History artefacts - Print version

Here are a selection of our available artefacts collections on a variety of curriculum related history topics.

For more information on these and our other collections please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts

Stone / Iron Age (1)

​This collection includes:

• Iron Age oil lamp
• Flint arrowhead
• Flint axe head
• Flint hand tool
• Savage Stone Age Book
• Stone Age to Iron Age Book
• Woolly mammoth cuddly toy
• Wild boar tusk
• Haematite stone
• Iron Age Scissors

There are two Stone / Iron Age collections available. For more information on this and our other collections please see the http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts.

Aztecs (1)

This collection includes: 

• Triple-faced mask
• Chocolate whisk
• Cocoa pod
• Cocoa beans
• God of Maize statue
• Aztec calendar model
• Zapotec urn
• Mask of Tecu Uman

There is another Aztec collection available. For more information on this and our other collections please see the http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts.

Mayan / Mexico

This collection includes:

• Flint millipede
• Mayan bowl
• Cocoa pod
• Chocolate whisk
• Cocoa beans
• Life & death mask
• Jaguar mask
• Mexican mask
• Small Mexican mask
• Mayan calendar
• Amate art example

For more information on our other collections please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts.

Egyptians (1)

This collection includes: 

• Three stages of embalming set
• Mask of Tutankhamun
• Bust of Queen Nefertiti
• Rosetta Stone replica
• Carved symbols of Egypt
• Egyptian Vase
• Carved picture fragment
• Bastet statue
• But of Horus
• Bust of Tutankhamen
• Papyrus
• Scribe Set

There is another Egyptian collection available. For more information on this and our other collections please see the http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts.

Romans (2)

This collection includes: 

• Roman Oil Lamp
• Roman coins – replicas
• Roman Brooch Pin – original – 2nd century AD
• Roman belt piece – original - 2nd century AD
• Roman wax tablet
• Strigil
• Instruments of personal hygiene
• Mortarium replica
• Sponge on a stick
• Roman game – Nine Man's Morris (board and counters)
• Model of a Roman Soldier
• Mosaic tile
• Eyewitness guide to Ancient Rome
• Book on Roman good and cooking
• Full size replica of an officer's helmet 

There are two Roman collections available. For more information on these and our other collections please see the http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts.

Greeks (2)

This collection includes:

• Decorated plate
• Oil Lamp
• Bust of Alexander the Great
• Replica coins
• Spartan helmet
• Athenian helmet
• Painted plaque
• Parthenon model
• Greek jar

There is another Greek collection available, for more information on this and our other collections please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts

Anglo Saxons (1)

This collection includes:

• Drop spindle with carded and uncarded wool
• Wooden cup
• Wooden bowl
• Eagle rune pendant
• Large gem cross pendant
• Comb

For more information on our other collections please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts

Vikings at Home

This collection contains:

• Sheepskin
• Replica coins
• Basket
• Turnshoes
• Drinking cup
• Lucet
• ‘Hnefatafl’- Viking board game

There are two other Viking collections available: https://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/229/schools_library_and_resource_service/2754/history_artefacts/10 and https://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/229/schools_library_and_resource_service/2754/history_artefacts/11. For more information on these and our other collections please see the http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts.

Viking Warrior Chief

This collection includes: 

• Viking helmet and stand
• Horn tankard
• Drinking horn
• Viking mask of Thor
• Replica coins
• Bag of runes
• The Vikings book

There are two other Viking collections available- https://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/229/schools_library_and_resource_service/2754/history_artefacts/9 and https://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/229/schools_library_and_resource_service/2754/history_artefacts/11. For more information on these and our other collections please see the http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts.

 

Viking Raider

This collection contains:

• Viking coins
• Horn cup
• Viking helmet
• Lucet
• Drinking horn
• Viking cloak and pin

There are two other Viking collections available: https://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/229/schools_library_and_resource_service/2754/history_artefacts/10 and https://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/229/schools_library_and_resource_service/2754/history_artefacts/9. For more information on these and our other collections please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts.

Peasants, Princes and Pestilence

This collection contains:

• Dress
• Undergarment with attached sleeves,
• Apron
• A coif to cover the hair
• Quill
• Set of five stones
• Wooden plate
• Rat puppet
• Medieval cross pendant
• Heraldic lion's pendant
• Heraldic gem pendant
• Two Medieval bangles
• Knight's ring
• Ewenni love ring
• Medieval ring
• Hours candle

For more information on our other collections please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts

Knights and Castles

This collection includes:

• Shield and sword
• Replica chainmail tunic
• Model knight
• CD – ‘Music for a Great Castle’
• Quill pen
• Trebuchet model
•  ‘Dragons Breath’ aroma cube

For more information on our other collections please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts

The Great Fire of London

This collection contains:

• Leather bucket
• Leather fire helmet
•  Wig and neck ruff
• Quill, inkwell and sand shaker
• Parchment paper
• Fire mark
• Great Fire of London timeline

For more information on our other collections please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts

Victorian Kitchen

This collection contains:

• Wooden spoon
• Wicker Basket
• Jelly Bag
• Beaded Food cover
• Butter muslin
• Mixing bowl
• Pestle & mortar
• Pudding basin (1.75pts)
• Egg timer
• Copper jelly moulds
• Rolling pin
• Carpet beater (separate bag)
• Butter hands
• Victorian Cookery book

There are other Victorian collection available, for more information on these and our other collections please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts

Seaside in the Past (1)

This collection includes:

• A Victorian bucket and two spades
• Punch and Judy puppets
• A model fairground carousel
• Collection of shells
• Three tiger starfish
• A set flags for sand castles

There is another Seasides in the Past collection available, along with two geography based Seaside collections. For more information on these and our other collections, please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts 

 

World War I

This collection includes:

• World War l uniform – top, trousers and hat
• British war medal
• Victory medal
• 1914-15 star
• British war medal
• Two George V coins
• Eyewitness World War I book
• Trench whistle
• Two booklets – ‘When I Join the Ranks’ and ‘Trench Orders’
• Princess Mary Tin
• German Navel Flag
• Aroma cubes: Gun smoke and Phosgene Gas

For more information on our other collections, please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts

1950's Toys

This collection includes:

• Woodland snap
• 3D Fairytale puzzle cube
• Rupert annual
• Knitting Nancy
• 3 in a Box – Tiddlywinks, Pick-up Sticks and Jacks
• Ludo
• Beetledrive
• Doll

For more information on our other collections, please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts

Pirates (1)

This collection includes:

• Pirate hat
• Treasure map
• Pirate flag
• Treasure chest with purse, coins and beads
• Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs Missing Treasure book
• How to be a Pirate book
• ‘Rum barrel’ aroma cube

There is another Pirates collection available. For more information on this and our other collections, please see our http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/3485/sls_artefacts