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Object connections:
| Collection | Polar Equipment and Relics, Franklin relics |
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| User collections | Re·Think: Environment by NMMExhibitions |
| Gallery location | Not on display |
| People | Provenance: National Museum of the Royal Navy |
| Events | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848, Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880 |
Object details:
| Object ID | AAA2040 |
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| Description | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. Three cut-down soup tins used as beakers (one may be a billy can). They were probably found in an Inuit cache at Cape Maria Louisa by the Schwatka Search Expedition 1878-79. |
| Date made | 1845 |
| Artist/Maker | Goldner, Stephen |
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| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Materials | tin; iron |
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