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Type Title Date Coordinates Originating Location Description
Artifact
Front view of a figurine of a woman carrying a water jug on her back. She is wearing sandals, a blue suit, and a poncho of different colours, as well as a pink head covering and a yellow and orange upturned hat.
Figurine
1930 to 1943
Latitude: 12° 4' 6.91" S
Longitude: 75° 12' 42.696" W
South America
  • Painted clay figurine standing on a painted wooden base.
  • Middle-aged woman wearing sandals, a blue suit, and a poncho of different colours, as well as a pink head covering and a yellow and orange upturned hat. 
Artifact
Painted clay figurine of a man in a straw hat, carrying a basket.
Figurine
1930 to 1943
Latitude: 6° 13' 38.482" N
Longitude: 67° 30' 12.755" W
South America
  • Clay painted figurine stanting on a painted wood base.
  • Middle-aged man dressed in blue-grey pants with black and grey stripes, black cape, red scarf, white shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat.
Artifact
A metal machete with a long, curving blade and a bone handle with a dark wooden base, pointing to the right. There is a small image of a sun on the blade right next to the handle.
Machete
1930 to 1943
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
North America
  • Machete has a curved metal blade attached to a bone handle.
  • Maker's mark next to the handle 
  • Maker's mark logo is of a fist emerging from a crown, clutching a mallet.
Artifact
A machete with a curved metal blade and wooden handle facing left.
Machete
1930 to 1943
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
Europe
  • Curved metal blade with a wooden handle.
  • Blade curves up at the end.
  • Maker's mark is printed on the blade, next to the handle.
  • Logo of a crocodile 
Artifact
Toy wooden bow with orange and green hemp wrapped along the handle, with feathers and animal fur.
Toy Bow
1930 to 1943
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Toy bow made from the wood of the purpleheart tree, found locally. 
  • Part of a set with an arrow
  • String is still attached.
Artifact
Front view of the toy wooden knife with orange, green and natural coloured hemp decoration.
Toy Knife
1930 to 1943
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Toy knife made from the wood of the purpleheart tree found in the local area.
  • Handle is wrapped in orange-, green-, and natural-coloured hemp string with a band of animal fur in the centre.
Artifact
Wooden arrow toy with points at both ends. The largest end is decorated with orange feathers, and two bands of coloured twine animal fur in between them.
Toy Arrow
1930 to 1943
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Wooden toy arrow belonging to a set with a bow.
  • Made from the wood of the purple heart tree, found in the local area.
  • Largest end is decorated with orange feathers, and two bands of coloured twine framing a centre of animal fur.
Artifact
The front of a double-ended wooden knife toy. It is dark brown with points on either end. There is white fur wrapped around the centre. Green, orange, and natural-coloured twined are wrapped around either side of the fur before the points.
Toy Knife
1930
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Double-ended knife made of purple heart wood from the jungles of Colombia.
  • Both ends of the centre grip are wrapped in orange, green, and natural coloured twine.
  • Centre of the grip is wrapped in animal fur.
Artifact
Framed collection of four grasshoppers and one beetle.
Grasshopper and Beetle Collection
1936
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Collection of four grasshoppers and one beetle caught in the oilfields of the Tropical Oil Company near El Centro, Colombia.
  • Framed in wood and fronted with glass
Artifact
A brown tarantula in a light wooden frame with eight sides. It is sitting on a white mat.
Tarantula
1936
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Known as the "Lesser Black Bird-Eating Spider". 
  • Caught in the oil fields of the Tropical Oil Company near El Centro, Colombia in 1936. 
  • The spider has eight long legs and two short teeth at the front used to inject venom. 
Artifact
Framed collection of 19 butterflies and moths of different sizes and colours (although primarily blue). Frame is painted green and gold.
Butterfly and Moth Collection
1935
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Collection of 19 butterflies and moths from the jungles of El Centure, Colombia.
  • Encased in wood frame and fronted with glass
  • Frame is painted gold and green
Artifact
A collection of 18 butterflies and moths in a wooden fame and mounted on beige backing. The insects range in size and colour. Some are black and orange, yellow, blue, green, and pale in colour.
Butterfly and Moth Collection
1936
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Collection of 18 butterflies and moths from the jungles of El Centure, Colombia.
  • Caught in the oil fields of the Tropical Oil Company in 1936.
  • ​Encased in wood frame and fronted with glass.
Artifact
Framed collection of 12 butterflies and moths of different sizes collected in Colombia. They range in colour from light yellow to blue to orange to black
Butterfly and Moth Collection
1935
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Collection of 12 butterflies and moths from the jungles of El Centure, Colombia.
  • Encased in wood frame and fronted with glass
  • Back of the frame reads: "J.T. & V.L. Braybrook. Dec 28, 1935. El Centro, Colombia."
Artifact
Framed collection of 16 butterflies and moths collected from Colombia.
Butterfly and Moth Collection
1930 to 1939
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Collection of 16 butterflies and moths from the jungles of El Centure, Colombia.
  • Encased in wood frame and fronted with glass
Artifact
Bloss Sutherland and two men standing under an oil rig. There is a large wheel connected to a belt behind them and trees in the background.
Bloss Sutherland in Borneo
1920 to 1932
Latitude: 4° 23' 58.949" N
Longitude: 113° 59' 25.613" E
Asia
  • Photo of Bloss Sutherland (right) and man who has just arrived from Holland to learn the oil business.
  • Standing on an oil rig in British Borneo (modern Malaysia).
Story Bloss Sutherland 1892 to 1962 Latitude: 4° 23' 58.949" N
Longitude: 113° 59' 25.613" E
Sarawak

Father, community leader, soldier, International Driller - Bloss Sutherland bore many titles during his lifetime.
Artifact
Vista shot of the main camp at an oil field in Colombia. There are three long buildings in the foreground and a group of buildings in the background.
Vista Panoramica - El Centro
1930 to 1943
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 46' 4.145" W
South America
  • Photograph of the drilling camp where John Braybrook worked in Colombia. The camp was bulldozed out of the jungle in a valley with 400 miles of jungle on either side. 
Artifact
A photo of Vola and John Braybrook sitting on a park bench. There is a path with large stones beside them and a series of benches along the path behind them. She is wearing a skirt and jacket with high heels and he is wearing a suit and tie.
John Braybrook and Vola (Gregory) Braybrook
1948
Latitude: 12° 2' 43.883" S
Longitude: 77° 2' 35.869" W
  • John Braybrook and his wife Vola sitting on a park bench. 
Artifact
Vola and John Braybrook sitting on a windowsill. There are bars on the window and flowers by their feet. The photo is part of a Christmas card.
Merry Christmas from Peru
1948
Latitude: 12° 2' 43.883" S
Longitude: 77° 2' 35.869" W
South America
  • Christmas postcard showing John and Vola Braybrook sitting on a windowsill outside their home in Lima-Peru. 
  • Message on back notes that all homes there have bars on the windows. 
Artifact
The road leading into the Tropical Oil Company facility in El Centro, Colombia. The facility is in behind a group of trees.
Tropical Oil Company camp in Colombia
1930 to 1943
Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W
South America
  • Small park in front of the office at the Tropical Oil Company facility in El Centro, Colombia.

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