Hook from Emil Bessels' Observatory, Thank God Harbor, Greenland

hook

HARDWARE - MARINE
Greenland
before 1873
metal
3-3/4 x 1-1/2 in.

Hook, bronze?, traces of white paint, green patina; used to build Dr. Emil Bessels' Observatory, Thank God Harbor, Greenland, 1870-1873, during POLARIS Expedition with Charles Francis Hall.


2002.99.11

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