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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A square piece of copper sheet found in an Inuit cache at Cape Maria Louisa by the Schwatka Search Expedition 1878-79. The piece of metal has a square hole in the centre, two sides are bent over and there are nail holes along one edge. The second edge has two holes with a piece of string threaded through, the corners are cut at an angle.
Painted on the item in white letters is 'PIECE OF COPPER 2'.
caption: Copper plate | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Schwatka Expedition plates (flat objects) copper Portsmouth Netchillik Royal Naval Museum Inuit | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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