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1.
Happisburgh footprints
Happisburgh Footprint Project
Case 1 - Footprints from the past
2.
Roman roof tile
On loan by the kind permission of Wendlebury Gate Stables, Network Rail and Chiltern Railways (Accession #: OXCMS:2014.90)
Case 1 - Footprints from the past
3.
Buzz-Bone
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Accession #: NWHCM: 1974.101.2278)
Case 2 - Buzz-bones
4.
Buzz-Bone
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Accession #: NWHCM: 1985.444.930)
Case 2 - Buzz-bones
5.
Skate
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1883.833)
Case 3 - Sledge and Skate
6.
Skate
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: Z 40671)
Case 3 - Sledge and Skate
7.
Detail from Calendar of St Peter of Blandigny
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Case 3 - Sledge and Skate
8.
Sledge made of a horse's jaw
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Accession #: NWHCM:2011.26.A1)
Case 3 - Sledge and Skate
9.
Miniature handaxe
Ipswich Borough Council (Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service) (Accession #: IPSMG:R.1920-76.182)
Case 4 - Handaxes
10.
Handaxe
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1896.193/Record 2)
Case 4 - Handaxes
11.
Wicker rattle with metal clappers
Chatteris Museum (Accession #: CHSCM:1992.3301)
Case 5 - Rattle
12.
Medieval puppet
Chatteris Museum (Accession #: CHSCM:1970.2)
Case 6 - Puppet/Doll
13.
Modern doll
Private Collector
Case 6 - Puppet/Doll
14.
Monumental Brass
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: Z 22616)
Case 7 - Monumental Brass
15.
Boy and Girl
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Accession #: P.83-1953)
Case 8 - Miniature Clothing
16.
Linen coat
St Edmundsbury Heritage Service (Accession #: BSEMS:1976.47)
Case 8 - Miniature Clothing
17.
Pair of child's clogs
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1914.407 A-B)
Case 8 - Miniature Clothing
18.
Delftware mug
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Accession #: C.1583-1928)
Case 8 - Miniature Clothing
19.
Children's Games (Kinderspiele)
KHM-Museumsverband
Case 9 - Finding Play
20.
Hoop and stick
March and District Museum (Accession #: MRHMM: 3877e)
Case 9 - Finding Play
21.
Marbles
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1974.291 A)
Case 9 - Finding Play
22.
White leather ball
St Edmundsbury Heritage Service (Accession #: BSEMS:1997.64.1)
Case 9 - Finding Play
23.
Brown leather ball
St Edmundsbury Heritage Service (Accession #: BSEMS:1997.64.2)
Case 9 - Finding Play
24.
Roman doll
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1978.1)
Case 9 - Finding Play
25.
Cement mould
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:T0778.81.2)
Case 9 - Finding Play
26.
Crane bone flute
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Accession #: NWHCM: L1984.11)
Case 9 - Finding Play
27.
Brown glazed whistle in the form of an owl
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: Z 16456)
Case 9 - Finding Play
28.
Green glazed whistle in the form of a cockerel
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1910.366)
Case 9 - Finding Play
29.
Green glazed whistle in the form of a ram
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1929.467)
Case 9 - Finding Play
30.
Tin toys
Chatteris Museum, from the Neville Angell estate (Accession #: CHSCM:2015.07)
Case 9 - Finding Play
31.
21 lead birds and beasts
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1905.3)
Case 9 - Finding Play
32.
Model train and carriage
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:418.54)
Case 9 - Finding Play
33.
Miniature bow of antler
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1997.11)
Case 10 - Bows
34.
Barbed and tanged flint arrowheads
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Case 10 - Bows
35.
Wooden child's bow
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: D 1976.239 A)
Case 10 - Bows
36.
Arrows with metal arrowheads and feathers
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: D 1976.239 D, J, L)
Case 10 - Bows
37.
Photograph of a boy with a bow and arrows
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: T.120394)
Case 10 - Bows
38.
Micro-Gold Studs
Wiltshire Museum, Devizes (Accession #: DZSWS:STHEAD.157a)
Case 11 - Micro-Gold
39.
Apprenticeship Indenture for Amey Basin
Cambridgeshire Archives (Accession #: KP129/14/43)
Case 12 - Apprenticeship
40.
Quarter-sized brick
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:10.2000)
Case 12 - Apprenticeship
41.
Wooden plane
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:36.74)
Case 12 - Apprenticeship
42.
Miniature pipe
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:722.55)
Case 12 - Apprenticeship
43.
Apprentice indenture for Walter Thomas Littlechild
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:3.71)
Case 12 - Apprenticeship
44.
Early Bronze Age pinch pot
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: Z 14995)
Case 13 - Pottery
45.
Probable Iron Age pinch pot
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: D 1914.130)
Case 13 - Pottery
46.
Anglo-Saxon pinch pot
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1894.12/Record 4)
Case 13 - Pottery
47.
Early Bronze Age coiled pot
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1950.519 A)
Case 13 - Pottery
48.
Probable Bronze Age coiled pot
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1927.1226)
Case 13 - Pottery
49.
Early Bronze Age pot
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1948.345)
Case 13 - Pottery
50.
Early Bronze Age collared urn
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1934.1040)
Case 13 - Pottery
51.
Early Bronze Age collared urn
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1948.350)
Case 13 - Pottery
52.
Early Bronze Age collared urn
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1948.351)
Case 13 - Pottery
53.
Middle Iron Age pot
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1962.109 A)
Case 13 - Pottery
54.
Early/Middle Iron Age pot
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1951.284 A)
Case 13 - Pottery
55.
Anglo-Saxon urn
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1950.171 A)
Case 13 - Pottery
56.
Anglo-Saxon urn
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1950.170 A)
Case 13 - Pottery
57.
Sherds with finger-marks
Bucks County Museum Trust (Accession #: AYBCM: 1977.35)
Case 14 - Fingerprints
58.
Rim and handle from a pottery jug
Bucks County Museum Trust (Accession #: AYBCM: 1977.35.9)
Case 14 - Fingerprints
59.
Hornbook cover
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter (Accession #: 300/1998/M141)
Case 15 - Formal Education
60.
Inkwell
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry (Accession #: AR.1994.88.2)
Case 15 - Formal Education
61.
Bone stylus
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry (Accession #: AR.1986.11.189)
Case 15 - Formal Education
62.
Stylus
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry (Accession #: AR.1986.11.291)
Case 15 - Formal Education
63.
Knife blade
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry (Accession #: AR.1986.11.1.3)
Case 15 - Formal Education
64.
Book clasp
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry (Accession #: AR.1986.11.146)
Case 15 - Formal Education
65.
Photograph of a book clasp in use
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
Case 15 - Formal Education
66.
Slate counter
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (Accession #: AR.1986.11.113)
Case 15 - Formal Education
67.
Counters
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (Accession #: AR.1986.11.213)
Case 15 - Formal Education
68.
Brick counter
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (Accession #: AR.1986.11.208)
Case 15 - Formal Education
69.
Medieval marbles
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (Accession #: AR.1986.11.207)
Case 15 - Formal Education
70.
Photograph of a school desktop
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Case 15 - Formal Education
71.
Stalls at St John's Hospital
History Centre, Coventry
Case 15 - Formal Education
72.
Sampler by Eleanor Coulson
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:98.51)
Case 16 - Samplers
73.
Sampler by Eleanor Grey
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:99.51)
Case 16 - Samplers
74.
Sampler by Eleanor M.S.
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:100.51)
Case 16 - Samplers
75.
A pair of child's handcuffs
Cambridgeshire Police Museum
Case 17 - Crime & Punishment
76.
Wisbech Prison Particulars Description No. 5 1876
Wisbech and Fenland Museum (Accession #: WISFM:E 15/52/1-2)
Case 17 - Crime & Punishment
77.
Newpaper listing the Lent Assizes punishments
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:146.61)
Case 17 - Crime & Punishment
78.
Baby walker
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:58b.53)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
79.
Coroner's report for the death of Michael Higgins
Cambridgeshire Archives (Accession #: KCB/Co/2/1/66)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
80.
Roman feeding bottle
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1889.13)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
81.
Roman feeding bottle
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1948.693 B)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
82.
Roman feeding bottle
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1923.419 A)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
83.
Victorian feeding bottle
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:934.37)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
84.
Victorian feeding bottle
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:TEMP04.15)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
85.
Victorian feeding bottle
Museum of Cambridge (Accession #: CAMFK:TEMP05.15)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
86.
Statuette of the Emperor Nero as a child
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1923.238)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
87.
Snake bracelet
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery (Accession #: PETMG:ASH1)
Case 18 - Health & Wellbeing
88.
Tombstone of a Roman child
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: D 1970.11)
Case 19 - Tombstone of a Roman Child
89.
Lead coffin lining
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1992.283)
Case 20 - Arrington
90.
Figure of an infant
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1994.11)
Case 20 - Arrington
91.
Figure of a child
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1994.12)
Case 20 - Arrington
92.
Statuette of a thorn-puller
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1994.13)
Case 20 - Arrington
93.
Bullock figurine
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1994.14)
Case 20 - Arrington
94.
Figure of a man
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1994.15)
Case 20 - Arrington
95.
Female figure
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1994.17)
Case 20 - Arrington
96.
Ram figurine
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1994.16 A)
Case 20 - Arrington
97.
Ram figurine
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1994.16 B)
Case 20 - Arrington
98.
Ram figurine fragment
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Accession #: 1994.16 C)
Case 20 - Arrington
99.
Miniature pot from an infant burial
University of Central Lancashire (Accession #: 1346 (Grave 54))
Case 21 - Oakington, Children’s Pots
100.
Miniature pot from an infant burial
University of Central Lancashire (Accession #: 1442 (Grave 65))
Case 21 - Oakington, Children’s Pots
101.
Miniature pot from an infant burial
University of Central Lancashire (Accession #: 1459 (Grave 68))
Case 21 - Oakington, Children’s Pots
102.
Juvenile female skeleton
University of Central Lancashire (Accession #: OAKQW94 SK22)
Case 22 - Oakington, Questioning Adulthood
103.
Bronze and silver brooch
Cambridgeshire County Council (Accession #: OAKQW94 SK22 SF1)
Case 22 - Oakington, Questioning Adulthood
104.
Bone pin
Cambridgeshire County Council (Accession #: OAKQW94 SK22 SF2)
Case 22 - Oakington, Questioning Adulthood
105.
Bone pin
Cambridgeshire County Council (Accession #: OAKQW94 SK22 SF3)
Case 22 - Oakington, Questioning Adulthood
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