In some museum disciplines, we use the term “specimen” for an object that represents a type. In others, the word “artefact” or just “object” is more commonly used for the stuff in museums.

I remember reading about a man who ate a whole aeroplane. Apparently he ground it up and ate it sprinkled on his meals instead of salt and pepper over a period of several years.

Noticed that even for a convertable, the car was unusually flat, almost asking to be licked. Why did he lick it?

2 advertisements for the Ford Sunliner, one from 1955 and one from 1960.

A copy of Homes and Gardens magazine dated September 1963.
Features advertisement for Austin A40 and feature on "car of the month", a Volvo 122B:

A girl came on to the bus who has a Post-doctoral position at UCL. Her research is involved with stem cells. She recalled how as a little girl she would dream of eating chalk constantly.

Some other uses of lead list:

The realm of Public Health ethics has undergone a radical transformation during the past 50 years.

A symbolic interpretation of the toy motor car and its significance suggests that the object denotes the metaphorical vehicle in which its owner might have wished to undertake life's journey, and t

Some of the toys recalled in recent years due to high lead content in the paint.