Strange Ancient Objects
by Jason Ross
I have a part-time job working for a museum, with exhibits from all over the world. The other day, when re-organising the storeroom, I found an ancient chest containing the following objects, all showing great age, yet well preserved:
a horseshoe
a container of seeds (possibly fruit pips)
a large claw (lab analysis suggests feline)
a piece of keratin (lab analysis suggests from a horn)
a lock of long blonde (apparently human) hair
a large unidentified reptilian scale
a large black feather
a packet containing 5 types of hair (lab analysis suggests equine, bovine, porcine, canine and from an unidentified herd animal)
The chest itself gave no clues to its origin. What, if anything, can I ascertain from the chest’s contents?
