road
Turkey
G&R
1868,0620.33
Marble burial chest containing human bone
1
ME
1938.0108.113
Finger bone associated with gold finger ring; from a group of delicately worked jewellery.
1
Late Bronze Age
Tell Atchana
(1500-1200 BC)
Turkey
ME
1951.0102.59
Part A: Human skull and bones; Part B: Human skull; Part C: Two human skulls; Part D: Jawbones and skull (?) of sheep/goat (?).
4
Late Bronze Age
Tell Atchana
(1500-1200 BC)
Turkey
ME
1997,0117.1
Fragments of human skull (possibly more than one individual)
1
ME
Unregistered
Miscellaneous fragments of human bone - yet to be fully identified.
1
3rd to the 6th
century AD (Pre- Merv
Islamic)
Turkmenistan
ME
Unregistered
Disarticulated remains of 2 individuals
2
3rd to the 6th
century AD (Pre- Merv
Islamic)
Turkmenistan
Uncertain
al-Mina
Turkey
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AOA
Af1920,0507.4
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18531029.2
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August 2010
3rd to the 6th
century AD (Pre- Merv
Islamic)
Approximately 3 individuals represented by skulls and long bones. and Chester.
3
Human skull
1
20thC
Human cremation in Pot
1
Anglo-Saxon
1834,1108.1.a
Human bone fragments originally contained in urn
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Ynys Bronwen
e Age
UK
P&E
1851,0522.1.a
Human cremation
1
Later Prehistoric Porth Dafarch
UK
P&E
1852,0429.2.b
Cremated bone
1
P&E
1852-0626.39
Human bone, finger.
1
Romano-British Colchester
UK
P&E
1853,0412.51.b
Human cremation
1
Later Prehistoric Mount Caburn
UK
P&E
1853,1214.35
Copper alloy (?) finger-ring with two phalanges
1
P&E
1853-0215.1
Human cremation and associated Glass cinerary urn
1
Early AngloSaxon
Early AngloSaxon
Turkmenistan
Kigezi
Uganda
Fakenham
UK
Lancashire (?)
Low Field near Salisbury
Romano-British Messing
UK
UK
UK
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1853-0312.11
Human cremated Bone fragments and pottery sherds
1
Romano-British Harwich
UK
P&E
1853-0726.9
Human hair. Mounted under glass.
1
Romano-British Westergate
UK
P&E
1856,0627.9a
Human cremation
1
P&E
1856,0701.99.a
Human cremation from cinerary urn.
1
P&E
1860,1024.3a
One box with content of "Coptic" bowl, including iron knives fragments, iron rods and iron belt
slide, animal bones and two human teeth.
1
Early AngloSaxon
Sarre
UK
P&E
1862-0613.111
Human cremated bone.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Long Wittenham
UK
P&E
1862-0613.114
Human cremated bone.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Long Wittenham
UK
P&E
1862-1220.1
Lead coffin in four pieces accompanied by bag of bones.
1
Romano-British Bethnal Green
UK
P&E
1870-0402.139
Human cremation in Dark grey pottery urn with lid
1
Romano-British Colchester
UK
P&E
1870-0402.523
Human bones, two.
1
Romano-British Colchester
UK
Anglo-Saxon
Shropham
Romano-British Mansell Street
UK
UK
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1871,0513.2.b
Human cremation
1
Anglo-Saxon
Kirton-in-Lindsey
UK
P&E
1872,0520.3.b
Human cremation
1
Anglo-Saxon
Uncertain
UK
P&E
1872,1221.21.a
Human cremated bone (1 bag).
1
Later Prehistoric Ashford (Derbyshire)
UK
P&E
1872,1221.23.a
Human cremated bone (1 bag).
1
Later Prehistoric Ashford (Derbyshire)
UK
P&E
1873,0602.28.a
Human cremated bone.
1
1873,1219.151.a-b Human cremated bone.
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Bratton Long Barrow
e Age
UK
P&E
Bronze Age
Cold Eaton
UK
P&E
1873,1219.288
26 cremated human bone fragments
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Rodmarton
e Age
UK
P&E
1873-1219.153
Fragment of ulna (child)
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Rodmarton
e Age
UK
P&E
1875,0310.12.b
Human Cremation
1
Anglo-Saxon
Long Wittenham
UK
P&E
1875-0310.15
Human Cremation
1
Anglo-Saxon
Long Wittenham
UK
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1875-0310.17
Human Cremation
1
Anglo-Saxon
Long Wittenham
UK
P&E
1875-0310.288
Human Bone - phalange
1
Anglo-Saxon
Long Wittenham
UK
P&E
1875-0310.61
Human Bone - phalange
1
Anglo-Saxon
Long Wittenham
UK
P&E
1876,0410.40
Pottery vessel containing cremated bone
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Herd Howe
e Age
UK
P&E
1876,0805.1.a
Human cremated bone (1 bag).
1
Later Prehistoric Antrim
UK
P&E
1879,1209.1210.a Three human skull fragments
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Paulinus II
e Age
UK
P&E
1879,1209.1399.a Human cremated bone (1 bag).
1
Neolithic/Early
England
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
1880,0212.5
P&E
1880,0620.1-2
P&E
1881,0516.2
Human cremated bone.
1
Bronze Age
Luxford Lake
UK
Human Cremation
2
Anglo-Saxon
Kirton-in-Lindsey
UK
Human skull fragments
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Mold
e Age
UK
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Human ulna and radius with copper alloy armlet
1882,0711.2-5 & 7Human bones
8
August 2010
1
Romano-British Water Newton
UK
7
Neolithic/Early
Brading Down Tumulus
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
1882-0518.3
Human Cremation
1
Anglo-Saxon
Cambridge
UK
P&E
1882-0518.4
Human Cremation
1
Anglo-Saxon
Cambridge
UK
P&E
1883-0810.1
Human Cremation
1
Anglo-Saxon
Great Addington
UK
P&E
1883-1213.315
Human cremation and associated Glass cinerary urn
1
P&E
1885-0616.2
Silhouette portrait with Human hair
1
Uncertain
Wittersham
UK
P&E
1887,0712.15
Six fragments of bone, probably human.
1
Early Bronze
Age
Colwinston
UK
P&E
1887-0712.21
Seven human teeth and one finger bone.
1
Early Bronze
Age
Colwinston
UK
P&E
1888-1024.1
Pottery vessel with one bag of cremation bones.
1
Iron Age
Aylesford
UK
Romano-British Brickfield
UK
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1891-0624.335
Human bone - finger bone
1
Anglo-Saxon
Kempston
UK
P&E
1891-0624.336
Human bone - finger bone
1
Anglo-Saxon
Kempston
UK
P&E
1891-0624.337
Human bone - finger bone
1
Anglo-Saxon
Kempston
UK
P&E
1891-1021.11
Human bone skull fragment.
1
Uncertain
Valde
UK
P&E
1892-0901.237
Human cremated bone.
1
Bronze Age
Roke Down
UK
P&E
1892-0901.24
Human cremated bone.
1
Later Prehistoric Keyneston
UK
P&E
1893,0517.1.a
Human cremated bone.
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Kempston
e Age
UK
P&E
1893,0517.2.a
Human cremated bone.
1
Later Prehistoric Down
UK
P&E
1895,0723.3
Pottery urn with five bone fragments
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Lake House
e Age
UK
P&E
1895-0613.14
Human bone skull
1
Viking;Celtic
Ardvouray
UK
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August 2010
Human cremated bone in pot
1
Romano-British Hoo Ness
UK
1916-1016.8
Human bone ?
1
Iron Age
Glastonbury Lake Village
UK
P&E
1923-0713.46
Human cremations
1
Iron Age
Swarling
UK
P&E
1930,1013.1
Human skull fragment
1
Neolithic
Bisley
UK
P&E
1935-0412.5
Human bone - radius?.
1
Neolithic
Giants Hills long barrow
UK
P&E
1935-1022.4
Human cremation 4 fragments
1
Later Prehistoric Ewelme
UK
P&E
1936-0611.19
Human cremation
1
Later Prehistoric Gloucester
UK
P&E
1939,0506.37.a
Human bone - wrist bone
1
Medieval
Stockbridge Down
UK
P&E
1939,0506.45
Human tooth
1
Medieval
Stockbridge Down
UK
P&E
1939,0507.1
Cremated bone
1
Early AngloSaxon
Iford Bridge
UK
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Iron Age
August 2010
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1939,1011.571
Human mandible fragment
1
Little Woodbury, Area 10 Pit 97
P&E
1940,0604.15
Human tooth; adult pre-molar
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Rodmarton
e Age
UK
P&E
1940,0604.16
Human bones - x3 boxes.
1
Later Prehistoric Kinson
UK
P&E
1940,0604.17
Human skull fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Langton Matravers
UK
P&E
1940,0604.18
Human bone - skull fragment x12.
1
Later Prehistoric Langton Matravers
UK
P&E
1940,0604.19
Human bone - mandible fragment.
1
Later Prehistoric Minnis Bay
UK
P&E
1940,0701.730a
Human cremation
1
Later Prehistoric Headswell Crescent
UK
P&E
1944,0206.1
Pocket-knife with horn handle in the shape of a figure terminating in a carved human head,
with a human tooth? inserted in the crown
1
18th century
Uncertain
UK
P&E
1946,0407.1.a
Reliquary containing relics of bone and horn, including St Ninian, the Apostle of Cumberland
and Galloway.
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
UK
P&E
1960,0405.1017
Human Bones - pelvis mandible longbone.
1
Romano-British Hod Hill
UK
UK
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Human bone; including longbones, skull and scapula fragments, mandible and maxilla with
some teeth in situ.
1
Iron
Age/RomanoBritish
Human Cremated Bone?
1
1963-1001.38
Bone fragments including 2 human teeth.
P&E
1963-1001.43
P&E
P&E
1960,0405.3417.a
P&E
1963,1001.9a-o
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August 2010
Hod Hill
UK
Uncertain
Loveden Hill
UK
1
Anglo-Saxon
Loveden Hill
UK
Human bone, cremated fragments mixed with pebbles.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Loveden Hill
UK
1963-1001.5
Bone, cremated fragments (including snail shell).
1
Anglo-Saxon
Loveden Hill
UK
P&E
1963-1001.52
Crown of a human tooth.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Loveden Hill
UK
P&E
1963-1001.53
Bone fragments, 5 & 2 fragments of animal teeth.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Loveden Hill
UK
P&E
1963-1001.67
Cremated human bone fragments.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Loveden Hill
UK
P&E
1963-1001.74
Seven human bone fragments.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Loveden Hill
UK
P&E
1963-1001.88
Two bone fragments.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Loveden Hill
UK
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Bone fragment.
1
Anglo-Saxon
August 2010
Loveden Hill
UK
P&E
1964,0206.7579Human Bone (10 groups)
7588
5
Neolithic
Staines Causeway Enclosure
UK
P&E
1967-0202-130136
Human cremations
7
Iron Age
Panshanger Estate/Welwyn Garden City
UK
P&E
1970,1212.232
Cremated human bone.
1
Prehistoric
Sutton Hoo
UK
P&E
1970,1212.836
Cremated human bone.
1
Prehistoric
Sutton Hoo
UK
P&E
1970-0406.253
Human Cremated Bone
1
Anglo-Saxon
Mucking
UK
P&E
1970-0406.27.a
Fragments of human pelvic bone
1
Anglo-Saxon
Mucking
UK
P&E
1972-0401.522528
Human Cremated Bone
8
Neolithic/Bronz
Sawdon Moor
e Age
UK
P&E
1975-0401.92-103
62 Complete human skeletons
& 105-154
62
Iron Age
Rudston
UK
P&E
1975-0503.46-90 45 complete human skeletons.
45
Iron Age
Rudston
UK
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Complete human skeleton.
1976,0501.1223Human skeletal remains
1236
1976-0203.396
Nine fragments of human (?) bone.
1
Bronze Age
14
Iron Age
1
Iron
Age/RomanoBritish
August 2010
Barnack
UK
King Harry Lane Cemetery
UK
Bramdean
UK
P&E
1976-0501-1241Human cremations - 417 excavated cremations
1656 & 1752
417
Iron Age
King Harry Lane Cemetery
UK
P&E
1976-0504-31-50,
Human Bone - 30 complete and partial skeletons
54 & 57-60
25
Iron Age
Rudston
UK
P&E
1978,0102.1103Human bone/teeth
1116
14
Various
West Hill (Gloucestershire)
UK
P&E
1978-1202-39-60 Human Bone - 22 complete and partial skeletons
22
Iron Age
Burton Fleming
UK
P&E
1978-1203.380384
Human skeletal remains
5
Iron Age
Bell Slack
UK
P&E
1978-1203.467
One box of human skeletal remains.
1
Iron Age
Bell Slack
UK
P&E
1978-1203.469
Human remains: bone fragments from a neonate.
1
Roman
Bell Slack
UK
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1978-1203-23-59 Human Bone - 37 complete and partial skeletons
37
Iron Age
August 2010
Bell Slack
UK
P&E
1981,0301.279
Adult male skeleton; aged 35-45 years
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Hemp Knoll
e Age
UK
P&E
1981,0301.280
Infant skeleton; circa three years old
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Hemp Knoll
e Age
UK
P&E
1981,0301.281
Small quantity of fragmentary cremated human bone
1
Neolithic/Bronz
Hemp Knoll
e Age
UK
P&E
1981-0504.4
Human cremations x5 bags.
1
Later Prehistoric Aston
UK
P&E
1982,0101.130.b Human bone - 1 bag.
1
Neolithic/Early
Cowlam
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
1982,0101.80.a
Two bags of human bone.
1
Late
Neolithic/Early Cottam II
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
1982,0101.85
Twelve bags of human bone and one human skull
1
Late
Neolithic/Early Cottam III
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
1983,0601.339354 &
1983,0601.387
Complete or partial burials
17
Neolithic/Bronz
Cottam
e Age
UK
P&E
1984,1002.1-2
Lindow Man - Bog Body (right leg severed)
2
Iron Age
Lindow Moss
UK
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1984,1002.3-166 Samples taken from the body of Lindow Man
August 2010
1
Iron Age
Lindow Moss
UK
P&E
1984-0703.29
Cremated human bone.
1
Neolithic
Stonea Barrow
UK
P&E
1984-1202-1
Partial human skeleton
1
Iron Age
Burton Fleming
UK
P&E
1985,0301.782,
785 & 787
Human skeleton frags
1
Neolithic
Etton
UK
P&E
1985,0309.131161
Human skeleton remains
1
Neolithic
Etton Woodgate
UK
P&E
1985,0503.1838
Fragment of an infant's tooth root.
1
P&E
1985,0601.39 &
Human Bone - 14 groups of human bone (including 1 cremation)
1985,0601.41-53
P&E
1985-0201.1657Human bone fragments, from infant inhumations
1661
P&E
1985-0201.1662
P&E
1985-0201.1851Cremated human bone
1852
Cremated human bone (adult).
Romano-British Norwood, Cambridgeshire
UK
Neolithic/Bronz
Pockley Barrow 2
e Age
UK
5
Romano-British Stonea Grange
UK
1
Romano-British Stonea Grange
UK
2
Romano-British Stonea Grange
UK
14
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1985-0305.56-63 Human Bone - 8 complete or partial skeletons
P&E
1985-0503.1791
Human bone; one adult hand on modern mount of wood and wire; one upper jaw with seven
teeth present; mandible in two pieces with six teeth present; two clavicles.
1
Romano-British Flaggrass
UK
P&E
1985-0503.554
Bag of four human bones.
1
Romano-British Grandford
UK
P&E
1985-0503.608
Human tooth.
1
Romano-British Grandford
UK
P&E
1985-0503.609
13 miscellaneous human bones.
1
Romano-British Grandford
UK
P&E
1985-0504-1
Human cranium, in two pieces.
1
Iron Age
Lindow Moss
UK
P&E
1986-0302-1-2
Human Bone - 2 complete or partial burials
2
Iron Age
Garton Station
UK
10
Iron Age
Kirkburn
UK
1
Iron Age
Tuft Hill
UK
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P&E
1987-0404.34-41 Human Bone - 10 complete or partial burials
1988,0403.108
Two joining pieces of adult cranium
1988,0505.62.d &
1988,0505.372- Excavated cremations
532
8
162
Iron Age
August 2010
Garton Station
Neolithic/Bronz
Kalis Corner
e Age
UK
UK
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1988-1007.1-2
Human tissue fragments from an adult male
2
Iron
Age/RomanoBritish
Lindow Moss
UK
P&E
1988-1008.1-51
Lindow III - Partial Remains of 1 or more Bog Bodies
1
Iron
Age/RomanoBritish
Lindow Moss
UK
P&E
1989,0501.121.a Nine human bones and three cow bones
1
Late
Neolithic/Early Sharpe Howes III
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
1989,0501.121.b Fifteen pieces of human bone
1
Late
Neolithic/Early Sharpe Howes III
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
1989,0501.123129
Sixteen bags of human bone and one fragment of human mandible
17
Neolithic/Bronz
Cowlam
e Age
UK
P&E
1989-0501.107
Human skull fragments
1
Late
Neolithic/Early Sharpe Howes II
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
1990,0102.28
Human remains: male, 30-35 years of age
1
P&E
1990-1009.680686
Fragments of human bone
7
P&E
1991,1001.30-73 Human Bone - 44 complete or partial burials
44
P&E
1992,0205.726729
4
Human skeletal remains
Iron Age
Deal
Neolithic/Roma
Manor Farm (Lower Horton)
no-British
Iron Age
Burton Fleming
Neolithic/Iron
Tuft Hill
Age
UK
UK
UK
UK
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1992-0204.104
Human remains; fragment of infant jaw, age at death two years ± six months. Comprises left
maxilla, the aveolar, with two deciduous molars in situ.
1
P&E
1994,0402.116151
Human bones from 3 inhumations and 33 cremations
36
P&E
1995-0102.312
Silver spiral finger-ring, grooved. With associated finger-bone.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Buckland (Dover)
UK
P&E
1995-0102.338
Iron finger ring with associated finger bone
1
Anglo-Saxon
Buckland (Dover)
UK
P&E
1995-0102.476
Thirty seven amber beads and one human tooth
1
Anglo-Saxon
Buckland (Dover)
UK
P&E
1996-0301.147
Almost complete human skeleton
1
Romano-British Estover
UK
P&E
1997-1002.23
Human skull fragments (nineteen).
1
Late Bronze Age Shinewater Marsh
UK
P&E
1997-1002.24
Human skull; complete frontal section of child's skull.
1
Late Bronze Age Shinewater Marsh
UK
P&E
1997-1002.25
Human longbone; left femur, articular ends missing.
1
Late Bronze Age Shinewater Marsh
UK
P&E
2001-0401.2
Human remains, comprising the skeletal remains of a middle-aged woman.
1
Iron Age
East Field
Neolithic/Early
Shorncote Quarry
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Wetwang
UK
UK
UK
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Human skull
1
unknown
DR.43.n
Human bone; calcaneum.
1
P&E
DR.43.p
Human bone; sacrum.
P&E
DR.43.q
P&E
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Nazeing
UK
Early Bronze
Age
Loose Howe
UK
1
Early Bronze
Age
Loose Howe
UK
Human cremated bone
1
Early Bronze
Age
Loose Howe
UK
DR.43.w
Human cremated bone
1
Early Bronze
Age
Loose Howe
UK
P&E
OA.4962
Human Bone - lower jaw and teeth
1
Anglo-Saxon
Caenby
UK
P&E
OA.5533
Bone fragments (x2), possibly of upper palate; also tooth.
1
Anglo-Saxon
Sleaford
UK
P&E
OA.5620
Human Teeth - 5 teeth from burial
1
Uncertain
Taplow
UK
P&E
OA.6709
Human cremated bone in pot
1
Anglo-Saxon
Uncertain
UK
P&E
OA.6710
Human cremated bone in pot
1
Anglo-Saxon
Wadringfield?
UK
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P&E
OA.6714
Human cremated bone in pot
1
Anglo-Saxon
Uncertain
UK
P&E
OA.7062
Human Bone - partial skeleton
1
Anglo-Saxon
Wrotham
UK
P&E
POA.216
Plain cylindrical lead funerary canister containing cremated bone and a pot sherd
1
Romano-British England (?)
UK
P&E
POA.220
Lead coffin base with part of side and one end present, with associated lead and human bone
fragments.
1
Romano-British England (?)
UK
P&E
SLAntiq.385.A
Human cremated bone in pot
1
P&E
Unregistered
Human molar
P&E
Unregistered
P&E
Anglo-Saxon
North Elmham
UK
1
Later Prehistoric No Provenance
UK
Human thumb fragment
1
Later Prehistoric Lindow Moss
UK
Unregistered
Human Cremations
2
Iron Age
P&E
Unregistered
Human skeletons
43
P&E
Unregistered
Human skeletons
393
Alkham
UK
Anglo-Saxon
Garton Station
UK
Anglo-Saxon
St Peters Tip
UK
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August 2010
Iron Age,
Roman, Anglo- Mucking
Saxon
P&E
Unregistered
Human Cremations and burials (approx 1130)
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human bone fragments and teeth from c.10-20 graves (poor preservation)
1
Anglo-Saxon
Ringlemere
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human cremations, c.10 (or less)
1
Anglo-Saxon
Ringlemere
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human cremations
1
Uncertain
Baylam House
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human? metacarpal
1
Bronze Age
Heathery Burn Cave
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human cremation (1 box)
1
Later Prehistoric Oxsettle Bottom
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human cremation x1 box
1
Later Prehistoric Normandy Down?
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human skeleton (4 boxes)
1
Later Prehistoric Grimes Graves (Mercer's Excavation)
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human skull
1
Later Prehistoric Ramenham
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human Skull frontal
1
Later Prehistoric Pickering Moor
UK
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P&E
Unregistered
Human x59
1
Later Prehistoric Arbor Low
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human x8 bag
1
Later Prehistoric Folkton BB245
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human x9
1
Later Prehistoric Arbor Low
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human ulna
1
Neolithic/Early
Arbor Low
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human cremation (1 box)
1
Later Prehistoric Oxsettle Bottom?
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human cremation
2
P&E
Unregistered
Human bone (inc 2 skulls)
2
Neolithic/Early
Eynesbury Ring Ditch
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human skull + box x2
2
Neolithic/Early
Folkton BB245
Bronze Age
UK
P&E
Unregistered
Human Bone (23 Groups or individual bones)
23
NEO / BA
P&E
Unregistered
Human Bone
1
Anglo-Saxon
Bronze Age
Hitter Hill Barrow
UK
Runnymede Bridge
UK
Uncertain
UK
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W.627
P&E
1872
G&R
1856,1004.91
ME
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Human bone? - 2 frgs
1
Anglo-Saxon
Whitby
UK
Human cremation
1
Anglo-Saxon
Uncertain
UK?
Human hair with skull fragments.
1
Uncertain
Kerch
Ukraine
91150
Skull (probably mis-numbered should read 91450)
1
Sasanian (225Uncertain
650 AD)
Uncertain
ME
91449
Skull
1
Sasanian (225Uncertain
650 AD)
Uncertain
G&R
.2117
Small fragments of human remains in a box
1
Uncertain
G&R
1772,0317.1
Blown glass urn containing cremated bones and a fragment of woven asbestos (probably from
a shroud)
1
G&R
1772,0317.3
Green blown glass cinerary urn containing cremated bones
G&R
1814,0704.1193
G&R
1849,1201.2
Uncertain
Uncertain
Roman
Production Place:Western Roman Empire
Uncertain
1
Roman
Uncertain
Uncertain
Green blown glass urn containing the remains of a cremation
1
Roman
Uncertain
Uncertain
Contents taken from a sarcophagus depicting Ulysses and the Sirens: two containers of human
remains and samples of walnut, shell, grass, glass and charcoal.
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
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Bronze-gilt plaque from reliquary casket or cross with small knitted bag underneath containing
a stone, wood shaving and fragment of human (?) bone.
1
1600
1856,1226.1687
Alabaster urn containing human remains.
1
G&R
1867,0508.603604
Two glass urn's containing the remains of cremated bones
P&E
1889,0207.1
G&R
G&R
P&E
1856,0718.3
G&R
G&R
August 2010
Made in Germany or Switzerland
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
2
Roman
Uncertain
Uncertain
Locket containing relics of the saints
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
1901,0413.3167
Glass jar containing cremated bones and a small glass unguentarium
1
Roman
Uncertain
Uncertain
1904,0204.1311
Argonne Ware flanged pottery bowl; contains human(?) bones
1
Roman
Production Place: Argonne, France
Uncertain
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
Coarse ware pottery jar, possibly a cinerary urn; contains numerous fragments of cremated
bone
1
Roman
Production Place:Gaul
Uncertain
Reliquary containing relics.
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
Bronze lebes containing fragments of burnt bone, perhaps from a cremation.
1
Uncertain
1904,0204.1414.a Human jawbones and teeth, together with bird bones
G&R
1904,0204.785
P&E
1953,0407.1
G&R
1975,0513.3.a
Uncertain
Uncertain
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1977,1011.62
P&E
1978,0502.7
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Coarse ware pottery jar containing human remains
August 2010
1
Roman
Production Place: Bay of Naples, Italy
Uncertain
1
Medieval 11651170
Production place: Europe (?)
Uncertain
Reliquary cross containing relics
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
Skull fragment, from above right eye socket, including part of brow bone. Suture runs part way
across
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
Lead coffin with part of human skeleton inside.
1
Medieval?
Uncertain
Uncertain
St Oda gable-end reliquary with relics including human(?) bone
P&E
1978,1002.530
G&R
2008,5005.1
P&E
OA.10817
P&E
OA.608
Human skull fragments.
1
Early AngloSaxon
Uncertain
Uncertain
P&E
OA.609
Human skull fragment.
1
Early AngloSaxon?
Uncertain
Uncertain
P&E
OA.6735
56 glass, stone and amber beads; various patterns; one glass toggle; one human (?) tooth.
1
5thC-7thC
Uncertain
Uncertain
P&E
OA.6795
22 human and four animal teeth
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
P&E
OA.6796
Human Bone - 16 finger bones
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
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AOA
Oc.4294
Ornament, ear-ring (?) made of teeth (human, incisor), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1867
Acq: Vanikoro Islands, Sanat Cruz, Solomon
Islands(?)/Vanuatu(?)/New Zealand(?)
Uncertain
AOA
Oc.4317
Fish-hook made of bone (human), wood (twig), cord.
1
Pre 1860s
Acq: Hermit Islands/Admiralty Island, Bismark
Archipelago, PNG(?)/New Zealand(?)
Uncertain
AOA
Oc.6529
Armlet made of jaw (human), wood, sinnet (coconut), bast, feathers (emu), shell (ovulum).
1
Pre 1870
Acq: PNG/Bristow Island, Torres Strait Islands
Uncertain
AOA
Oc1894,-.188
Skull with shell ornaments; found in burial hut (some shell is tridacna).
1
AOA
Oc1902,0531.1
Over-modelled skull (human skull, wood, gum, shell, vegetable fibre).
1
pre 1902
AOA
Oc1978,Q.106
Prepared skull (features modelled) with clay, shells, seeds (coix), hair, rattan.
1
20thC?
AOA
Oc1978,Q.484
Human skull.
1
pre 1900?
Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay, Massim, Louisiade
Uncertain
Archipelago, Sudest
AOA
Oc1978,Q.492
Human skull.
1
pre 1900?
Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay, Mugula Island/
Milne Bay, Orangerie Bay
Uncertain
AOA
Oc1981,Q.1459
Group of teeth. (possibly human)
1
19th C
unknown
Uncertain
AOA
Oc1982,Q.866
Specimen of perforated human or animal bone.
1
pre 1889
unknown
Uncertain
Early 1890s, pre Solomon Islands, New Georgia Islands, New
1893
Georgia
Uncertain
Acq: Solomon Islands, New Georgia Islands,
Ranongga
Uncertain
Oceania, Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New
Guinea, Sepik River (Middle)
Uncertain
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ME
Unregistered
Fragments human vertebrae
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
ME
Unregistered
Disarticulated human remains - arranged by type
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
ME
Unregistered
Mandible fragment
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
ME
Unregistered
Leg bones
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
ME
Unregistered
Limb/foot bones
1
Uncertain
Uncertain
Uncertain
AOA
Oc,+.2934
Skull with over-modelled features with fibre (vegetable), ochre.
1
pre 1886
Acq: vanuatu, Malakula
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc,+.5511.a-c
Group of three arrows made of reed, wood, cord, fibre (vegetable), with carved points made of
human bone.
1
Pre 1891
Acq: Ambae, Vanuatu
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc,+.5522
Spear made of reed, bone (human), sinnet.
1
Pre 1891
Acq: Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc.4295
Ornament, ear-ring (?) made of teeth (human, grinder), fibre (vegetable).
1
Pre 1867
Vanuatu (?)
Vanuatu
1
Pre 1889
Malakula, Vanuatu.
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc1889,0208.20 Poisoned spear-head made of bone (human).
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Oc1895.0316.1
AOA
Oc1907,-.192
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Early 1890s, pre
Acq: Malakula, Vanuatu.
1895
Figure made of cane, reed, clay, grass, boar's tusk, fowl feathers, human skull.
1
Vanuatu
Decorated skull (features restored), pigment.
1
pre 1907
Acq: Vanuatu
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc1915,1008.143 Chief's skull (deformed; features modelled) with fibre (bark), plaster, string.
1
pre 1915
Acq: Vanuatu, Malakula, West Bay
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc1915,1008.144 Deformed skull (features modelled) with fibre (bark), plaster, string.
1
pre 1915
Acq: Vanuatu, Malakula
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc1920,-.8
Decorated skull (with modelled features) with clay, fibre (vegetable).
1
pre 1920
Acq: Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc1921,0317.1
Prepared skull (with modelled features) with clay, fibre (vegetable).
1
pre 1921
Acq: Vanuatu, Malakula
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc1937,1017.2
Prepared head (with modelled features; from men's house) with clay, vegetable fibre
1
pre 1910
Acq: Vanuatu, Malakula, South West Bay (?
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc1937,1017.3
Deformed human skull (from men's house).
1
pre 1910
Acq: Vanuatu, Malakula, South West Bay (?
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc1937,1017.5
Human skull with frontal suture and three teeth; lower jaw missing.
1
pre 1910
Vanuatu, Malakula
Vanuatu
AOA
Oc1954,06.417
Human skull, with leaves, grass, cane, bark, spider's web.
1
pre 1923
Acq. Vanuatu
Vanuatu
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Af1957,16.1
P&E
1978,1002.793
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Witchdoctor's model gun, made of wood, bone (human), skin (snake), seeds (abrus).
1
Pendant; gold; opaline glass over engraved gold enclosing compartment containing plaited
hair; reverse: caul preserved under glass.
1
August 2010
early-mid 20thC Zambia, Western Province (Zambia), Kalabo
19thC(early)
Zambia
Made in England
5320
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