Masks possessing magical qualities, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Balfour was elected a Fellow

Balfour was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1884

Interior view of the livery hall in the Stationers' Hall

The lower section shows a coat of arms

Sketches of two types of extinct armoured fossil fish from the class Placodermi

Masks possessing magical qualities, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Balfour was elected a FellowMasks possessing magical qualities, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, 1920. These distinctive masks are worn by members of the Duk Duk society, a secret society of the Tolai people of the Rabaul area of New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago. The society has religious, political and social objectives and traditionally enforced law and order among the Tolai. A print from Customs of the World, Hutchinson and Company, 1920.