Collections

Collection of Material from the Broch of Borwick. Removed from Skaill House. No details.

Three stone implements. Removed from Skaill House. Burrian, Wasbister, Orkney.

Large collection fo stone and bone objects removed from Skaill House. No details.

Old oak box and contents, consisting of jet armlet, 5 knitting pins, boring tool, two thin plates of brass, a walnut, a square piece of wood and some ash.

Large black stone hoe blade. MAORI. Found near Skara Bare, Orkney, 1867.

Eight pieces if stone split to produce shart edges. These objects are known as Skaill knives and names after the bay upon which Skara Brae is located.

A curved tusk pierced near the point and broken off at the root end. marked "A262". On loan to Historic Scotland , on show at the Skara Brae Visitor centre. 54 x 18x x12mm

Red ochre paint or pigment pot from Skara Brae. Part of a collection of 654 objects from Skara Brae.

59 disk beads (strung for display purposes) 10 x 55mm

32 beads of which 6 are grooved near the middle. For display purposes the beads have been strung as a necklace with a boar's tusk pendant. 250 x 120 x 10mm