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Gutting knife. A knife with a hooked steel blade, a curved wooden handle and a cord attached to a metal loop near the blade.
Gutting knife, with a hooked blade.
GWW marischal
Image of Marischal College from George Washington Wilson collection.
Hadley's octant. An triangular ebony frame shaped like a section of a circle, with an ivory scale along the curved outer edge. A brass arm with a small scale and a screw at the end reaches from the point of the frame to the outer edge and can be rotated along it. There are three black glass discs in hinged brass frames on one side and the whole instrument stands flat on small brass legs.
Ebony frame with ivory scale having anchor engraved at its centre, calibrated in degrees, micrometer adjustment & Vernier to 1' arc. 1 green shade, 2 red shades. Double pin-hole site with moveable cover across a single pin-hole. Forerunner of the…
Hag stone. A large, elongated and unevenly shaped pebble with two holes running through one end. A cord is tied through one of the holes.
Sandstone, with natural perforations, used as a charm stone.
Haims collar
Yoke (collar or hamins or hems) for an ox or horse; Bought at Glens of Foundland, Wells of Ythan
Haims. Two large curved pieces of wood joined by a chain at one end and a leather belt at the other. Each wooden pieces has a metal plate screwed to its outer surfaces and a leather pad with a metal hook.
Yoke (collar or hamins or hems) for an ox or horse. Bought at Glens of Foundland, Wells of Ythan.
Halberd. A wide flat triangular bronze point, about seven inches long, with a raised area along the centre and three small holes near the bottom.
Bronze halberd, with tapering midrib and three rivet holes. Part of a hoard of three halberds (see ABDUA 19678 and 19679) found in 1908 while making a bridge over a ditch on a farm. Found on subsoil under approximately 10ft of 'moss' (Reid 1912).
