Wooden Spear with SnakeskinNairn Museum This Arab spear is known to have belonged to the Baggara or Chadian Arabs. It has a pointed leaf-shaped metal blade and a wooden shaft. Snakeskin is wrapped around it at both ends of the shaft. It is one of several unusual...
Medieval Round ShotStrathnaver Museum This round shot is made from stone and is believed to have been fired from a cannon present at the Siege of Borve Castle in Sutherland in August, 1554. Though now a ruin, the castle had been an important stronghold of the Clan...
German Schu MineThe Highlanders’ Museum This wooden box is actually a ‘Schu mine’, used by the German Army in World War Two. It tells us about daily life for a soldier, and the kind of risks they would have faced. These small mines were particularly dangerous...
Terence Cuneo, ‘Anduki Landing – Brunei’The Highlanders’ Museum This painting of a tropical scene helps shed light on the role of British Army soldiers sent overseas. It depicts a moment from 1962, when the Queen’s Own Highlanders landed at Anduki...
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...
