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Limestone fragment with hieroglyphics depicting the name of the pharaoh Khufu in the oval cartouche and the symbols of upper and lower Egypt above it. Only the names of royalty were placed in cartouches, which represent both the protection and the…

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Specimen of charred wood, in a glass test-tube, stoppered with cottonwool, mounted on a card label: 'Beam of house in Pompei excavated Septr. 1828'.

Froe stick. A wooden stick with a flat cross at the top, around which is wrapped twisted hair.
Froe stick, or milk whisk, used for whipping cream at Hallowe'en. Small wooden cross on a shaft, with the cross wrapped round with a halo of twisted hair from a cow's tail.

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Figure of frog in green glazed ware, perforated for suspension.

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