The Collection
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- 1920s
- replica
- beauty
- craft
- concert
- Mission to Central Africa
- south africa
- wall mounts
- royalty
- Black culture
- marley
- axe
- afro
- figurine
- music
- musical instrument
- black british
- yoruba
- lost wax method
- slavery
- wood
- World War One
- women in art
- gourd
- plaster
- slave trade
- cowbell
- statue
- carnival
- brass
- flyers
- bronze statue
- church history
- queen mother
- zulu
- iyoba
- nestor
- Nyasaland
- ere ibeji
- tourism
- resin cast
- ornamental
- WW1
- benin bronze
- hair
- African history
- oshe
- Malawi
- manilla ring
- wooden sculpture
- house decorations
- bust
- currency
- Nigeria
- the voice
- event
- fire iron holder
- brixton
- afro caribbean
- British empire
- medals
- British industry
- grave stone
- nightlife
- royal albert hall
- Afro Caribbean
- Military history
- sculpture
- Birmingham
- youth culture
- religion
- lifestyle
- lively up yourself
- black british history
- beadwork
- photograph
- performance
- art deco
- David Livingstone
- josephine baker
- Caribbean
‘Carnival Man’
Black and white photo from exhibition, ‘Masquerading: The Art of the Notting Hill Carnival 1986-7’
'Caribbean stars in Gala Classical Extravaganza'
1986 Poster for a concert performed by Caribbean musicians at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Zulu love letter
A ‘Zulu love letter’ made from beads with accompanying information about the colour coding.
Hand made framed commemorative plaque of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's 1953 visit to Nyasaland (Malawi)
Letter written to the Queen Mother on occasion of her 1953 visit to Nyasaland (Malawi), by school children of the UMCA Matope school.
Drinking gourd
A drinking gourd from Malwai, brought via the Mission to Central Africa organisation.
Thick brass manilla bracelet with etchings
A thick brass manilla bracelet with decorative etchings, made in Birmingham.
Pair of brass wall mounts
A pair of brass wall mounts, of a man wearing traditional headwear and a possibly colonial soldier.
Bronze replica in the style of the bronze casting of the Kingdom of Benin, southern Nigeria.
A bronze bust of the Iyoba with decorative geometric patterns in the style of metalwork from the Kingdom of Benin.
Ceramic head and shoulders of a Black woman
Ceramic head and statue of a black woman with vibrant red lips
King’s African Rifles and West Indian Rifles pins
Kings African Rifles (K.A.R.) pin for wearing on clothing.
Nestor’s tablet
Large square resin cast of a grave plaque of Nestor, from Teston Graveyard, Kent.
Small anthropomorphic brass figurine
Small brass figurine with anthropomorphic features – the body of a naked man, and the head of an animal.
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