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One of five leather bags collected by James MacGrigor. This one is half oval in shape, with black and red tooled leather front flap, decortated with long tooled leather bands and fringes.

Small North American bead bag.

Bag of oatmeal, 1kg, from Montgarrie Mills, Alford, Aberdeenshire. 'The Oatmeal of Alford', kiln dried, stone ground, micro-waveable.

Satchel or purse woven in elaborate floral design on red velvet with coloured and gold threads, decorated with tassels in different colours, silver stud on flap of purse. Long strap woven in red, white and blue thread.

White goatskin bag, drone and chanter made of wood. Reeds in straw.

a brass balance arm with marking 1 to 12 on each arm and grade marks every half unit. A metal pointer is fixed to the upper edge of the balance centre; part of a weighing balance mechanism

Ball of grey Kemnay granite.

six ivory balls, one wooden ball, some have a green cord attached for suspension. One of the larger ivory balls has a flush weight attached by a screw inserted into the ball. Possibly some variation of Newton's conservation of momentum experiment