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Tree section mounted on plaque
Section of the Livingstone tree mounted on an oak plaque. The attached silver plate reads: ‘A FRAGMENT OF THE TREE AT CHITAMBO’S VILLAGE, ILALA, UNDERWHICH DAVID LIVINGSTONE DIED MAY 1ST 1873 AND WHERE HIS HEART WAS BURIED'. Mounted onto shaped piece of cork coveed with fabric - It probably once had a glass cover over the top. Formerly in the collections of the London Missionary Society.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA5552 |
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| Type: | Wood |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | After 1873 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 60 mm x 300 mm x 120 mm |