Pictish SculptureTarbat Discovery Centre An excellent example of original Pictish knotwork, this detailed carved stone was found in a steading (or farmstead) at Tarbat Old Manse in 1999. One face of the stone features an intricate square key pattern and the other...
Photograph of Cromarty FishertownCromarty Courthouse Museum In 1903, local photographer Willie John Smith took a series of photographs of the people and scenes in the fishertown of Cromarty. Photographs like this are an important social document about the poverty...
Secret PortraitWest Highland Museum At first glance, this object appears to be a smear of oil paints on a black wooden board. However, this very special painting is actually an example of anamorphic art. This means that it appears distorted at first glance but, when...
Marquetry BoxWest Highland Museum This box is notable for its marquetry – inlaid work made using small pieces of different coloured wood. It was made by a German Prisoner of War at Kinlochleven prisoner camp during the First World War. The camp was operational from...
Clan Mackenzie Designed BoxGairloch Museum This decorative wooden box features the stag of the Mackenzie crest with the Gaelic motto ‘Cuidich ‘n Righ’, meaning ‘Help the King.’ It alludes to the exciting story concerning Colin Fitzgerald, the first chieftain...
