Tinned pemmican
Tinned pemmican used on Nares' Arctic expedition in 1875. The tin is square with curved edges, a separate lid and is half full of pemmican. The inside lid reads "PEMMICAN ARCTIC FOOD (8), and on the outside of lid under a coat of black paint is "Plain pemmican 16 lb". Pemmican is dried and pounded meat mixed with fat.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA4305 |
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Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
Type: | Tinned pemmican |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | 1875 |
Exhibition: | North-West Passage |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
Measurements: | Overall: 152 x 241 x 216 mm |
Parts: | Tinned pemmican |
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