Chanter, cracked, of cocus wood mounted with an ivory sole and bound with hemp, by Thomas Glen, Edinburgh, probably early 19th century

One of two pieces of submarine telegraph cable of shore end type laid in 1885 in the Persian Gulf, one piece dissected to show layers, made for the Persian Indo-European Telegraph Department, 1885

One of two pieces of telegraph cable with a stranded copper core insulated with gutta percha, covered with tape and armoured with hemp rope

One of two pieces of telegraph cable with a stranded copper core insulated with gutta percha, covered with tape and armoured with hemp rope

Specimen of steel wire rope, six strands wound on a hemp core, by Bruntons Wire Rope Works, Musselburgh

Model of an apparatus for weaving hempen thread into coarse cloth or canvas called tat, to a scale of 2 inches to 1 foot: Indian, Patna, 1815 - 1821

Part of a model representing a stage in paper-making - hemp rags steeping in wells - to a scale of 1/2 of an inch to 1 foot: Asia, South Asia, India, Bihar, Patna or Tirhut, 1815 - 1821

Part of a model representing a stage in paper-making - hemp rags steeping in wells - to a scale of 1/2 of an inch to 1 foot: Asia, South Asia, India, Bihar, Patna or Tirhut, 1815 - 1821

Part of a model representing a stage in paper-making - hemp rags steeping in wells - to a scale of 1/2 of an inch to 1 foot: Asia, South Asia, India, Bihar, Patna or Tirhut, 1815 - 1821

Small tin for Bulwark Cut Plug tobacco, by W.D. and H.O. Wills, used to house hemp and thread for bagpipes, associated with Pipe Major Ronald Mackenzie, c. 1900

Tenor drone reed of cane with bridal, hemp and rubber band, for Highland bagpipes, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

Tenor drone reed of cane, unused, sealed with red wax, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

Tenor drone reed of cane, unused, sealed with red wax, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

Bass drone reed of cane, unused, sealed with red wax, one of a collection of bagpipe making tools from the workshop of Robert Thomson, bagpipe maker, Leicester, 1930s - 1950s

Practice chanter reed of black plastic with two blades bound with hemp onto a copper staple, previously owned by William Mackie, 1960s

One of twelve tenor drone reeds of cane mounted with bridle and hemp, wax seal intact, contained in Macfarlane, Lang and Co. biscuit tin