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  • Collection: Encyclopaedia of the North East

Heckle combs. Two large combs with long, fine, slightly curved metal teeth on wooden handles.

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Heckles. Two wooden platforms with a large number of thin metal spikes projecting upwards from the middle.

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Flint arrowheads. Four leaf shaped arrowheads in orange and grey flint.

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Flint arrowheads. Clockwise from upper middle: a large leaf shaped arrowhead, a barbed triangular arrowhead with a shaft, a diamond shaped arrowhead, a tiny barbed triangular arrowhead with a shaft, a tiny triangular arrowhead with a shaft, a small leaf shaped arrowhead, and a long barbed triangular arrowhead.

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Net weights. Two stones, one cuboid, the other ovoid, both with grooves cut across the middle to allow cords to be tied around them.

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Doric literature. A copy of Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, a copy of Fite Doo Black Crow by Sheena Blackhall, and a programme for 'The Return of Happy Returns' by Scotland the What? at His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen.

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Dirks. Five steel blades about a foot long with handles, left to right: blade with two deep grooves and wooden handle with hatching and heart decoration, blade with subtle grooves and wooden handle, blade with one deep groove and a chunky wooden handle carved with knotwork, blade with one shallow groove and a finely carved wooden handle with knotwork and brass fittings, blade with one wide groove and an ivory and wood handle.

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Dirks. Three steel blades about a foot long with sheaths, left to right: blade with wooden handle finely decorated with carved knotwork and brass studs with a leather and brass sheath containing a small knife, double edged blade with horn handle and cross-guard with tiny brass human heads on the ends with a leather sheath decorated with dots and hearts, thick blade with wooden handle and leather sheath decorated with lines, knotwork and a bearded face.

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Pistols. Three steel flintlock pistols, left to right: large pistol about a foot and a half long with heart shaped butt decorated with roses and leaves, pistol about a foot long with scroll shaped butt decorated with lines and scrolls, small pistol about 9 inches long with heart shaped butt.

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Crows. Two taxidermy crows: a regular all black crow standing with its head cocked towards the viewer, and a hooded crow which is light grey except for the head, wings and tail which are black, standing looking upwards.

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