Carding comb.
Wooden carding comb with metal prongs set in leather. Part of a pair that would have been used to tease out the fibres of sheep’s wool to prepare it for spinning into thread.
1998.219.1
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1999.222.1
Brass model aeroplane with stand.
Solid brass model aeroplane (275 x 185 mm) with hemisperical wooden stand with metal upright.
2000.91.5
Tiree craggan
Photograph of a Tiree craggan.
Courtesy of Mr George Holleyman
George Holleyman, an archaeologist in the RAF police posted to Tiree during World War II, collected this small clay pot known as a craggan which he later donated to An Iodhlann.
Made by hand from local clay without the aid of a potter’s wheel, Tiree craggans were believed to have special curative properties, particularly in the case of tuberculosis of the lungs. The craggan was heated on the fire until very hot, removed with tongs and taken to the byre where it was filled with milk straight from the cow. This was heated again and administered to the invalid.
In a paper about Tiree craggans published in the journal ‘Antiquity’ in 1947, Holleyman wrote: ‘Each township had its potter who was always a woman…’ Flora MacNeill of Balevullin, who died aged eighty in the 1920s, was the last known craggan-maker on Tiree.
2000.91.3
Horn spoon.
Horn spoon found by George Holleyman in a small rubbish tip at Balevullin between 1941-3.
2000.91.6
Wooden case containing 60 Iron Age pottery shards.
(Documented on E00033) Wooden case (350 x 300 mm) containing 60 Iron Age pottery shards collected by George Holleyman from a sand-hill site at Balevullin during 1941-3. Two shards are accessioned separately with photos: 2000.91.12 & 2000.91.13
1998.102.3
Souvenir booklet of postcards with views of Tiree.
Souvenir booklet of cardboard-mounted postcards with views of the pier, the Scarinish Hotel (J35), the Lodge (J36) and Balemartine.
2003.149.1
Black woollen woman`s cardigan with plastic bag.
Black woollen woman`s cardigan with its original plastic bag, made by `the hebridean` in the Tiree knitwear factory before 1982 .
2003.149.2
Black velvet woman`s over-blouse.
Machine-sewn black velvet woman`s over-blouse with long sleeves and press-stud fastenings.
2003.149.3
Black woman`s cape with decorative piping and beadwork.
Black woman`s cape with decorative piping and beadwork. Large number of brown threads ends around collar and centre front which may have been originally part of the patterning.
2003.139.1
Caledonian MacBrayne captain`s uniform (jacket and trousers).
Captain`s jacket and trousers belonging to Donald Archie MacLean (1923-1997) of Lochside, Kilmoluaig, who was a skipper on the Caledonain MacBrayne Clyde ferries..