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Marline spike; steel point, with balbous wooden handle and brass ring; for splicing wire hawsers. Part of a sailmaker's kit.

ID: 1979.007.4

Sewing board of mallet. Part of a sailmaker's kit.

ID: 1979.007.5
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Sail needle case containing 10 assorted needles. Wooden, tubular, with screw cap and grooved design; black and brown. Part of a sailmaker's kit.
ID: 1979.007.6
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Seam rubber; hardwood, bulbous handle with + identification mark; metal blade. Part of a sailmaker's kit.
ID: 1979.007.7
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Two sailmaker's palms. Part of a sailmaker's kit.
ID: 1979.007.8

Solid bronze ornamental dolphin/fish-like sea creature presented in crescent shape with prominent scales. From the pinnace of HMS Royal Oak.

ID: 1979.008
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Fossil - C. cuspidatus- median dorsal plate.
ID: 1980.001

Model of german U-boat mounted on wooden plinth with section of hull cut away on port side to show interior.

ID: 1980.002
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Book - 'The Pullen Expedition' in search of Franklin.
ID: 1980.003
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Arctic Explorers.
ID: 1980.004