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Museum catalogue. An open book with a numbered list of objects such as beads and brooches. The size, materials and decorative elements of the objects are described and some are depicted with black and white photographs.
Illustrated catalogue of the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen
musical instrument nose.flute
Nose flute with 6 holes, excised pattern of triangles and bands.
musical.instrument model (18)
Eighteen models of musical instruments, made after court patterns.
Mut figure
Figure of Mut in bronze, double crowned. Reid (1912): 'Mut ... was represented as a woman wearing the double crown. The vulture was sacred to her.'
muzzle
Iron muzzle, half circle with 6 u-shaped spikes. For calves, to make cow kick when they suck and so wean them by force. All over Albania.
My First Election, from In and Out of Parliament
The Rt Hon Robert Farquharson of Finzean's book is a lively memoir of his time in parliament. This chapter, My First Election, tells how he got into parliament and includes some reflections about his colleagues.
nail
The corroded remains of an iron nail, mounted on a card label: 'Iron Nail from House in Herculaneum, excavd Sept 1828'. Inscription: Iron Nail from House in Herculaneum, excavd Sept 1828
Nails. Ten large iron nails with squarish cross sections, ranging in length from five to ten centimetres.
9 of these nails are on display (19/04/2001) in North Gallery. Excavated from gatehouse.
