Bobbin Skipping RopeHighland Museum of Childhood This skipping rope has been cleverly fashioned out of bobbins! At the start of the twentieth century, children had access to far fewer toys than the children of today. The start of the First World War, in particular,...
Knife from FishertownNairn Museum This Shellbert knife was used for shelling mussels and similar shellfish for bait. The Fishwives of Fishertown, Nairn carried out an extremely important role within the community. In the days, when a great deal of fishing was...
Fisherwoman’s CreelNairn Museum Small woven fish creels, like this one with a plaited rope handle, were used by the fishwives to carry fish for selling either door-to-door or at the market stances. The Nairn Fishwives would often walk for miles to Inverness and...
Rhino Hide Shield from SomaliaNairn Museum This oval shield is from Somalia. Made of rhino hide, it has six metal bosses, with one missing, secured by rings at the rear of the shield. But how did this unusual object come to be in Nairn Museum? During the height of...
Bottle of PoisonGlencoe Folk Museum This green bottle had poisonous contents derived from saponins, a class of plant extracts. Poisons were stocked for many years by apothecaries or chemists for a range of purposes including for poisoning pests and vermin such as...
