86/1920/44
Elizabeth Willis, Museum Victoria, 30/06/2018 “A subsequent article, ‘Reminiscences of old Avenel’, by ‘E.
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33/1953/48
A man’s container for storing spearheads such as Kimberley points.
770/1989
This spring balance was used by Customs officials in Exeter.
78/2003
This balance was excavated from Exeter.
51/1916/49
An Inuit dipper or baler of fossil mammoth ivory.
COR310
27/1973/46
An unusual 33-sided gambling ball, an ivory teetotem, likely dating from the late 17th - late 18th century.
DOR060
COR225
HAN057
COR281
COR282
COR028
165/2009
This small ball is a rare survival.
300/1988/L68
This small ball is one of several known from Britain and was used either for tennis or fives.
275/2003
This carefully shaped stone ball has a groove running round it.
287/1996/3
This is a very carefully shaped stone sphere with a groove running around its middle.
71/1924/6
Turtleshell was a prized material and this piece is adornment made to be worn on the arm.
532/1988/3
Worn by Rosamund Davey Harwood (née Lee) of Plymouth.
10/2010/27
A traditional headband worn around the head of a woman for dancing.
196/2007/37
This bandolier-type necklace consists of tiny gourd tips interspersed with old white beads, strung on fibre.
434/2005/14
Beaded bandolier worn by men.
154/2000/15
Catherine Elliott, Nessa Leibhammer, 2017 DDF research: This note applies to 154/2000/15,29,32,31,30 and 28, which look like they could originate from the same place.
83/2005/4
The account in the register implies that Hamilton confused this ornament with tusk ornaments from Vanuatu.
83/2005/5
Register reads “Two bangles.
83/2005/6
32/1945/34
This copper alloy circular bangle is cast in two parts (lost wax process).
290/1914/2
65/1992/7
This bank note has been re-used with correspondence written on the back, and the front altered from ten pounds to ten million!
99/1918/1
This German bank note was donated to the museum fifteen days after the end of the First World War.