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armament accessory: rod, gun cleaning
armament t&e, ammunition: ball, musket(11 pieces)
armament t&e, ammunition: cap, percussion(94 caps of 3 types)
armament t&e, ammunition: cartridge, wire(3)
armament t&e, ammunition: cartridges, packet of(2 packets)
armament t&e, ammunition: cover, gun(sledge gun cover)
armament t&e, ammunition: flask, shot
armament t&e, ammunition: hook, sword belt spring(fragment)
armament t&e, ammunition: lid, powder case
armament t&e, ammunition: screw plug, powder keg
armament t&e, ammunition: sheath, knife
armament t&e, ammunition: shot
armament t&e, edged weapon: arrow
armament t&e, edged weapon: bow
armament t&e, edged weapon: pike head
armament t&e: charger, shot
Arrow
Barrel hoop fragments
belt, sword spring-hook
Bible
biological t&e: tweezers, specimen collecting
Boat weather-cloth
Boat weather cloth
Book
Boot
Boot lace
Bootlace
Boots
Boots, pair
Bottle
Bow
Box
Box, dip circle
Brimstone match
Brimstone matches
Bristles
Burgee
Button
Buttons
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ceremonial artifact: burgee
ceremonial artifact: ensign
ceremonial artifact: flag: ensign, naval(fragment)
Cigar case
Clasp Knife
Clothes brush
clothing, footwear: boot(pair)
clothing, footwear: boot, inner(pair of moccasins)
clothing, headwear: hat
clothing, outerwear: glove(fragment)
clothing, outerwear: shirt(fragment)
clothing, outerwear: smock
clothing, outerwear: trousers
clothing, outerwear: waistcoat(fragment)
clothing accessory: brush, clothes
clothing accessory: button
clothing accessory: button(two)
clothing accessory: button(two buttons)
clothing accessory: button, royal naval
clothing accessory: cord, gold ?
clothing accessory: lace, boot
clothing accessory: neckerchief
clothing accessory: neckerchief(knotted)
clothing accessory: ribbon
Coat fragment
coat [fragment]
Cobbler's awl
container: box
container: tin
Copper sheet fragments
Curtain rod
Dessert fork
Dessert spoon
Dip circle
documentary artifact: bible
documentary artifact: bible: New Testament
documentary artifact: book
documentary artifact: book(fragment)
documentary artifact: book, hymn
documentary artifact: book, prayer
documentary artifact: model, tent(8 man tent)
documentary artifact: paper, government
documentary artifact: tin, record ?
Elm board
Ensign
File
fishing & trapping t&e: line, fishing
Fishing line
Flask stopper
Flint & steel
Flint and steel
Folding rule
food processing t&e: stove(3 pieces)
food service t&e: cup, tea(fragment)
food service t&e: fork, dessert
food service t&e: fork, table
food service t&e: knife, table
food service t&e: rations: bone, pork(fragment)
food service t&e: rations: canister, tea
food service t&e: rations: sample, meat
food service t&e: rations: tin, meat(fragment)
food service t&e: rations: tin, pemmican
food service t&e: spoon, dessert
food service t&e: spoon, table
food service t&e: spoon, tea
food service t&e: stave, water keg bung
food service t&e: stopper, flask
Fork
Gimlet
Glove
Gold cord
Government paper
Gun-cleaning rod
Gun cleaning rod
Gun cover
Hat
Hinge
household accessory: frame, photo
household accessory: rod, curtain(two pieces)
iceworking t&e: knife, snow
iceworking t&e: knife, snow ?
Inner boot
Inner boot, pair
Inner boots
Iron fitting
Iron plug
Knife
Knife clasp
Knife sheath
land transport accessory: harness, sledge(for a man)
land transport accessory: netting, sledge
land transport component: netting, sledge
leatherworking t&e: awl, cobbler's
lighting device: box, match(vesta case)
lighting device: flint & steel
lighting device: match, brimstone(6)
Meat sample
Meat tin
Medal
medical & psychological t&e: bottle
medical & psychological t&e: chest, medicine
Medicine chest
Metal plate
Model tent
multiple use artifact: twine, waxed(roll of)
Musket ball
Musket balls
Nail
Naval ensign
Neckerchief
Oak chock
optical t&e: eyepiece, telescope
Packet of cartridges
Packet of needles
Packets of cartridges
Paddle
Paper knife
Pemmican tin
Pencil case
Percussion caps
personal gear: case, cigar(fragment)
personal gear: flask, pocket water
personal gear: goggles, snow
personal gear: goggles, snow(part)
personal gear: knife
personal gear: knife, clasp
personal gear: lenses, spectacle
personal gear: purse, bead
personal gear: satchel
personal gear: stem, pipe
personal gear: wallet
personal symbol: broad arrow
personal symbol: crest
Photograph album
Photograph frame
Photographic print
Pike-head
Pike head
Pipe stem
Pocket chronometer
Pocket comb
Pocket compass
Pocket watch
Pocket water flask
Pork bone
Port-fire
Powder-case lid
Powder case lid
Powder case screw-plug
Powder keg screw-plug
Powder keg screw plug
Prayer book
Purse
Record tin
relic: bristles
relic: copper, sheet(6 fragments)
relic: fitting, iron
relic: plate, metal(fragment)
relic: plug, iron
relic: timber
Ribbon
Rivet
Sailmaker's palm
Satchel
Scented soap
Scissors
Scissors, sewing
Seal
Sealing wax
Sewing set
Sextant eyepieces
Shako plate
Sheet block
Ship's bell
Ship's wheel
Shirt fragment
Shot
Shot charger
Shot flask
Shotgun
Shot in glove fingers
Sledge harness
Sledge Netting
Sledge netting
Smock
Snow goggles
Snow knife
Specimen collecting tweezers
Spectacle lenses
Spindle
Spoon
Stanchion
Stanchions
Stove
surveying & navigational t&e: box, dip circle ?
surveying & navigational t&e: circle, dip
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: eyepiece, sextant(two)
Sword belt spring
Sword belt spring-hook
Sword belt spring hook
sword spring-hook belt
Table spoon
Tablespoon
Tea canister
Tea cup
Teacup fragment
Tea spoon
Telescope eyepiece
Telescope lens
Telescope tube
textileworking t&e: needles, packet of
textileworking t&e: palm, sailmaker's
textileworking t&e: scissors, sewing
textileworking t&e: set, sewing(housewife)
Three wire cartridges
Timber fragment
timekeeping t&e: case, watch(fragment)
timekeeping t&e: chronometer, pocket
timekeeping t&e: watch, pocket(fragment)
Tin
toilet article: comb, pocket
toilet article: soap, scented(4 fragments)
Trousers
Two eyepieces, sextant
uniform accessory: plate, shako(Royal Marine cap badge)
Vesta case
visual communication t&e: port-fire
Wallet
Watch case
Watch relic
Water keg bung-stave
Water keg bung stave
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: yacht
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport accessory: bell, ship's
water transport accessory: block, sheet(with hook)
water transport accessory: board, elm
water transport accessory: chock, oak
water transport accessory: cloth, boat weather(fragment)
water transport accessory: nail
water transport accessory: paddle
water transport accessory: rivet
water transport accessory: spindle
water transport accessory: spindle ?
water transport accessory: stanchion(3)
water transport accessory: wheel, ship's
Waxed twine
Wire cartridges
woodworking t&e: file
woodworking t&e: gimlet(common shell gimlet)
woodworking t&e: rule, carpenter's: rule, folding
written communication t&e: case, pencil
written communication t&e: knife, paper
written communication t&e: seal
written communication t&e: wax, sealing
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caribou (Rangifer tarandus) antler
caribou (Rangifer tarandus) sinew
caribou (Rangifer tarandus) skin
cherrywood
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Adams, George
Arnold, John Roger
B. Fellows
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Bishop, William
Blomfield, Charles James
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Chawner, William
Cheyne, J. P.
Davis, Benjamin
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Eley, William
Esterbrook, William
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Robinson, Thomas Charles
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Wallis, Robert
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
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Erebus (1826)
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Alexander McDonald, Alexander
Armitage, Thomas
Back, George
Closson, William
Cole, Sanford D.
Couch, Edward
Crozier, Francis Rawden Moira
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Fairholme, James Walter
Franklin, Jane
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Goodsir, Harry D.S.
Gore, Graham
Hamilton, Richard Vesey
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Hodgson, George Henry
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Liverpool City Bacteriologist's Laboratory
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Peddie, John Smart
Peglar, Henry Peter
Petersen, Johan Carl Christian
Pim, Bedford Clapperton Tryvillion
Praill, Edward
Reed, William
Rhodes, William
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Group of 94 percussion caps and lead shot (Percussion caps)
Prize medal, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (Medal)
Items found in the boat with the skeleton, and at Ross Cairn and Northern Cairn. (Photographic print)
Knife
Sledge netting
Spoon
Burgee, Royal Harwich Yacht Club (Burgee)
Picture frame made from H.M.S. 'Resolute' (Photograph frame)
A silver fiddle-pattern dessert fork owned by Lieutenant Graham Gore ('HMS Erebus') (Dessert fork)
Spoon
Paper knife made from H.M.S. 'Resolute' (Paper knife)
Christian Melodies (Book)
Satchel
Box made from H.M.S. 'Resolute' (Box)
Gilt metal Royal Naval uniform crowned fouled anchor button (Button)
Hat
Boots
Smock
Trousers
Gilt metal Royal Naval uniform crowned fouled anchor button (Button)
Spoon
Dessert spoon
A silver fiddle-pattern teaspoon belonging to Alexander McDonald (Tea spoon)
A silver fiddle-patern table fork belonging to Sir John Franklin (Fork)
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