Feb 16, 2020
A beaded silk purse sewn to a metal frame, before 1845
It belonged to a crew member of Franklin's Arctic expedition, 1845 and was found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island, in May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59.
McClintock's party reached this site on 30 May. The boat was 28 foot long and mounted on a heavy sledge. McClintock found it just above high tide mark pointing back in the direction of the ships and containing a large quantity of abandoned personal possessions and two skeletons.