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  • Collection: Collecting the world

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One of five leather bags collected by James MacGrigor. This one is half oval in shape, with black and red tooled leather front flap, decortated with long tooled leather bands and fringes.

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Wooden board carved with 12 circular depressions, two half-circular depressions, to hold seeds. Used in the game 'kyngee bel' or 'keya' or 'wari-wari' played all over West Africa.

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Fan of feathers.

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boot.jpg
Boot in leather, felt and black silk. Worn by Chinese gentleman.

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stocking.jpg
Stocking in white cotton, blue silk, and bound with black velvet and gold braid. Worn by Chinese male.

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Model of the foot of a Chinese female, in plaster of Paris, with silk bandage and shoe. Michie (1887) 'Models of the compressed feet of a Chinese Lady.' Reid (1912): 'Foot of Chinese female, left, distorted.'

water bottle.jpg
One of two water bottles, in baked clay.

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Circular pan (imperfect) with handle, in bronze.

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Iron ring, supposed to have been axle hoop of Caledonian war chariot used in battle between Agricola and Galgacus, fought nearby - found at Roman Camp, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire 1800.

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Small statue of Aesculapius. The head is classical, the body probably 19th century AD. Head given to Fordyce by Lord Bute (see Knight c.1840, MS M111 for two references to 'the head of Esculapius').
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