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A panel in an exhibition. In the corner is a logo saying Museum of Mankind with a logo of two globes and a curve which looks somewhat like a cock and balls. It is annotated with a pink asterisk which looks like a butthole. On display is a used dental dam and a crochet hook making a granny square. Text says: Leisure Time The average man in London would have worked more than 100 hours a week and lived in dark, miserable times marred by plague and famine. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of the city appeared to live busy social lives and entertained themselves with many crude activities.  Training equipment c. 2095 AD Metal and acrylic 432.c4st.0n This miniaturised metal implement was used to twist the plastic skein and symbolically re-enact Man’s farming prowess. The act of knotting and manipulating the yarn to produce a ritual pattern was a highly dexterous art which only could have been undertaken by a man. The man of the house would work for hours at a time on his complex formations. Ladies’ flavoured mask c. 2005 AD Rubber n0.g10v3.n0.10v3 London’s air in the early 21st century was toxic with pollution and infectious disease. Many people wore masks on their lower faces while going on a bracing walk. This mask was flexible for the wearer’s and scented with a pleasing aroma to ensure the comfort of the woman who would have worn it. There would have been strings on the side of this mask to attach it behind her ears.