Carved panel from ALOHA (Bark : 1910)

carved panel

FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS - WATERCRAFT
von Rydingsvard, Karl
after 1910
wood
31-1/2 x 23-1/4 x 1-1/8 in.

Carved bas-relief finished teak panel from auxiliary steel bark ALOHA II. The Home life of the Volsungs, The Fisherman: Fish drying on rack at left, two women and child at right, fishermen drawing in boat in background, carved frame. Signed lower right, carved in wood "K. von R." [Possibly Karl von Rydingsvard]. Four strips of wood molding nailed on back diagonally. Stamped in wood on back "TOP/ STAR AFT". Tongue for tongue in groove fit along top.

1959.681