Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Pyjama upper
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Accession no.: | N: 725 | ||||||||||
Object name: | Pyjama upper | ||||||||||
Title: | Pyjama upper | ||||||||||
Description: | A thick woollen pyjama top made by Jaeger Co., size medium. Worn by J.I. Moore as underwear during the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37. Moore required thicker clothes than anyone else on the expedition due to very poor circulation. | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
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A thick, cream-coloured, long-sleeved, knitted woollen jacket-style pyjama top with collar. It is fastened by means of five shell buttons down the front, which fasten through both sides of the jacket. There is a breast pocket on the left side. Inside the neck is a textile label reading 'HEALTH & COMFORT // JAEGER // WARRANTED PURE WOOL // MADE IN GT. BRITAIN' and another with the size, 'M'. |
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