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Panel pipes carved out of argillite, a dark slate, comparatively soft when mined which hardens after exposure to the air Haida style, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia Made for sale to Europeans, most of the pipes illustrate sailors of the…

'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.

Figure of seated Osiris in calcite (alabaster), originally gilded.

Fragment of a black stone slab, with Sanskrit inscription carved into it.

Hand-written label for stone specimen but stone missing. Inscription: hand-written label in ink: Stone from the temple of the ....

Glossy dark red stone, wrapped in paper label. Inscription: hand-written label in ink: A stone taken from a tumulus on the banks of the Jordan where it is said that the Israelites crossed.

Stone from the tomb of Archimedes, wrapped in paper label. Inscription: Hand-written label in ink: From the tomb of Archimedes.

Stone wrapped in label, collected from Duaga. Inscription: hand-written label in ink: Specimen of the stone from Duaga

Piece of stone wrapped in paper label, from Palmyra. Inscription: hand-written label in ink: Stone from the Temple of the Sun at Palmyra

human skull carved in white stone, Perhaps part of a sculptured frieze - tenons at the back for fitting into a wall