42/2016/6
An Akan stool, which was made in Ghana but acquired in Lagos, Nigeria.
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66/1938/5/1
Everyday stool for a man. Kept inclined when not in use.
125/2002
88/1927/5
This stool probably formed part of the ritual paraphernalia of an altar house dedicated to Ṣango (Shango), the Yoruba oriṣa of thunder and lightning.
89/1953/2
This stoup is from from the College of the Vicars Choral in Exeter which was destroyed during the Blitz.
114/1931
A ceramic stove used to scald milk during the production of clotted cream, one of Devon’s traditional foodstuffs.
A759
A silver strainer donated by Henry Matthews in 1872.
A760
100/2000/31
Strainer used in the making of beer
186/1972/11/2
Catherine Elliott, Nessa Leibhammer, 2017 DDF research: Strap for pouch 186/1972/11/1.
93/2003
Pinned to the end of a leather belt this acted as both decoration and reinforcement.
853/1989/48
Strap ends were used on the end of leather straps.
565/2005/17/1
5/1946/739a
This strigil is part of a large collection of archaeological objects collected by Colonel Montague between 1905 and 1927.
53/2005/12/1
Strigils were used in the bathing process.
23/2014
This piece of string is made from paper and is thought to have been made by the German army during the First World War.
151/1967/9
These studs are made in gilt with star pattern in black.
451/2005
This unusual and decorative pinhead was originally richly decorated in red enamel.
50/1929/32
This is one of three stud fittings donated to the museum with a collection of paintings and ‘ethnological objects’.
50/1929/33
50/1929/34
47/2005/14/1
Styli were writing implements used with wax tablets.
112/2003/3
This sugar bowl is part of a set (with milk jug and teapot).
19/1954
In the 1500s sugar was only available to very rich people.
494/2005
This very fragile sugar loaf was found at St Nicholas Priory.
67/1928/3
A slip decorated sugar pot from North Devon.
284/1998/40
This is Nancy Stanfield’s suitcase.
1963
Known as a pocket azimuth sundial, this instrument would have been used as a portable solar watch.
110/1981/334
These bandages would have been used to dress wounds to keep them clean and prevent infection.
34/2022/3
One of the most common surgical procedures today is a hip replacement.