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Figure representing pregnant woman, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
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Canoe-head mask, New Guinea.
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Fighting Adze Toki, Greenstone blade and carved handle. Maori, New Zeland. In the exhibition of The Medicine of Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth.
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A shrunken head, Jivaro Indian, Ecuador, S.America. Long hair, threads from lips, feather pendant from ears
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A directory for youth: or, A discourse of youthful lusts. In which the nature and kinds of them are described, and remedies against them laid down. First preached to young people, and now published at their request. By Samuel Pomfret. Recommended by Mr. Reynolds in the sermon he preach'd at Mr. Pomfret's funeral.
Pomfret, Samuel, -1722.Date: 1722
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De ave Diomedea dissertatio, cum vera ejus effigie aeri incisa / ex museo D. Friderici Lachmund ... Ad ... Johan. Danielem Majorem.
Lachmund, Friedrich, 1635-1676.Date: 1674
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De ave Diomedea dissertatio, cum vera ejus effigie aeri incisa / ex museo D. Friderici Lachmund ... Ad ... Johan. Danielem Majorem.
Lachmund, Friedrich, 1635-1676.Date: 1674
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De ave Diomedea dissertatio, cum vera ejus effigie aeri incisa / ex museo D. Friderici Lachmund ... Ad ... Johan. Danielem Majorem.
Lachmund, Friedrich, 1635-1676Date: 1674
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Consultation Figures, Southern Nigeria
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Le chevalier D'Oliveyra brulé en effigie comme hérétique. Comment & pourquoi? Anecdotes & réflexions sur ce sujet, données au public par lui-même.
Oliveira, Francoisco Xavier de, 1702-1783.Date: M.DCC.LXII. [1762]
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20 timbres à l'effigie des grands aviateurs alliés : 1ère série : prix 1 fr. / Association des dames françaises, Croix-Rouge française.
Association des dames françaises.Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]
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A human body is consumed by a furnace; a woman holds a small red limbless effigy bearing a crown; a man holds a sheaf, and another a stick; below, by another furnace, a green and red dragon face each other, poised for combat; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38628i
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The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.
Webber, John, 1751-1793.Date: [1784]Reference: 566662i
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Head mask. Yuruba, Southern Nigeria, W.Africa
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Medicine man's bag, jackal's skin, with head in situ. Uganda
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Marionnete representing mother and child, Nigeria, W.Africa. Used in a magic play.
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Anatomiae amphitheatrum effigie triplici, more et conditione varia, designatum. [Sectionis primae portio tertia, de anatomia triplici. Monochordum mundi symphoniacum, seu replication / R. Flud ... ad apologiam ... J. Kepleri, adversus demonstrationem suam analyticam].
Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637.Date: 1623
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Anatomiae amphitheatrum effigie triplici, more et conditione varia, designatum. [Sectionis primae portio tertia, de anatomia triplici. Monochordum mundi symphoniacum, seu replication / R. Flud ... ad apologiam ... J. Kepleri, adversus demonstrationem suam analyticam].
Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637.Date: 1623
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Antiquae tabulae marmoreae solis effigie, symbolisque exculptae accurata explicatio, qua priscae quaedam mythologiae, ac nonnulla praeterea vetere monumenta marmorum, gemmarum, numismatum illustrantur. Accessit non absimilis argumenti expositio sigillorum zonae veterem statuam marmoream cingentis.
Aleandro, Girolamo, 1574-1629.Date: 1617
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Anatomiae amphitheatrum effigie triplici, more et conditione varia, designatum. [Sectionis primae portio tertia, de anatomia triplici. Monochordum mundi symphoniacum, seu replication / R. Flud ... ad apologiam ... J. Kepleri, adversus demonstrationem suam analyticam].
Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637.Date: 1623
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Antiquae tabulae marmoreae solis effigie, symbolisque exculptae accurata explicatio, qua priscae quaedam mythologiae, ac nonnulla praeterea vetere monumenta marmorum, gemmarum, numismatum illustrantur ... / Accessit non absimilis argumenti expositio sigillorum zonae veterem statuam marmoream cingentis.
Aleandro, Girolamo, 1574-1629.Date: 1617
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Antiquae tabulae marmoreae solis effigie, symbolisque exculptae accurata explicatio, qua priscae quaedam mythologiae, ac nonnulla praeterea vetere monumenta marmorum, gemmarum, numismatum illustrantur ... / Accessit non absimilis argumenti expositio sigillorum zonae veterem statuam marmoream cingentis.
Aleandro, Girolamo, 1480-1542Date: 1617
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An Aku Mma doll.y. Ashanti, Ghana, West Africa.
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Antiquae tabulae marmoreae solis effigie, symbolisque exculptae accurata explicatio qua priscae quaedam mythologiae, ac nonnulla praeterea vetera monumenta marmorum, gemmarum, nomismatum illustrantur. Auctore Hieronymo Aleandro iuniore. Accessit non absimilis argumenti expositio sigillorum zonae veterem statuam marmoream cingentis
Aleandro, Girolamo 1574-1629Date: 1616
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Ancestoral effigy; Solomon Islands

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Figure representing pregnant woman, Ivory Coast, West Africa.

Canoe-head mask, New Guinea.

Fighting Adze Toki, Greenstone blade and carved handle. Maori, New Zeland. In the exhibition of The Medicine of Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth.

A shrunken head, Jivaro Indian, Ecuador, S.America. Long hair, threads from lips, feather pendant from ears

De ave Diomedea dissertatio, cum vera ejus effigie aeri incisa / ex museo D. Friderici Lachmund ... Ad ... Johan. Danielem Majorem.

De ave Diomedea dissertatio, cum vera ejus effigie aeri incisa / ex museo D. Friderici Lachmund ... Ad ... Johan. Danielem Majorem.

De ave Diomedea dissertatio, cum vera ejus effigie aeri incisa / ex museo D. Friderici Lachmund ... Ad ... Johan. Danielem Majorem.

Consultation Figures, Southern Nigeria

Le chevalier D'Oliveyra brulé en effigie comme hérétique. Comment & pourquoi? Anecdotes & réflexions sur ce sujet, données au public par lui-même.

20 timbres à l'effigie des grands aviateurs alliés : 1ère série : prix 1 fr. / Association des dames françaises, Croix-Rouge française.

The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

Head mask. Yuruba, Southern Nigeria, W.Africa

Medicine man's bag, jackal's skin, with head in situ. Uganda

Marionnete representing mother and child, Nigeria, W.Africa. Used in a magic play.

Anatomiae amphitheatrum effigie triplici, more et conditione varia, designatum. [Sectionis primae portio tertia, de anatomia triplici. Monochordum mundi symphoniacum, seu replication / R. Flud ... ad apologiam ... J. Kepleri, adversus demonstrationem suam analyticam].

Anatomiae amphitheatrum effigie triplici, more et conditione varia, designatum. [Sectionis primae portio tertia, de anatomia triplici. Monochordum mundi symphoniacum, seu replication / R. Flud ... ad apologiam ... J. Kepleri, adversus demonstrationem suam analyticam].

Antiquae tabulae marmoreae solis effigie, symbolisque exculptae accurata explicatio, qua priscae quaedam mythologiae, ac nonnulla praeterea vetere monumenta marmorum, gemmarum, numismatum illustrantur. Accessit non absimilis argumenti expositio sigillorum zonae veterem statuam marmoream cingentis.

Anatomiae amphitheatrum effigie triplici, more et conditione varia, designatum. [Sectionis primae portio tertia, de anatomia triplici. Monochordum mundi symphoniacum, seu replication / R. Flud ... ad apologiam ... J. Kepleri, adversus demonstrationem suam analyticam].

An Aku Mma doll.y. Ashanti, Ghana, West Africa.

Ancestoral effigy; Solomon Islands