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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 equipment that had belonged to the Franklin expedition.
The knife has a two-edged steel blade riveted to a bone handle with an upturned end. There is a suspension loop half way down the handle. It was referred to by McClintock: 'seven knives made by the natives out of materials obtained from the last expedition'.
A Royal Naval Museum number has been painted in white on the handle '(3)'.
caption: Snow knife | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | McClintock Expedition snow knives Fox 1855 Portsmouth Francis Leopold Franklin Royal Naval Museum John McClintock | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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