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| Penguin egg collected on Scott's 1910-13 expedition - a present for Hazel, sister of the collector |
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| Man and woman carvings from Greenland, 1927-35 |
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| Tupilaat from Greenland - the shaman catches the ancestor's spirit by singing a spell over the carving; the tupilaat can then be called on to help against an enemy. These are modern carvings made for the commercial market |
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| Diary from polar expedition "providing a handy home for a needle and thread, essential equipmnt on any expedition" |
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| Front and back of scrimshaw, made by whalers mostly 1835-1870 |
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