Loose-shaft
Brought to England by donor’s father, Captain George Shuldham Peard in 1828. He served as 1st Lieutenant, later Commander, on HMS Blossom (1825-1828). One of the ships sent to search for Sir John Franklin’s expedition to the Canadian Arctic.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 51/1916/110
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Tools for farm and craft
- Collection Area Region
- North America
- Material
- bone or ivory | | | |
- Common Name
- loose-shaft
- Simple Name
- shaft
- Production Town
- Production County
- Bering Strait / Northwest Alaska
- Production Country
- United States of America
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- 1826
- Production Year High
- 1827
