Thirty-seven pieces of stone arranged in five lines. They have been worked into projectile points or arrowheads, and most are a triangular or ovoid shape.
This collection of stone points are fascinating, but we love the documentary photograph our Stores Move team made of them! Visit their object record using the link below to discover more about them.
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Nine objects arranged in a grid, including pottery, figurines, a bracelet and a pottery flute.
Our amazing Stores Move team have recently finished processing 2,749 objects from the Mexican archaeology collection. Here are some of our favourites! 1/10
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A Collections Assistant looks down at the object she holds. It has a metal cylinder at the end of a thinner metal shaft. At the other end is a wooden handle.
This intriguing object is part of a gadget once essential for the fashion conscious!
Do you know what this is? Let us know your guesses and we’ll post the answer later today.
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📸 TEMP.03341 Metal object, ?England, Post Medieval.
It was an extraordinary experience to watch the folds of this tipi unfurling to reveal the beautiful design painted on its surface. After over 95 years the colours were still vibrant! 1/2
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An image featuring photographs of archaeological artefacts from Brazil, including stone axe heads, pottery, and a quartz arrowhead.
Elia, a Stores Move Collections Assistant, enjoyed working with the archaeological collection from Brazil, and Marajo Island in particular. As she explains “Their beautiful intricate pottery, stone tools and ritual objects expanded my knowledge about this culture. Wonderful!” 1/5
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An image consisting of nine photographs of animal shaped objects, or artefacts depicting animals, arranged in a grid.
It’s #WorldWildlifeDay so we’re exploring some of the amazing animal themed objects processed by our Stores Move team! Which one is your favourite? 1/10
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A smiling Collections Assistant holds an iron shaft with a loop at one end and a hook at the other. There is a semi-circular arch that can slide along the shaft, which has two hooks hanging below it.
It’s always fascinating when our Stores Move team come across an historic version of an item that we take for granted as a common household object!
Do you know what this is? Let us know your guesses and we’ll post the answer later today.
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An image featuring photos of five bird shaped pots and a jar painted with the depiction of a bird.
Birds have been inspiring Peruvian artisans for millennia. Today we’re exploring some of the pottery depicting birds which were recently processed by our amazing Stores Move team! [1/7]
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This crate is a perfect example of the wonderful work carried out by our Workshop Technicians. So far it has been used to transport around 2,350 objects across Cambridge as part of our Stores Move project.
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An image composed of eight photographs of objects from South America. On the top row is a necklace of beads and an eagle made from gold. The second row has a pottery bird figure with a long beak, a small globular pot with an incised bird’s face, and a ceramic alpaca figurine. The bottom row has a terracotta-coloured stylised figure, an animal-shaped pot, and a tall urn.
In less In less than four months towards the end of 2024 our amazing Stores Move team processed 10,305 objects from the South American archaeology collection! [1/9]
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Amongst the 2,512 artefacts recently moved by our project team was an urn dating from 1000-1500CE. Historically reconstructed using excavated sherds, it was used as a burial urn. The fragility of this object meant the team took extra care whilst moving it.
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There’s something very satisfying about watching our Stores Move team prepare this crate of free standing pots for its trip across Cambridge to our new off-site store, the Centre for Material Culture!
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