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Wool Washing in South Harris
VIEW OF GIRL TREADING WOOL IN STREAM
Worming gear. A black metal pot with a pipe coming out of the top horizontally, and then into a downward spiral with four turns before straightening put horizontally and going through a broken piece of wood.
Worming equipment, used by whisky smugglers in Aberdeenshire.
writing.set
Robert Wilson's writing set - small table-top desk with carrying handle, 2 glass bottles for ink, drawer at the front, letter opener, blotter, candle holder.
writing.set palette
Writing set/palette complete with four pens. The wooden tablet is recessed to hold the pens and has five holes containing the original colours white, brown, black, green. The pens are of wood with small brass nibs.
Yard and ell measure. A long wooden bar with projections at either end so that something a yard long would fit in the space between the projections. There are markings along the bar, and brass plates on the side at either end.
Measures an ell and imperial yard each in 1/2,1/4,1/16 and 1/32nd parts.