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Boat sheet hook
A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A boat sheet hook found in an Eskimo cache on Montreal Island on 2 August 1855 by the Anderson search Expedition. It is an iron fitting with a ring a one end and a double hook at the other.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2083 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Boat sheet hook |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848; Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Anderson, 1855 |
| Date made: | 1845 |
| People: | Royal United Service Institution |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 58 x 102 x 51 mm |
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