Piece / wood

One of two pieces of thin flat wood, each with two holes an equal distance apart by an edge, apparently for joining the two together, from Gunnister, Northmavine, Shetland, late 17th century or later

Piece / wood

One of two pieces of thin flat wood, each with two holes an equal distance apart by an edge, apparently for joining the two together, from Gunnister, Northmavine, Shetland, late 17th century or later

Piece / wood

Piece of wood, described as being ‘taken’ from the tomb of Muhammad Ahmed bin Abd Allah (The Mahdi), possibly by Captain John George Rennie, after the Battle of Omdurman, 2 September 1898, during the reconquest of Sudan, North Africa. Later modified with a silver mount and presented to Major General Andrew Wauchope

Piece / wood

Short forked piece of wood: Eastern Africa (formerly British East Africa)