Felt sample from coffin wrapping of Arctic explorer George W De Long; 1882-1884
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content: Felt sample from outer coffin wrapping of Arctic explorer George W De Long; 1882-1884. The accession file contains an 1884 newspaper article recounting the retrieval of the bodies of De Long and some of his companions from Siberia, where they perished. In the course of this the coffins were wrapped in felt procured in Russia, of which this said to be a piece.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E185330.00A-B
label: accession number
content: 14313
label: catalog number
content: E185330.00A-B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mat, Fiber
label: Object Name
content: felt sample