67/1928/3
A slip decorated sugar pot from North Devon.
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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.
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500/1987/8
This swag was part of an elaborate picture frame hung at Exeter’s Guildhall, commissioned after the Restoration.
500/1987/9
8/1977/2
Made from cotton jersey, webbing belt and metal buckle.
14/1962/1
This is a ladies bathing dress.
72/1961/1/1
This bathing suit has two parts - the costume itself and then a coat that goes with it.
574/1911
This Bronze Age sword was found by fishermen dredging for mussels on a sandbank off Exmouth Beach called Pole Sands.
101/1994/3
If these swords were identified as from Solomon Islands by the donor (which is unclear from the register), she may have obtained them from Gilbertese immigrants in the Solomons.
101/1994/4
Sword is in the style of those made in Kiribati.
E588
This copper alloy and iron sword is associated with the Ogboni judicial society.
E1401
Short sword, the blade with a wooden pommel was probably made from local rather than imported iron.
E1828
Warfare was frequent within this group of 33 coral atolls, used to settle disputes over land ownership and titles.
11/1900/3
46/1960
Warfare was frequent within this group of 33 coral atolls, swords (called toanea) were used to settle disputes over land ownership and titles.
95/1993/2
95/1993/3
676/2007
TTNCM : B.2733
This sword was used by Mary Bridge to defend her mother from the attentions of a Royalist officer.