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The Yorkshire Museum kicked off the usual Friday's Curator's Battle with a picture of a hair bun from the burial of a Roman woman in the third or fourth century, with the hair clips still in place.

It has been engaged with online more than 220,000 times, with museums from all around the world responding with their own "treasures".

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The Yorkshire Museum Started Showing Off Their 3rd/4th Century Hair Bun From The Burial Of A Roman Lady, Still With The Jet Pins In Place

The Yorkshire Museum Started Showing Off Their 3rd/4th Century Hair Bun From The Burial Of A Roman Lady, Still With The Jet Pins In Place

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#2

The National Museums Scotland Raised To The Challenge With Their Lovely Mermaid

The National Museums Scotland Raised To The Challenge With Their Lovely Mermaid

NatSciNMS Report

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Ashmolean Museum's Carved Pendant With A Dead Man's Face On One Side And A Decaying Skull With Worms And Other Creatures On The Reverse

Ashmolean Museum's Carved Pendant With A Dead Man's Face On One Side And A Decaying Skull With Worms And Other Creatures On The Reverse

AshmoleanMuseum Report

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#4

Promotional Cutout For Huntley And Palmers Comic Cuts Biscuits

Promotional Cutout For Huntley And Palmers Comic Cuts Biscuits

OxonMuseum Report

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#5

Creepy Kids' Costumes

Creepy Kids' Costumes

JennaLocke Report

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An Iron Mask That Was Displayed In The Tower Of London As An Excecutioner's Mask

An Iron Mask That Was Displayed In The Tower Of London As An Excecutioner's Mask

Royal_Armouries Report

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Deutsches Historisches Museum's Plague Mask (1650/1750)

Deutsches Historisches Museum's Plague Mask (1650/1750)

DHMBerlin Report

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#8

Beast Of Nightmares

Beast Of Nightmares

Bradford museums Report

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#9

Looks Like A Bad Dog Sculpture

Looks Like A Bad Dog Sculpture

COCAYork Report

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Japanese Ukiyo-E(Woodblock Prints) From @ukiyoeota Collections? This Black Creepy Monster Is Biting Off Woman's Hair!

Japanese Ukiyo-E(Woodblock Prints) From @ukiyoeota Collections? This Black Creepy Monster Is Biting Off Woman's Hair!

ukiyoeota Report

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#11

Split Head Of Vampire Of Dusseldorf

Split Head Of Vampire Of Dusseldorf

If you think this exhibit isn't creepy enough, wait till you hear his famous quote:
"After my head has been chopped off, will I be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from my neck? That would be the best pleasure to end all pleasures."
After his death, his head has been split to study his evil brain.

Ripleys Report

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#12

Creepiest Valentines Card Ever

Creepiest Valentines Card Ever

SkiptonTownHall Report

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#13

Finnish Raahe Museum's 18th Century Diving Suit

Finnish Raahe Museum's 18th Century Diving Suit

OuluRover Report

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#14

Norwich Castle's Pincushion, Complete With Tiny Children's Heads.

Norwich Castle's Pincushion, Complete With Tiny Children's Heads.

NorwichCastle Report

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Frost-Bitten Finger Tips

Frost-Bitten Finger Tips

museum_owl Report

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#16

Severed Lower Leg By Kerry Jameson Has Sprouted Its Own Legs And A Rather Beastly Head

Severed Lower Leg By Kerry Jameson Has Sprouted Its Own Legs And A Rather Beastly Head

YorkArtGallery Report

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#17

Looks Like A Weird Voodoo Doll

Looks Like A Weird Voodoo Doll

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#18

Creepy Doll From Nordiskamuseet

Creepy Doll From Nordiskamuseet

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#19

York Castle Museum's Victorian Crab’s Legs And Claws Models Of Gold Miners Hauling Gold Nuggets

York Castle Museum's Victorian Crab’s Legs And Claws Models Of Gold Miners Hauling Gold Nuggets

YorkCastle Report

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#20

Egham Museum's Creepy Doll

Egham Museum's Creepy Doll

EghamMuseum Report

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#21

Maidstone Museum's Taxidermy Wild Cat

Maidstone Museum's Taxidermy Wild Cat

MaidstoneMuseum Report

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A Cupboard That Contains A Wax Effigy Of Sarah Hare Who Died 7 April 1744 And Ordered That She Be Remembered Like This

A Cupboard That Contains A Wax Effigy Of Sarah Hare Who Died 7 April 1744 And Ordered That She Be Remembered Like This

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Oldcroghan Man In Nmireland - Or What Was Left Of Him After A Ritualistic Sacrifice

Oldcroghan Man In Nmireland - Or What Was Left Of Him After A Ritualistic Sacrifice

"Side note - he was tortured before he died & among other things had his nipples cut off."

Another side not- looks like Geodude from Pokemon

CatsInTheMuseum Report

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#24

Broken Doll Head, Circa 1920

Broken Doll Head, Circa 1920

EghamMuseum Report

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#25

"Wheelie", The Prince Edward Island's Museum Cursed Children Toy

"Wheelie", The Prince Edward Island's Museum Cursed Children Toy

PEIMuseum Report

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#26

Drinking Bear Toy, From Toy Museum At Penshurst Place

Drinking Bear Toy, From Toy Museum At Penshurst Place

Feed it a 2 pence piece and it'll pretend to drink from its cup as it stares into your soul.

PenshurstPlace Report

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#27

Alexander Peden's Mask

Alexander Peden's Mask

"Used by the Covenanter preacher to travel covertly throughout southwest Scotland...you'd think this guy riding into town would raise ALL the alarm bells!"

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#28

Silver Snuffbox From That Is Said To Contain The Pubic Hair Of One Of George Iv's Mistresses

Silver Snuffbox From That Is Said To Contain The Pubic Hair Of One Of George Iv's Mistresses

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#29

Model Of A Cow, Created From A Cow's Bladder

Model Of A Cow, Created From A Cow's Bladder

BradfordMuseums Report

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#30

Vessel Filled With Meat

Vessel Filled With Meat

Jocelyn_A_W Report

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#31

Cute Little Kitty Cat

Cute Little Kitty Cat

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#32

Youngster's Doll That Has Aged Badly

Youngster's Doll That Has Aged Badly

"This is the one object from B'ham history that we thank every single deity that we don't have and we sincerely hope that it never makes its way to our collections from some dark, forgotten closet in the police station."

bham_museum Report

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#33

The Mummified Hand Of Glory At The Whitby Museum

The Mummified Hand Of Glory At The Whitby Museum

Grichards89 Report

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#34

Sheep's Heart Stuck With Pins And Nails And Strung On A Loop Of Cord

Sheep's Heart Stuck With Pins And Nails And Strung On A Loop Of Cord

Made in South Devon, circa 1911, "for breaking evil spells."

profdanhicks Report

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#35

"Has Anyone Seen Them In The Same Room?"

"Has Anyone Seen Them In The Same Room?"

Roman_Britain Report

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#36

Physician's Stick

Physician's Stick

A physician's stick used for a patient to bite on for the pain during a pre-anesthesia & pre-antiseptic surgical procedure. Check those bite marks

OldOpTheatre Report

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#37

Human Finger Bone Used By A Gambler To Bring Good Luck

Human Finger Bone Used By A Gambler To Bring Good Luck

SMT_Collections Report

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#38

Heinrich Himmler's Death Mask, Made By Ramc Staff After His Suicide In May 1945

Heinrich Himmler's Death Mask, Made By Ramc Staff After His Suicide In May 1945

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#39

Bottled 'Witch'

Bottled 'Witch'

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#40

Tirpitz, The Pig

Tirpitz, The Pig

"Saved from drowning after her German ship sunk the South Pacific, served as a mascot on HMS Glasgow for the rest of the FWW, eventually auctioned off for pork (raising £1,785 for charity) in retirement. No wonder she looks like she's seen things."

I_W_M Report

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#41

Victorian Guide Book Made From The Wood Of The Old Gallows Tree

Victorian Guide Book Made From The Wood Of The Old Gallows Tree

"Doune Castle? Because who doesn't love their tourist info with a hint of historic executions?"

HistEnvScot Report

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#42

Peeled Skin Anatomical Model From Science Museum

Peeled Skin Anatomical Model From Science Museum

AbiWilson2 Report

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#43

Mannequins At Bank Of England Museum

Mannequins At Bank Of England Museum

boemuseum Report

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#44

Wax Model Used Around 1900 To Show What Different Skin Lesions Look Like

Wax Model Used Around 1900 To Show What Different Skin Lesions Look Like

kristyvonmoos Report

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#45

"Decorative" Towel Holder For Your Bathroom

"Decorative" Towel Holder For Your Bathroom

MuseumsGalScot Report

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#46

These 'Death Stockings' Were Made By Eliza Lewis In 1850

These 'Death Stockings' Were Made By Eliza Lewis In 1850

They were made to be worn on her body after her death.

The stockings survived as Eliza suffered from dropsy (swelling of soft tissue) in her later years.

hellohistoria Report

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#47

This Kangling From The Early 20th Century Is A Musical Instrument And Ritual Object In Tibetan Buddhism

This Kangling From The Early 20th Century Is A Musical Instrument And Ritual Object In Tibetan Buddhism

It's made of human tibia bone.

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#48

Painted Whale Eardrum

Painted Whale Eardrum

Let's refrain from imagining why.

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#49

18th/19th Century Painted Wood Head

18th/19th Century Painted Wood Head

AbingdonMuseum Report

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#50

Modern Nightmare

Modern Nightmare

sim_manchester Report

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