Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Strap
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Accession no.: | N: 1126 | ||||||||||
Object name: | Strap | ||||||||||
Title: | Strap | ||||||||||
Description: | A green canvas strap used for fixing a cooker to the top of an instrument box on a sledge. It was used on the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova). | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
Full description: |
A green canvas 'cooker strap'. The canvas is folded in half and stitched so that it is double thickness. The cooker strap consists of a a circular loop, with a cross strap which extends a short way beyond the loop on one side, and a long way beyond the loop on the other; the straps are stitched where they join. The short end of the cross strap has a metal eyelet to which a length of rope is passed through and spliced back on itself; the long end of the cross strap has a buttonhole reinforced with stitching, and a wooden toggle on a short length of rope. |
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