Amuletic necklace consisting of two small glass bottles
1880-1910
Amuletic necklace consisting of two small glass bottles, 2 horns, cylindrical wooden beads, small beak of a bird and pieces of rock, threaded onto a twisted cord thong, West African, 1880-1910
Model of Sub-Surface Float
1976-1977
Model of sub-surface float (scale 1:9), 1976-77.
Sectioned Deep Sea Core Sediment from the Irish Sea, 1960-1977
Sectioned 'vibrocore' of deep sea sediment from the Irish Sea, field ref J4, 1960-1977.
A Selection of Sea Floor Sediment Samples, 1969
1969
Selection of eight Shipek grab samples of deep sea sediments, field ref M95, 1969. Graded by size:- 1-inch; 1 3/8-inch; 3/8 to 1/4-inch; 1/4 to 3/16-inch; 3/16 to 1/8-inch; 1/8-inch to 2 mm; 2 to 1 mm; 1 mm to 63 micron. Collected during the cruise of the ship Maria W, undertaken by the Institute of Geological Science Continental Shelf Unit.
Wedge-shaped piece of rock collected on Martinique
1880-1910
Wedge-shaped piece of rock collected on Martinique, and used as a paperweight by French surgeon Dr. Morestin, 1880-1910
7 groups of fossils and 6 odd ones
7 groups of fossils and 6 odd ones, some associated documentation, 2 decorated spindle ohorls, collected (?) and owned by Claud Woakes, English?, sometime during his lifetime, 1868-1936
Fossil crab carapace
Fossil crab carapace, probably Chinese, date of deposits unknown, estimate 58,000, 000BC-10,000BC
Fossilized shard tooth partly embedded in phosphat
1880-1930
Fossilized shard tooth partly embedded in phosphatic concretion or rock prehistoric (?), from Red Crag, Suffolk, utilized as an amulet against cramp, England, 1880-1930