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Circular black leather shield, with gilded bosses and a crescent. Buffalo hide. Michie (1887): 'Taken in the Burmese War, 1827'

Silver chain, with pendant, disc and movable sliding knobs ornamented with filigree work in silver gilt. Garnet in the centre of the disc. Probably used as an incense censer chain. Found in 1735 under floor of the library of Marischal College and…

Carved wooden club from the Marquesas Islands. Reid (1912): 'Head carved showing six grotesque figures of human figures.'

Coat or jerkin in buff leather. Worn in the time of Charles I. Sent from Hungary to David Stuart of Inchbreck by one of his family in 1650.

Image of Ganapati (Lord of Hosts) or Ganesha, son of Siva, in granite.

Rectangular shaped piece of tapa with a hole in the centre, and patches (strips), decoration: pattern of short red lines. Hunt (1981): 'A poncho-like garment made by a daughter of one of the Tahitian women who accompanied the bounty mutineers to…

'Part of a relievo of Grecian sculpture, in white marble' - reference in Knight's handwritten catalogue, c. 1840, under 'Antiquities' but no reference in 1887 King's College Catalogue, nor in Reid's 1912 Catalogue.

Tombstone (imperfect) in white stone with inscription and turban-like top. This is probably one of the 'Two Tombstones of white marble from Turkish Burying Grounds' presented by Capt James Brebner, Aberdeen, 1805 mentioned in Knight, W, 1840,…

Marble fragment with Arabic name Madha-Ibd-Ilmarka. Old label in ink on side of stone: Asia 3

Eighteen models of musical instruments, made after court patterns.