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A procession of officials of the city of London approach the entrance to St James's Palace to present to King George III the petition of the Livery of London. Engraving, 1769.
Date: [July 5 1769]Reference: 584090i
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Medicine man's bag, jackal's skin, with head in situ. Uganda
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M0003935: Pair of effigies, Malakula Island
Date: May 1934Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/32/86
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A shrunken head, Jivaro Indian, Ecuador, S.America. Short hair, necklet and ear pendants of coix seeds. Lips sewn together, no threads hanging.
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Spirit-scaring effigy (Kareau), Nicobar Islands. Male
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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 inside of a long house in a morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott, 1784, after J. Webber.
Webber, John, 1751-1793.Date: [1784]Reference: 566643i
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Consultation Figures, Southern Nigeria
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Figure representing pregnant woman, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
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An exhibition of the royal effigies, sculpture & other works of art prior to their being re-installed in Westminster Abbey, November 1945 / Victoria and Albert Museum.
Victoria and Albert Museum.Date: 1945
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Anthropomorphic effigy, Trobriand Islands, Western Pacific.
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M0012833: Divinatory effigy used by the Yarsi for prognosis of disease, Sierra Leone
Date: January 1953
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House-post figure, anthropomorphic effigy, Solomon Islands.
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Figure representing pregnant woman, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
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M0012658: Yoruba bronze effigies showing pathological conditions
Date: August 1952
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M0002724: A Nkondi from the Congo, West Africa
Date: 04 January 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/22/100
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Effigy of a Shaman from Haida Tribe, late 19th century.
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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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M0012643: Ancestoral effigy, Solomon Islands
Date: August 1952
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Head mask. Yuruba, Southern Nigeria, W.Africa
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Effigies of Shopono, God of smallpox. Yoruba, Nigeria.
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Effigy of a shaman, Haida, Queen charlotte Island.
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Female effigy, Simbo Island, Solomon Islands. In the exhibition of The Medicine of Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth.
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Canoe-head mask, New Guinea.
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Ancestral anthropomorphic effigy, New Guinea.

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A procession of officials of the city of London approach the entrance to St James's Palace to present to King George III the petition of the Livery of London. Engraving, 1769.

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

M0003935: Pair of effigies, Malakula Island

A shrunken head, Jivaro Indian, Ecuador, S.America. Short hair, necklet and ear pendants of coix seeds. Lips sewn together, no threads hanging.

Spirit-scaring effigy (Kareau), Nicobar Islands. Male

The inside of a long house in a morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott, 1784, after J. Webber.

Consultation Figures, Southern Nigeria

Figure representing pregnant woman, Ivory Coast, West Africa.

An exhibition of the royal effigies, sculpture & other works of art prior to their being re-installed in Westminster Abbey, November 1945 / Victoria and Albert Museum.

Anthropomorphic effigy, Trobriand Islands, Western Pacific.

M0012833: Divinatory effigy used by the Yarsi for prognosis of disease, Sierra Leone

House-post figure, anthropomorphic effigy, Solomon Islands.

Figure representing pregnant woman, Ivory Coast, West Africa.

M0012658: Yoruba bronze effigies showing pathological conditions

M0002724: A Nkondi from the Congo, West Africa

Effigy of a Shaman from Haida Tribe, late 19th century.

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

M0012643: Ancestoral effigy, Solomon Islands

Head mask. Yuruba, Southern Nigeria, W.Africa

Effigies of Shopono, God of smallpox. Yoruba, Nigeria.

Effigy of a shaman, Haida, Queen charlotte Island.

Female effigy, Simbo Island, Solomon Islands. In the exhibition of The Medicine of Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth.

Canoe-head mask, New Guinea.

Ancestral anthropomorphic effigy, New Guinea.