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1886.1.805.9

Cloth belt. Worn by Ruben Francombe, a seaman of H.M.S. "Alert" in 1875. It may have been used for pulling a sledge.

1886.1.805.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cloth belt. Worn by Ruben Francombe, a seaman of H.M.S. "Alert" in 1875. It may have been used for pulling a sledge.
Cultural groups
European
Person
Field collector Reuben Francombe
Field collector HMS Alert
PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1875
Date collected
?On or before 1875
Acquisition information
Transferred: 11/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material String, Material Metal
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.805.9 Other numbers: 83 to 92
Research and responses

Please note that there is no further information about Francombe in the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities [L.Ph 24/3/2004] Reuben Francombe was one of six brothers all born and brought up in Oxford (information supplied by John Graham whose great grandfather was David Francombe, one of Reuben Francombe's brothers). [ZM 9/4/2005]

Search terms: Clothing, Transport and Travel, Belt

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