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Thread
Caribou sinew thread, with an associated label inscribed: 'Rein-deer sinew prepared as thread by the Esquimaux used in the Arctic Overland Expedition under Sir J. Franklin 1823.' Associated with Franklin's first overland expedition of 1819-1822. Indian women and the wives of the Canadian voyageurs made clothing and moccasins for the expedition, particularly during the winter of 1820-1821 which was spent at Fort Enterprise.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA3941 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Thread |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's First Overland Expedition, 1819-1822 |
| Date made: | 1823 |
| Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees |
| Measurements: | Overall: 2000 mm |