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Object connections:
| Collection | Franklin relics, Polar Equipment and Relics |
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| Gallery location | Not on display |
| People | Provenance: Peglar, Henry Peter Provenance: Armitage, Thomas |
| Events | Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859, Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848 |
| Vessels | Fox (1855) |
Object details:
| Object ID | AAA2113 |
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| Description | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A clothes brush found with a skeleton on 25 May 1859, by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59. The brush has a wooden back with an ivory veneer and may have been carried to remove snow from clothing. |
| Date made | before 1845 |
| Artist/Maker | Unknown |
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| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Materials | wood; ivory; bristle |
| Measurements | 176 x 58 x 38 mm |
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