Celtic Design BowlGroam House Museum This brightly painted wooden bowl shows the philosophy of George Bain who was central to the revival of Celtic art during the early twentieth century. George Bain (1881 – 1968) was an artist and educator born in Scrabster...
Leather HandbagGroam House Museum This Celtic-design handbag was used by Jessie Bain, the wife of artist George Bain, although it is not certain who made it. The initials ‘JB’ and the date ‘1937’ are embossed inside. George Bain (1881 –...
Crios-iarna or Niddy-noddyStrathnaver Museum This object was used for winding wool, ready for knitting. ‘Iarnas’, or hanks of wool, were formed by winding wool as it came off a spinning wheel in a figure of eight pattern around the crosspieces of wood at either...
Abacus Grantown Museum Content warning. Some visitors may find this object upsetting. It is not surprising that many children did not enjoy maths at times in the past. This large abacus would have been used to help children learn to count. But this is not any ordinary...
Chair from Strathnaver Clearances Strathnaver Museum This is one of two chairs that were rescued from one of the longhouses during the Strathnaver Clearances. During the early and mid-nineteenth century, tenants were evicted from the land to make way for sheep...
