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Mortsafe model. Three wooden poles arranged in a pyramid shape over a hole in the ground. Hanging over the hole is a coffin shaped slab of stone, suspended from the poles by a series of hooked metal bars and a winch.
Model of an early nineteenth-century Inverurie mortsafe - the original would have been placed over recent burials to prevent the removal of bodies for study.
Mould Spindle Whorl Mould
Mould for casting spindle whorls, matrix decoration: radial lines & dots. Found at in a dyke at Tarfat, Strichen, by Andrew Fentie.
Inscription: Old label: Amulet, Tarfat
Inscription: Old label: Amulet, Tarfat
Moulding. Plaster figure of Christ on a block about five inches tall, broken at the mid torso. His face is turned to his right and his left hand is on his chest.
Plaster moulding of Christ from Monymusk Kirk.
Inscription: Box marked: MONYMUSK CHRIST
Inscription: Box marked: MONYMUSK CHRIST
Museum catalogue. An open book with a numbered list of objects such as beads and brooches. The size, materials and decorative elements of the objects are described and some are depicted with black and white photographs.
Illustrated catalogue of the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen
Nails. Ten large iron nails with squarish cross sections, ranging in length from five to ten centimetres.
9 of these nails are on display (19/04/2001) in North Gallery. Excavated from gatehouse.
Naphtha lamp. A small metal lamp with a conical base. The body of the lamp is cylindrical and has a handle made of plate with a hole punched in it, a lid with a handle, a spout pointing diagonally upwards and a tray underneath the spout.
Conical base, with cylindrical top, loop for suspension.
Naphtha lamp. Small dark grey metal lamp with a broken glass bulb.
Naptha lamp, known as an 'oilie-bubblie', made of tin with a hook for hanging. Naptha is a flammable oil distilled from the oil shales of central Scotland. This lamp has a pear-shaped metal body with a wick at the top, and a glass funnel. The naptha…
Necklace. A simple gold plated chain necklace.
Gold-plated necklace purchased in Aberdeen, 1990.
Necklet. A large bronze ring about 9 inches wide. There is an open part of the ring, and the ends have flared out terminals. Around the outer edge are numerous short projections which are the remains of smaller rings; only one of these rings is complete.
Part of a hoard with sunflower-headed pin and two socketed axes. Similar to the neck-ring in the hoard found at Braes of Gight, near Haddo House. Part of William Joyner's collection, donated by his great-granddaughter, comprising the Dingwall hoard…