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I, Object!The Awkward SquadI object: Ian Hislop's search for dissent

A selection of objects from the British Museum exhibition.

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Shadow puppets made of hide.

Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • Head - and Brains by Richard Newton, 1797
  • Treason!!! by Richard Newton, 1797.
  • Shadow puppets made of hide.
  • A Voluptuary under the horrors of Digestion by James Gillray, 1792.
  • Fashionable contrasts, by James Gillray, 1792.
  • Limestone ostracon with a scene of sex.
  • Wooden door panel carved by Dada Areogun of Osi village, Ekiti State, Nigeria, 1924.
  • Wooden door panel carved by Dada Areogun of Osi village, Ekiti State, Nigeria, 1924.

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