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  • House mice devouring a large cheese placed on the floor next to their hole. Etching by Hicks, 1888.
  • Shaman's charm of bone carved in Totemic British Columbia. North West Coast of America. Designs representing the Octopus and anthropoozomorphic bird. Abalone inlays in eyes. Hole pierced at top for pendant.
  • Four cows and a goat at a watering hole with a windmill in the distant background. Etching after S. Gilpin.
  • A human skull, with a hole where cranial surgery had been performed. Photograph, ca. 1920, of a photograph, 1900/1920 (?).
  • A herd of elephants proceeding to a watering hole in the jungle. Colour lithograph by Emrik & Binger, ca. 1890.
  • World War One: Fricourt, France: a makeshift dressing station in a shell hole: a soldier has his eye bandaged. Photograph, 1916.
  • Reverend Eavens, a man with a hole in his chest, seated; with Reverend Kipe, standing. Albumen print by W.C. Bell.
  • X-ray of a hand or foot, showing a (bullet hole ?) between the third and fourth digits. Photograph, ca. 1915.
  • Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large pin through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).
  • Cranio-facial injury: a large hole in the back of a man's head, before plastic surgery. Reproduction, ca. 1940 (?), of a photograph, ca. 1916.
  • Graeco-Roman limestone statue, identified as a figure of Bes, and dated 6th/5th century, B.C., hole in head for support of hat
  • Prisoners in Cape Town with spades and a wheelbarrow are digging a hole in the road: a guard with a rifle stands by. Wood engraving, 1878.
  • Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large metal or wooden sculpture through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).
  • A man sitting in a tree with a pipe leading from his mouth to a hole in the trunk (destroying a mosquito breeding area ?). Photograph, 1880/1910.
  • A ghost emerging from a hole in the ground; fish, sirens and a frog with a crown in the border. Etching by C.H. Schmidt-Helmbrechts, 1893.
  • A purse with a hole in it in the shape of a bottle of liquor; representing the expense of drinking alcoholic drinks. Colour lithograph after I. Tarasov, 1987.
  • Two dogs stare attentively at a hole in the haybarn's floorboards while another dog is watching the hay; vignettes show fairground attractions and humorous scenes. Etching by Frank Paton.
  • The face of a man, with mouth open wide, displaying a hole or area of diseased tissue on the soft palate, above the uvula. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1866.
  • An old woman is praying for a man to come into her life while a young man is watching from a hole in the roof. Engraving by W. Davison, 181-.
  • A musician with a d'hole, a drum played at one end with a stick, and at the other with the hand, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • The contrite heart is tormented by Grief and Fear, but secured by Faith and Hope, while Love wounds it with one hand and soothes it with another; above, the Tetragrammaton, and below, the portrait of John Hayward in a roundel. Engraving by T. Cecill, 1636, after W. Hole.
  • A cast of a rabbit with a hole in the middle and one ear missing appearing to float within a neutral background; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Liliana Porter, [1995].
  • Actors on stage performing an ice-skating scene fall through a hole in the ice and through the floor of the theatre into a casino on the storey below them. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1844.
  • Two surgeons treating the same patient, one is removing an arrow from his chest whilst the other is boring a hole into the patient's knee accompanied by two assistants and an onlooker. Pen drawing by ZS.
  • Two surgeons treating the same patient, one is removing an arrow from his chest whilst the other is boring a hole into the patient's knee accompanied by two assistants and an onlooker. Pen drawing by ZS.
  • Three sea monsters with devils horns and tails attempt to attack a submarine in the form of a condom in which a couple can be seen kissing through the port hole; an AIDS prevention advertisement for families. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • An ostrich sticks its head in a hole in the ground with the message in Basque, 'Don't hide your head' representing an advertisement for the Anti-AIDS Committee of Álava, Hies Kontrako Komite Hiritarra Comision Ciudadana Anti-SIDA. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • Dr Richard Price kneeling on a large crown (with a demon on his back) to look through a peep-hole at a group of ruffians ransacking Marie Antoinette's bedroom; representing a speech by Price which allegedly advocated the French Revolution. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1790 (?).
  • The eye of a woman looking through a hole in an orange triangle decorated with winged cupids, flowers and fabrics as she holds up a world globe with 2 fingers; an advertisement for World AIDS Day 1 December 1992 by the AIDS Landsforeningen MOT, Pluss, Helsedirektoratet, Folkehelsa and Helseutvalget for Homofile. Colour lithograph.
  • Stones with holes for suspending, others with lacing.