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Sextant / box

Description

Seventeen-centimetre sextant contained in a box, by Freiberger Prazisionsmechanic of East Germany, 1977

Museum reference

T.1989.16

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Sextant / box

Production information

Freiberger Prazisionsmechanic
Freiberg, Germany, Western Europe

Date

1977

Physical description

Cast alloy, white wood

Associations

Cold War

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Club Club

Ball-headed club, of alder wood, paint, wool and feather ornament, collected by James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, whilst Governor-General of Canada, 1847 - 1854: North America, Canada, possibly Haudenosaunee, pre 1854

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