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Object connections:
Collection | Franklin relics, World Cultures, North America, Polar Equipment and Relics |
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Gallery location | Polar Worlds Gallery (Floor plans) |
Events | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848, Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859 |
Vessels | Fox (1855) |
Object details:
Object ID | AAA2097 |
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Description | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. Snow knife bought from the Inuit by the McClintock Search Expedition on 3 March 1859, near Cape Victoria, on the Boothia Peninsula. The item is made from materials salvaged from discarded equipment belonging to the Franklin expedition. The steel, two edged-blade is riveted to steel reinforcing plates with iron and copper rivets. A long bone handle is bound on with plated rawhide. This has a curved end and is pierced for a suspension loop. The snow knife would have been used to cut blocks of snow to build igloos. |
Date made | 1848-1859 |
Artist/Maker | Unknown |
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Place made | Nunavut |
Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
Materials | steel; antler; copper |
Measurements | Overall: 460 x 60 x 30 mm |
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