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Doll, dressed in the ordinary costume of the Vallahadhes, Yanina in Epirus, West Macedonia.

Wooden tube. Alt-azimuth mounting on tripod stand.

small bone (phalanx - probably of deer) with cloth and wool tied round it. This doll has brown thread wrapped around it. Old Label - "Used by Lengua Indian children. Presented by Dr. J.W. Lindsay, Paraguay 1909"

a wooden bell shaped dome. Internal circular socket fitting for shaft or handle

a glass apparatus dome cover with green velvet covered rim

Iron object - door catch or key? Excavated from gatehouse.

Old Scottish door latch and knocker, Thomson's Catalogue (Small General Catalogue of Banchory House Museum 1862): 'from Mrs Macvicar'.

4 different sets of balances. Chinese balances in bamboo carrying cases known as Dotchins. They were used in the Chinese market place for weighing gold currency that consisted of irregular pieces stamped with their purity; violin-shaped wooden case…

4 black metal plates joined together by 8 white rods through all 4 plates. In between the plates are various wires also connecting them and outside the plates on one side are resistors also connecting the plates. There is one grey piece of metal on…