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Accession no.: |
Y: 2002/2/4 |
Object name: |
Sledging flag |
Title: |
Sledging flag |
Description: |
A red and gold sledging flag with goldwork embroidery. Used by Ernest Shackleton on the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 (Nimrod). |
Classified name: |
SPRI theme |
flags
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Current place name |
Antarctic regions > Ross Dependency
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UDC |
929.9 : 629.111.71
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Geographic UDC |
(*76)
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Getty AAT |
flags
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Number of items: |
1 |
Full description: |
A sledging flag made of red and gold fabric and cord goldwork embroidery; the design of which is the same on both the front and back. The flag appears to have been made in three strips – a top gold strip, a central red strip, and a bottom gold strip which have been sewn together and the outer edges of which are edged in cord of the same colour. The central red strip has a diamond-shaped motif in goldwork embroidery repeated three times. A red square of fabric, edged with red cord, and with a goldwork embroidery square cross has been sewn afterwards into the top left-hand corner. Two wide loops in a plain fabric have been sewn to the top and bottom of the flag along the left-hand edge, and an eyelet has been sewn into the bottom left-hand corner, through which is a string tassel.
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Dimensions: |
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Width: 705mm, height: 750mm, depth: 70mm
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Associated person(s): |
- : Shackleton, Ernest Henry (1907 - 1909)
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Associated expedition(s): |
- : British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 (Nimrod) (1907 - 1909)
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