| Content Warning | A review of the Archive catalogue and documents within the Archive relating to Anthropology identified that some contain information that may be offensive or distressing. This includes racist language, and descriptions of historical collecting and research methods. The Museum does not condone unacceptable language and practices of the past, but has not redacted these records to maintain authenticity and facilitate discovery of records for research, including study of the history of science and museums |
| Description | Donation of 2 Indian skulls, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1916.8.28.1 from Mr C E Roche Rowland
Donation of Pottery from Mr Fagan, Bloomsbury
1 Letter and map, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1916.11.20.1
Donation from Henry Woodward relating to an ‘African Cannibal’s Skull’ from Dr E Arthur Gibson, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1917.10.3.1
‘List of specimens ETHNOLOGICAL collected by Mr D W Gaukrodger, Alice Downs, Blackall. Collected from the Great Dividing Range, related Natural History Museum specimen numbers are 1923.12.15.384 and 1944.10.18.1-4
1 Letter relating to a Māori skull found half buried at the Taurimu station, New Zealand found by Norman Herbert, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1924.14.10.1 and permit to export 2 Māori skulls, presented by the Wanganui Museum from the Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, including related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1925.5.27.1
Donation of a skull from M T Dawe, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1924.9.7.1
Fragmented Sau skull from Capt G J Letham, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1924.9.6.1
List of Indian specimens H O Forbes Coll, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1924.9.12.1-2
J W Teneley concerning the donation of skulls found in Bedford, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1927.6.23.1-2
Details relating to the find of skulls, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1927.7.27.1-2
1 Letter relating to the skull sent to the museum that was found in the Rio Negro Territory of Argentina, South America, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1929.7.2.1
Note detailing pre-Inca skull and providence, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1930.1.5.1-2
Note with the providence of skull, related Natural History Museum specimen number is 1930.1.7.1-3 |