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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
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.
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.
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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