79/1991/3
A fine basalt adze that was attached to a haft to carve large pieces of wood e.
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79/1991/4
49/1949/86
A small stone adze for refining the carving work done by larger adzes.
49/1949/88
A fragmented toki or stone adze for carving large pieces of wood.
110/1931/4
80/1991/1
This stone adze would have been attached to a wooden haft so that it could be used to carve large pieces of wood, such as canoes and house timbers.
80/1991/3
80/1991/6
This small stone adze would have been attached to a wooden haft so that it could be used in wood carving.
65/1993
16/1996/101
A stone adze head that would have been bound to a wooden haft for the purpose of carving.
573/2007/1
Made from basalt (manutea), this hogback adze (toki) is common to eastern Polynesia and would have been used to fell tress and carve canoes.
2/1894/3
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HAN055
449/2009
This is the cord from a German parachute mine dropped on St Loyes Estate, Exeter, on 28th November 1940.
TTNCM : 178/2009
This replica of the Alfred jewel was made by Payne and Sons of Oxford for the Millenium celebrations of King Alfred in 1901.
92/1991
This Anderson shelter was used in Woodville Road, St Thomas, Exeter during the Second World War.
40/1929/1
Ellen Herbert compiled an album of lace samples collected by Charlotte Treadwin.
263/1903/3456
Diatoms on a microscope slide from the collection of WB Carpenter, prepared by WA Firth.
21/2000/23
Palmer’s label reads ‘Cast skin of G[rea]t warty newt Apr 1924’.
112/1982/273
People once believed that olms were young cave dragons.
40/2023/48
Microscope slide containing stained sections through the head of a newt.
40/2023/49
40/2023/50
40/2023/51
367/1974
Common frog freeze dried and varnished.
NHtemp95
A freeze-dried toad.
246/2005
This frog has been dissected and preserved in spirit.
Rep834
This frog has been preserved in spirit and suspended by a loop of monofilament.
Rep864
This tiny tree frog has been suspended in alcohol using a loop of thread.
Rep865
This African reed frog was collected on the west coast of Africa.
