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Wooden bowl, turned out of a single piece of wood, repaired with iron clamps and hoop. Used for making brose (boiling water, milk or a mixture of both poured over oatmeal and stirred).

Old label: Brush in cactus spines, made by Indians, South America. Presented by James Duncan, Tillycorthie, Aberdeenshire 1923.

One of a collection of 4 images of the Buddha, in gilded wood, all standing, presented by Lieut. Col. W. Lachlan Forbes in the 1920s.

Image of the Buddha, in earth-pointing attitude, with long ears. Probably had a top-knot, but this is now missing. Resin body with a thin silver skin. Silver has been soldered together at sides. Labelled on base 199, but matches dimensions and…

Image of the Buddha, in earth-pointing attitude. Solid resin base, covered with a thin silver skin. Labelled on base 198, but measurements agree with statuette 199 in Reid. Inscription: 198

Silver image of the Buddha in earth-pointing attitude on a throne/dais.

Specimens of blue glass bugles (long beads) and tiny white beads, still connected by thread, in a glass test-tube, stoppered with cork and mounted on a card label: 'Glass Bugles from a Mummy'. Inscription: Glass Bugles from a Mummy