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Whalebone fid
fid
SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - FIDSmarad; scrimshaw
L. 4", W. 1"
Whalebone fid; used to loosen knots; decorative head and tapered spike. Collection of the actor Raymond McKee who starred in the 1922 silent film "Down to the Sea in Ships", which also featured the whaling vessel CHARLES W. MORGAN.
2001.128.11
Raymond McKee Collection