Portion of silver knitted ornament from Croy, Inverness-shire, 800 - 900 AD

Portion of an ornament with trumpet and spiral patterns, from Norrie's Law, 600 - 700 AD

Stand of wood, for a double-layered glass ornament: China, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong reign, 1735 - 1795 AD

Ornament of gilt and enamelled silver, offered as a wedding present: South China, probably Fuzhou, 19th - early 20th century

Woman's ornament of brass with an interlaced pattern of eternal life, personal use: Tibet, late 19th century

Ornament? of cast bronze, cruciform with bilobed and rudely triangular limbs, and a central boss raised to a point: Assam, Abor

Heart-shaped ornament of silver with chased border, worn suspended from the waist by young girls: Asia, South East Asia, Thailand or Laos

Neck ornament or purse of leather ornamented with dyed quillwork and tinplate tags: North America, Plains

Head ornament of shell: Southern Africa, Zambia, late 19th century

Head ornament (eahlie) made of gum tree shavings, worn at ceremonial dances: Australasia, Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara, Sherlock River, probably Ngarluma, late 19th century

Hair ornament (gnulga) of wood, one of pair, a stick with attached shavings, worn at ceremonial dances: Australasia, Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara, Sherlock River, probably Ngarluma, late 19th century

Hair ornament (gnulga) of wood, one of pair, a stick with attached shavings, worn at ceremonial dances: Australasia, Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara, Sherlock River, probably Ngarluma, late 19th century

Snake ornament made of small glass beads woven over a flexible shape: Turkish, Ankara, 1982

Dog of Fo and puppy ornament of pale grey-green jade with brown markings, carved as a reclining dog with puppy nestling at side: China, Qing dynasty, late 17th - early 18th century

Carved wood stand for a Dog of Fo and puppy ornament of pale grey-green jade: China, Qing dynasty, late 17th - early 18th century

Furniture ornament of gold plate with beaten decoration, probably a centre ornament on a state or ancestral stool: West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti, taken at the capture of Kumasi, 1873 - 1874