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  • Ancestoral effigy; Solomon Islands
  • Ancestoral effigy; Solomon Islands
  • Lancets. Pacific from Australia, Gilbert Islands, Ellice Islands. In The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Collection
  • Anthropomorphic effigy, Trobriand Islands, Western Pacific.
  • Extended ear lobe, Rubriand, Solomon Islands.
  • Spirit-scaring effigy (Kareau), Nicobar Islands. Male
  • House-post figure, anthropomorphic effigy, Solomon Islands.
  • Baby carried in a sling. Andaman Islands.
  • Effigy to averty spirits of disease. Nicobar Islands.
  • Amuletic necklet, made of bones of relative, Andaman Islands
  • Malaita, Solomon Islands: a man with shaped teeth. Photograph.
  • Tortola, the Virgin Islands: birthplace of John Coakley Lettsom. Engraving, 1815.
  • Water-wheel, Melon Islands. Engraving by H. Adlard after T. Allom.
  • Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.
  • Message in numerous languages of the Pacific Islands that AIDS and HIV does not respect tradition culture or religion; advertisement by the Pacific Islands AIDS and STD Prevention Programme. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • A family from the Cook Islands; representing an advertisement to stay faithful to loved ones by protecting them against AIDS, issued by the Ministry of Health, Cook Islands. Colour lithograph by Judith Künzle.
  • The Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River, Ontario. Photograph by Notman & Sandham, 1878.
  • Objects from the Hawaiian Islands. Engraving by J. Record, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • The "Queen of the Sandwich Islands" visiting Oxford, with Oxford dignitaries. Photograph, 1866.
  • New Georgia, Solomon Islands: a man with his ears distended by heavy earrings. Photograph.
  • Rubiana lagoon, Solomon Islands: a man with his ears distended by large earrings. Photograph.
  • Female effigy, Simbo Island, Solomon Islands. In the exhibition of The Medicine of Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth.
  • Sea lions on a beach in the Falkland Islands during the mating season. Wood engraving.
  • The Royal College of Elizabeth, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Lithograph by C. Haghe after J. Wilson.
  • Sálazie, Réunion Islands: hot springs and snowy peaks. Tinted lithograph by A. Roussin after himself.
  • Diaper (Fafafafine), plaited straw, Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, Western Pacific. Presented by Dr. D. G. Kennedy
  • Cape Verde Islands: above, the volcanic island Fogo; below, the harbour of St Vincent (Porto Grande). Etching by G. Child.
  • A young woman from the Hawaiian Islands. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Webber, 17--.
  • A young woman from the Hawaiian Islands. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Webber, 17--.
  • Rubiana lagoon, Kimbo (?), Solomon Islands: a man with his ears distended by large earrings. Photograph.