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Adjustable horseshoe. An iron horseshoe with a hinge in the middle.
An adjustable horseshoe, used by the farrier to spread a contracted hoof. The horse-shoe is hinged at the toe so that when fitted it allows the foot to spread out, encouraging it to become broader as the horse walks on it over a period.
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Adze. An adze with a wide, flat rusty iron head and a wooden handle.
Hand adze, perhaps used by coopers to strip bark off trees. One of a number of items (eg ABDUA 15895 to 15915) donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Most of the items date to…
Album. A large book bound in red leather. The book is open on the first pages. On the left page is an illustration of shinty sticks with ribbons and scrolls. The right page is richly decorated with colour illustrations of a ship, crossed swords, the University of Aberdeen's coat of arms, the Littlejohn of Invercharron Challenge Vase, an elderly white man in a black gown and an another in highland dress, King's College, a student in a red gown, and Marischal College. Colourful gilded borders of knotwork border the illustrations.
The 'Littlejohn of Invercharron Challenge Vase Album', illuminated, leather bound. Records the details of Alexander Littlejohn offering Aberdeen University Athletic Club a 'shinty trophy' in 1905.
Amputation kit. A wooden box containing various saws and knives.
Professor Dyce DavidsonÔÇÖs amputation kit. Wooden, velvet-lined box contains three types of saw: a tenon saw, a hacksaw and blade, a small (broken) handsaw, also a sawchain, two large knives and a small knife, all in stainless steel with black…
Antler. A bleached antler, with cracks and some pieces broken off.
Reindeer antler (Rangifer tarandus) from Moss of Cruden, Aberdeenshire.