A housewife consisting of a brown textile roll case with a flap on either side. It has a brown textile tape edging and textile tape ties on the end and on each flap. The main body of the case contains very long thin seamed pockets, some textile loops in the centre and a pouch at one end. The case contains: a piece of cloth with five needles, four pins and two loops of thread; a loose needle; two loose safety pins; a metal thimble; a pair of scissors stamped 'JAMES // [?] // SHEFFIELD'; a pair of small sewing scissors stamped 'WARRANTED // QUALITY'; a bone-handled bodkin; a reel of natural coloured thread on a card bobbin; three black plastic buttons and three wooden buttons on a string; a really of natural-coloured wool on a card bobbin with a needle attached; a bundle of white textile tape; a bundle of brown textile tape, a bundle of natural-coloured thread; and a bundle of natural-coloured and black thread.

• Width: 255mm, length: 385mm

• Used by: Royds, Charles William Rawson (1901 - 1904)

• Used on: British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery) (1901 - 1904)