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Penknife
Two-bladed penknife with wooden insets in outer case and steel shield-shaped decoration on one side, belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), the surgeon on Ernest Shackleton's last two expeditions.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2267 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Penknife |
| Display location: | Display - Polar Worlds Gallery |
| Events: | Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916 |
| Date made: | Before 1914 |
| People: | Macklin, Alexander Hepburne |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 10 x 80 x 20 mm |