1926.70.2

Maw (medical supplier),

Fixed blade knife, with steel blade and wooden handle. Sheath, for a knife, made from seal skin; almost certainly made in the Antarctic. Knife (and presumably the sheath) used by Dr Edward Adrian Wilson in the Antarctic, the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904).

London, Antarctica

1901 - 1904

Early 20th century

knife, sheath

steel, wood, metal, seal skin, leather, copper

MAW