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Knife sheath Long Caption: The sheath would have been used by trappers and indigenous people in sub-Arctic North America. The knife forms part of a collection of ethnographic material made by Admiral Sir George Back (1796-1878). Back took part in three overland journeys to explore the north coast of America in 1819-1822, 1825-1827 and 1833-1835. He travelled north via the network of rivers and lakes on the Canadian Shield stopping at Hudson Bay Company trading posts where he had the opportunity to acquire this type of material. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection Object: AAA2641 Artist: unknown Date: 1819-1834 Medium: moose skin; tin; cotton Size: 15 mm x 280 mm x 80 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.