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Two ox shoes, with a broad wing or flange over each side of the toe and an additional flange at the heel.

Buffalo cart model with detachable buffalo. Models of the implements employed in the rice culture by the Siamese. These models were made to scale by Buddhist priests in Siam.

Oval glass in woodchip block. Used to be a mirror but the silver has almost gone. Used to be fixed on to something, glue is still in triangular shapes on the base.

This political song in the Aberdeen dialect, pokes fun at the outgoing town council. Corruption was rife - many instances are humorously referred to here. For example, the writer refers to the fiasco of the new harbour in verse 2, and is delighted…

The Unionist was the magazine of Aberdeen University's Conservative and Unionist Society.

The editor of the Aberdeen Pirate is delighted that none of the old council have been re-elected, and commends the citizens of Aberdeen for their good sense. He also points out that the new council should not indulge in 'feasting at the public…

Ostrich egg, carved with symbols and a monogram in memory of the death of James VIII and III. The lettering of the inscription is recognisably Scottish as is the drawing of the symbols, but the other work, especially the stylised flowering trees,…

Ostrakon in red pottery, Greek text of uncertain character. Ten lines, partly effaced, written over an earlier text which had been washed out. Old label on back. Inscription: Old label: 7