Henry Elking to Hans Sloane – October 5, 1727
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Date: October 5, 1727 Author: Henry Elking Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049 Folio: ff. 44-45
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Curiosity Reports, Material Culture
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Animals, Birds, Bones, Clothing, Greenland, Hunting, Inuit, Specimens, Walruses
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October 5, 1727
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South Sea Comp Dock
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Elking sends curiosities, including ‘A large Bird called a Burgomaster from Greenland’, ‘A Bone out of the Penis of a Wallross, whereof You had a head last year’, ‘From davis’s straights, is the Coat of a woman made of Seal Skin, and a wooden Ornamt which they wear to keep the sun out of their Eyes’, a dart used to hunt birds, ‘A pair of Childrens shoes’, and some clothes.
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