Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Food bag
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Accession no.: | N: 1049 | ||||||||||
Object name: | Food bag | ||||||||||
Title: | Food bag | ||||||||||
Description: | A drawstring canvas food bag, daubed with the initial 'W' in red, used by Edward Adrian Wilson during the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery). | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
Full description: |
A rectangular drawstring cotton bag (no drawstring present), with the letter 'W' daubed in red on either side. The bag has been deliberately slit open for 150mm from the top along one side seam. There is handwriting on the top of the bag, but it is illegible. |
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