Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Physical Object: Flora MacDonald's prayer book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 26 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Object Number 1178 Prim Media 288 Material iron Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 92 Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Title A name given to the resource Coffin guard Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource eulac3d Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. West Highland Museum Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 12/03/2021 Description An account of the resource This is a coffin guard or mort safe and is designed to prevent body snatchers stealing the corpse of someone who has recently died. </br/> In the early 18th century medical schools in Scotland started to use dissection methods to teach the medical sciences. They general used executed criminals, but found demand out stripped supply. This gave rise to a trade in body snatching, stealing bodies from fresh graves and selling them to anatomists. <br/> The practice shocked society, but no effective deterrent was found until around 1816 when the iron coffin guard was invented. It was placed around and over the coffin. This one is missing its lid. It would protect the body until it had decayed suitably to make body snatching undesirable to the thieves. <br/> These were expensive to make, so only the rich could afford them. Sometimes churches would buy them and hire them out. This guard was from the old Glen Nevis cemetery in Fort William. It is one of the museum’s most sinister objects. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Victorian Extent The size or duration of the resource. L 2050 mm x W 730 mm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19th century Subject The topic of the resource Highlands Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived objects,highlandlife Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. find,56.8097895,-5.079578; Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. West Highlands Museum