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  • Collection: Encyclopaedia of the North East

Pictish beads. Nineteen glass beads in ring and rounded triangle shapes. The triangular beads are of brown and blue glass with opaque yellow spirals on them, and the ring shaped beads are in blue, white, yellow, green and grey glass in swirly patterns.

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Beggar's badges. Five badges, clockwise from top left: A circular grey metal badge inscribed Fraserburgh Poor, an oval grey badge inscribed Old Machar S. District N. 13, an oval copper badge inscribed Dunnottar 8, a similar badge inscribed Fetteresso 16, a circular grey badge inscribed P. Nigg. D.C. MINR. No. 1773.

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Spoons. Four spoons made of wood and horn, one about a foot long.

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Neep tapners. Two iron tools with hooks at the end and wooden handles, one sickle shaped, the other straight.

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Brose cap and ladle. A bowl carved out of a single piece of wood, with an iron band around it, and a wooden ladle.

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Shot and powder flasks. Four teardrop shaped flasks made of leather and metal, with brass spouts. One flask is copper with embossed decoration of oak leaves.

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Shotgun paraphernalia. A small steel bottle of gun oil, a polished copper coloured flask with a brass spout containing shot and powder, a handful of tiny copper caps and three shotgun cartridges.

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Shroud pins. Two long bronze pins with looped ends holding a ring.

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Grave goods. Left to right: flint flakes, a rounded rectangular piece of schist with parallel lines carved around the border and two holes, a small toggle made of bone, and seven cylindrical clay pin heads.

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