List of curiosities with cost prices for each item. Items including various pipes such as a large white china pipe and an old Capo di Monti pipe from the Bragge collection.
List of curiosities, mostly pipes.
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Playing ludo
Plateau market ropes
Kontagora market. Yams, Peas, Quinoa
Black and white negative of Wai Wai tribe member bending over in middle of forest plaiting leaves/grass
Collection Information
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
If you have any further information about objects in our collections or can suggest corrections to our information, please contact us: enquiry@horniman.ac.uk


