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Knife Long Caption: A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-1848. A horn-handled penknife, obtained from the Inuit at Repulse Bay in 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The Inuit said they had found the material at a camp to the north west of the mouth of the Back River where a party of Europeans had died of starvation. The knife has a swivelling narrow steel blade and a horn handle on which is a non-inscribed metal plaque. The item is shown in the drawing by Edward Pulleyn (AAA3972). Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: AAA2048 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1845 Medium: steel; horn Size: 10 mm x 124 mm x 13 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.