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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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