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| Accession no.: |
N: 17 |
| Object name: |
Harness |
| Title: |
Harness |
| Description: |
A brown textile man-hauling harness. This type of harness was the first type devised by Scott, and was used on the first sledge journeys of the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery). The wide body belt was found to be a great improvement on the shoulder loop or rope waistband of earlier expeditions. |
| Classified name: |
| SPRI theme |
transportation
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| Current place name |
Antarctic regions > Ross Dependency
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| UDC |
656.19-872.7
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| Geographic UDC |
(*76)
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| Getty AAT |
harnesses
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
A brown textile man-hauling harness. It consists of a textile chest/body band with a large metal D ring at either end, secured in place with a piece of leather. It has removable crossed tubular lampwick and leather shoulder straps. The backs of the straps have a metal clip, which clips to D rings attached to strips of leather on the back of the body band; the fronts of the straps have a leather strap with holes, which fasten into metal buckles attached to strips of leather on the front of the body band. A length of rope passes through the D rings and is spliced back on itself; the end is looped and spliced
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| Dimensions: |
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Width: 80mm, height: 565mm, length: 2035mm
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| Associated person(s): |
- : Scott, Robert Falcon (1901 - 1904)
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| Associated expedition(s): |
- : British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery) (1901 - 1904)
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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