Description: | -A mixed and interesting collection consisting of some early material from Edward Backhouse, a banker with a 20,000 object museum, not all ethnography, presented to Sunderland in 1907. Other donors included John Petherick, a 19th century Upper Nile explorer and Dr CT Trenchmann, an antiquarian from Castle Eden, Co Durham. About 1500 items are listed, but only 933 located in 1998. Collections should include material from Samoa, New Zealand, Southern Africa, India, Srl lanka, Tibet, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Of the 933 items there are 355 from Africa, 223 from Asia, 171 from Oceania, 87 from America, 9 from Europe and 88 to be identified. Significant items include John Petherick's ivory war trumpet from Central Africa, a Maori paddle, mask from Papuan Gulf, Mahdist banner, Oceanis staffs and weapons, Peruvian pots, East Asian ivories, Naga material from India and 6 glass tipped arrows from Tierra del Fuego.
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