- From The Collection Of
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Accession Number
- E1234
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Culture
- possibly Inuit
- Date
- 1791 – 1795 (collection date)
- Materials and Techniques
- wood (material)
- iron (material)
- sinew (material)
- Place
- Canada (creation)
- North America (creation)
- Western Arctic (creation)
- North America (collection place)
- Related People
- Mr Henry Vaughan (1809-1899) (from the collection of);Mr James Woodward Scott (from the collection of);HMS Discovery 1791-1795 (voyage of exploration) (collector)
- Description
- In 1868, reclusive London art collector Henry Vaughan donated Captain Cook artefacts to the Albert Memorial Museum. His family made their fortune in hat making. His father and uncle purchased artefacts from the 1806 auction of Sir Ashton Lever’s collection. Cook acquired this knife during his second or third Pacific voyage.
This object is on display at RAMM in the World Cultures gallery. - See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- CC 0
Collection Location
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