Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Duffle inner
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Accession no.: | N: 722 | ||||||||||
Object name: | Duffle inner | ||||||||||
Title: | Duffle inner | ||||||||||
Description: | A single short duffle inners with blue stitching, to be worn in combination with socks. Made of brown Jaeger cloth. Probably worn by J.I. Moore on the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37 (Penola). | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
Full description: |
One short duffle inner, made of camel-coloured Jaeger blanket cloth with blue stitching. It is made from a single piece of cloth with simple overlapped seams around the toe, side of foot and back of heel to ensure flatness. The overlap is quite large, and running stitch in beige thread s visible. The blue stitching is blanket stitch around the opening, and herringbone stitch along the seams. There is also herringbone stitch in white wool (?) along the seams on the inside of the inner. |
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