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Knife blade Long Caption: A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-1848. A knife blade with part of a horn handle attached by rivets, obtained from the Inuit at Repulse Bay in 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The Inuit said that 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 maker's name 'WIGFALL & CO CAST STEEL' is stamped on the blade. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: AAA2061 Artist: Wigfall & Co. Date: circa 1845 Medium: steel; horn Size: 13 mm x 175 mm x 27 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.