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Fragment of a relief carving representing the youth and education of the young Bodhisattva. Inscription: Old label: 19

Fragment from a carved schist relief representing Queen Maya's dream. Inscription: Old label in red ink: 14

Seated figure of Buddha, draped figure, feet on a footstool, hands missing, 'halo' behind head. Flanked by two standing figures each with topknot and halo, perhaps representing the gods, Brahma and Indra, entreating with the Buddha.

Marble bust (on a marble plinth) of Robert William Reid, MD, LLD, FRCS, Regius Professor of Anatomy, University of Aberdeen, 1889-1925. Bust stands at the top of Marischal Museum staircase.Inscription: On plinth: Robert William Reid M. D., L. L. D.,…

Anklet, in a spiral of brass wire. Paper label attached (see inscription. Inscription: Anklet Nyassaland Ogston Coll 1929 Vol II p4 (3)

Part of a tobacco pipe made from a calabash. Illustrated in Ogston (1884-1929) Volume 1.

Girdle in bark, dyed red. Worn by males.

One of five clubs listed in Reid, 1912. Circular disc-like end. James Edward Keith (1696 -1758), Younger brother of the last Earl Marischal of Scotland. Exiled for taking up arms against the Hanovarians in the 1715 uprising, he fled to the Continent,…

Coat or jerkin in buff leather. Worn in the time of Charles I. Sent from Hungary to David Stuart of Inchbreck by one of his family in 1650.

Kris with ornate, double-edged, wavy, damascened blade bearing figure of head of lion or dragon. Carved ivory handle and red painted wooden scabbard.